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Shooting your age is one of the most difficult feats in golf. Hilton Head Island resident Leo Luken continues to make the accomplishment seems effortless.
The 91-year-old shot his age for the 750th time on Tuesday at the Robert Trent Jones Course at Palmetto Dunes.
After firing a 50 on the front nine, Luken came back strong with a 41 on the back, making par on his final two holes.
"I try to shoot my age every time out," Luken said.
After doing it for the 749th time five months ago, Luken had to jump several hurdles on his way to No. 750, overcoming pneumonia, cataract removal, a hernia and cancer on his hand.
Now that his health has returned, the former fastpitch softball player hopes there won't be much time before No. 751.
"I'll be playing with a group on Thursday over at Palmetto Dunes again," Luken said.
Luken first shot his age when he was 71, playing a regulation course in Tennessee. He has lived with his family on the island for more than six years. He's originally from Fort Wayne, Ind., where he was a softball player for the Zollner Pistons in the 1940s and 1950s.
'Caddy For A Cure' returns to Heritage
Golf fans can win a chance to caddie for a PGA Tour golfer during the Verizon Heritage, which takes place April 12-18 at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.
Through the Caddy For A Cure program's Web site, www.caddyforacure.com, fans can bid for the chance to caddy for 2009 Heritage champion Brian Gay or 2007 and 2008 winner Boo Weekley.
The auctions will run through April 8 or until sold for the "Buy it Now" price. The winners will caddie during Wednesday's pro-am practice round April 14.
Golfers earns SoCon honors at Moss Creek
Western Carolina's Blaire Minter and Wofford's Alex Rankin both earned a share of the SoCon Women's Golfer of the Week Award on Wednesday, based on their performances over the weekend in the Lowcountry Intercollegiate at Moss Creek Golf Club.
Minter and Rankin tied for third place in the field, an event WCU won for a second-consecutive season. The team championship was the fourth this season for Western Carolina after opening the fall season with three consecutive victories.
Minter and Rankin were two were the highest SoCon finishers in the event which featured 75 golfers.
More teams commit to Legends of Golf field
Teams of Fred Funk and Scott Hoch, Peter Jacobsen and D.A. Weibring and Jeff Sluman and Craig Stadler will compete in the Legends Division when the 33rd annual Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf returns to the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa April 19-25.
The teams committed to play in the Champions Tour event on Tuesday.
The competition kicks off with the Demaret Division April 19-20 and the Raphael Division April 23-24. The official competition begins with the first round of the Legends Division on April 23.
Tickets are on sale now with daily ticket prices starting at $15. For more information, call 888-401-8000 or go online to www.LMLOG.com.
Long Cove wins Women's Match Play event
The Long Cove Club Ladies Division I team won the Lowcountry Women's Team Match Play event for the 10th straight year. At the core of the team are notable players such as Karen Ferree, Sharon Son Hing, Susan Cummings, Mari Harter, Lisa Maloney and Jill Sanders.
The team weathered unseasonably cold temperatures and higher-than-normal rainfall to beat out Wexford Golf Club and Belfair Golf Club to win the overall championship. Berkeley Hall Team 1 won the second division, Belfair Team II won the third division and Colleton River Team II won the fourth division.
Local golfers compete in HJGT event
Bluffton's Wesley Long won the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Shamrock Invitational Shootout over the weekend at Wexford Golf Club on Hilton Head Island.
Long fired a 75-76 -- 151 to win the boys 13-15 division by seven strokes. He also won the boys 13-19 division.
Bluffton's Charlie Spencer-White shot 161 to come in second in the boys 13-15 division and Okatie's Matt Leiti was third. Hilton Head Island's Ike Eichelsbacher finished tied for fourth.
Hardeeville's Jonathan Phillips finished 11th and Bryson Nimmer of Bluffton came in 12th in the same division.
Hilton Head Island's Jason Fick fired a 155 to come in second in the boys 16-19 division, one stroke behind the winner Landon Coontz of Aiken.
In the girls 15-19 division, Bluffton's K.C. Collins placed second.
JPGA students win FCWT events
Two students of the Junior Players Golf Academy of Hilton Head Island won championships in the Future Collegians World Tour's Tanglewood Challenge over the weekend in Clemmons, N.C.
Diego Schiffino from the Dominican Republic earned his third FCWT victory, firing a 78-76 -- 154. Tokunbo Pedro from Lagos, Nigeria, earned his second FCWT win of the season, carding a 78-76 -- 154 to win the Boys 11-13 division.
