Laudable PGA start for local golfer
Guadalajara pro golfer Carlos Ortiz, 23, made a creditable showing in his first PGA event, the Memorial Tournament, held last weekend in Dublin, Ohio.
Guadalajara pro golfer Carlos Ortiz, 23, made a creditable showing in his first PGA event, the Memorial Tournament, held last weekend in Dublin, Ohio.
It may not be hugely popular in the United States or Canada, but the rest of the world will hunker down for the next four weeks as El Mundial (World Cup 2014) explodes in Brazil on June 12, promising an orgy of jingoistic passion centered around 22 players running hell for leather trying to kick a round ball into a net.
The State Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ) is investigating yet another complaint of attempted child abuse at the Jalisco Code sports dormitory.
The Jalisco Education Department (SEP) will allow teachers to bring televisions into their classrooms so students can watch Mexico’s World Cup games.
Shayne Skov, who has signed with San Francisco as an undrafted free agent, got his first taste of football with the Guadalajara Carneros (Rams).
Looking for a different life experience, Skov’s parents moved to Guadalajara in 1999 when their son was 10.
All of Mexico’s games will be shown on either the Televisa or TV Azteca networks. Drivers should avoid the Minerva traffic circle following a Mexican victory, as fans usually celebrate there boisterously.
After six successful years at the Guadalajara Country Club, the annual LPGA Lorena Ochoa Invitational will take place this year from November 13-16 at the Club de Golf Mexico in the Tlalpan suburb of Mexico City.
Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff has promised a “spectacular and safe” World Cup but authorities are braced for widespread social unrest that threatens to cast a dark shadow over the event.
Carlos Ortiz, the 23-year-old Tapatio golfer who has taken the Web.com Tour (the developmental tour of the PGA Tour) by storm this year, will be in the field at the Memorial Tournament held at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio from May 29 to June 1 – his first PGA event.