Sunday, August 23, 2009

Crane and Janzen in FedExCup Play-offs

Two 4U Management golf clients are in the 1st round of the FedExCup play-offs which begin Thursday in Jersey City, New Jersey. Ben Crane finished 48th and Lee Janzen 93rd in the final regular season standings which ended today. The top 125 make the play-offs. There will be 4 rounds with the number of golfers competing each week being reduced from 125 to 100 to 70 and finishing in Atlanta with the Tour Championship with the top 30 golfers.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

4U client Allyson Felix World Champion Again

Olympic champion Allyson Felix won the 200 meter yesterday in Berlin for her 3rd straight world title. When she crossed the finish line Felix pumped her fist as an expression of her accomplishment. She is the 1st female to ever hold the world title 3 times. It was also a big victory for the United States as they have struggled with the Jamaicans recently. Allyson defeated Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown from Jamaica. Campbell Brown took the early lead but Felix made some adjustments and powered by her. The United States jumped over the Jamaicans in the medals race at Olympic Stadium with 6 gold medals and 16 medals overall. The Jamaicans are in 2nd place with 5 gold medals and 10 overall while Russia is 3rd with 4 gold medals and 11 medals overall.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Tar Heel Tour

4U Management has 2 clients participating in this week's Tar Heel Tour event. Mark Harrell and Martin Ureta are both participating in the South Charlotte Classic which has a purse of $220,000.

Wyndham Championship

Going into this week's Wyndham Championship, held at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, Lee Janzen holds the #86 spot in FedExCup Points.

The Wyndham Championship is the last tournament before the top 125 players advance to the FedExCup Playoffs, beginning on August 24 at The Barclays in Jersey City, NJ. The FedExCup Playoffs is a four tournament, progressive cut event in which the field is narrowed from 125, to 100, to 70, then to the top 30. The Champion will be crowned at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia Sept 24-27.

Lee Janzen / Feed The Children Food Drop


U.S.OPEN CHAMPION LEE JANZEN & FEED THE CHILDREN HELP GREENSBORO FAMILIES

Greensboro, NC. (Aug. 17, 2009) International hunger relief organization Feed The Children is pleased to announce two-time U.S. Open Golf Champion Lee Janzen will host a food distribution at Greensboro Urban Ministry Food Bank, 305 W. Lee Street on Tuesday, August 18 at 3 p.m.

Feed The Children and Lee Janzen remain committed to helping children in need throughout America during this economic downturn.

Feed The Children, working with local partner agency Greensboro Urban Ministry Food Bank, will provide a box of food and a box of personal care items to recipients. The boxes are designed to help supplement a family for up to one week.

“We are incredibly thankful that Lee Janzen has partnered with Feed The Children for this food distribution in Greensboro,” said Larry Jones, founder and president of Feed The Children. “Lee has a servant’s heart for struggling families during this difficult economic time and he is committed to reaching out to those in need during his travels on the PGA TOUR.”

Janzen has won eight times on the PGA Tour, most notably the 1993 and 1998 U.S. Open. In 1993, Janzen defeated Payne Stewart at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, en route to tying the 72-hole U.S. Open scoring record of 8-under par. Five years later, Janzen again bested Stewart to win his second U.S. Open, this time at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.
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About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2008, Feed The Children distributed more than 133 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally, supplementing more than 760,000 meals each day. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in 118 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Lee Janzen & Feed The Children


Lee Janzen is an avid supporter of Feed The Children and assists with food drops throughout the country while playing on the PGA TOUR. Above is a photo of one of the semi truck used to deliver food to hungry children and families in need.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Mark Harrell fires a 65

Mark Harrell fired a 2nd round 65 Friday to finish the day tied for 2nd on the NGA Hooters professional golf tour. The Texas Honing Open presented by Robert Steele is being played on the 7254 yard par 72 Golfcrest Country Club. Harrell is in his 1st full season as a professional after completing a stellar college career at the Univiversity of Alabama.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Ben Crane finishes T6 at Buick Open

4U Management's Ben Crane had a payday of $177,225, finishing T6 at the Buick Open. Way to go Ben!