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Sure, the RCGA is sNll hoping Woods decides to enter the Open but early indications are that the Hamilton outing is going to be a sellout anyway, based on ticket sales so far. Because the RCGA is limâ€" iting daily admission to As I said in an earlier golf column here in the Chroniâ€" cle, Sarniaâ€"born Weir‘s Masâ€" ters victory ranks right up there in my national memory bank with Canada‘s mens and womens Olympic hockâ€" ey victories last year, and the 1972 Summit hockey series between Canada and Russia featuring guys like Paul Henâ€" derson and Phil Esposito. But let‘s face it. For Canaâ€" dians especially, this isn‘t the year of the Tiger. It‘s the year of Mikey. Mike Weir‘s victory in the first of the four majors at the Masters in April and his other two wins on the PGA‘Tour has put us Canucks back on the map in pro golf. Don‘t get me wrong. I‘m a big fan of Woods and think he‘s the best thing to happen to the game since before I discovered those overâ€"sized Taylorâ€"Made metal drivers. Continued from page 20 Well, I never thought I would ever write this but who cares if Tiger doesn‘t grace our national pro golf champiâ€" onship with his presence? Members of the Waterloo Ghosts Squirt Gold softball team, pictured right, are: (front row, left to right) Broklynn Pequenat, Jennifer Lehmann, Carly Cameron, Kirsten Doede, Natalie Beckâ€" They followed that up with a 7â€" 2 win over Brantâ€" They then played Six Nations twice beating them 13â€"1 and 5â€"2 to take home the title. The win was the culminaâ€" tion of a great year for the Squirt Gold Ghosts, which also captured the league penâ€" nant with a regular season record of 16 ~1. Open a chance to celebrate Mike Weir e Waterloo Ghosts I Squirt Gold softball team won the gold medal at the Grand Valley League Championship held in Cambridge from July 25â€" 27. They went undefeated in the tournament opening with a 24â€"1 win over the Kitchener Green team. Squirt Ghosts win Grand Valley title . Since this is the 99th Canadian Open â€" the third oldest Open golf event in the world behind the British and U.S. tourneys â€" why didn‘t somebody ask that dude Wayne Gretzky, (born in nearby Brantford and a golf In addition to Weir and Waterloo region‘s own pride and joy, Cambridge native lan Leggatt, the field has conâ€" firmed such highâ€"profile players as longâ€"ball bomber John Daty, David Toms, Justin Leonard, Vijay Singh, Charles Howell III, Shigeki Maruyaâ€" ma, defending champion John Rollins and Masters runnerâ€"up Len Mattice. SKIP‘S CHIPS But don‘t let that stop you from venturing over to the Open if you‘re prepared to get your tickets as soon as possible. Daily tickets for Monday to Saturday are available by calling 1â€"800â€" 571â€"OPEN (6736) or online at www.bell.ca/cdnopen. 22,000, Sunday‘s final round is already sold out for daily and weekly badge holders, which in turn means weekly badges are also sold out. The Waterloo Ghosts Squirt Gold softball teram won the gold medal at the Grand Valley League Championship in Cambridge last week. er, Katie Ludwig, (second row, _ Michelle Kurt , Kayla Helâ€" _ Becker, coach Hans R left to right) Jaime Reid, Shelâ€" _ mond, (back row, left to right) _ coach Donna Becke by Kurt, Zoie DaSilva Roach, _ coach Brian Kurt, coach Gary _ coach Tom Ludwig. The Open will be played on the South and West nines at Hamilton, the original layâ€" out of the 27â€"hole complex and it‘s worth the trip jut to see why the ol‘ golfing Geek loves old courses. The course has the most stunning and varied collecâ€" tion of trees I‘ve ever seen and elevation changes that make Glen Abbey look like a kiddy Bill (Skip) Johns has been writing about golf for more than four decades. He can be reached at skipschips@goildâ€" en.net. Here‘s a suggestion you can pass along to the aforeâ€" mentioned Tiger. Based on your record so far in national Opens â€" zero for two â€" it might be smart to come to Hamilton and try to get at least one North American national title under your belt for 2003 since I‘m pretty sure you‘re not strapped for money. nat) to be the honourary chairman or something like that? 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