A $2 million tournament purse certainly takes women's professional golf into the upper levels of women's golf.
That is exactly what the Meijer LPGA Classic presented by Kraft has done. The Grand Rapids tour stop is now one of the most notable tournaments on the women's tour.
Whenever I see the name "Cadbury" I always think of the butler from the Richie Rich comic books. I used to collect those as a kid (No, I'm not a Marvel fan) So when I saw this horrific story, I started to remember my days a youth growing up on the mean streets of Portage.
I was watching TV last night, as I do from time to time.
And I came upon a commercial I have seen before. But then I thought about said commercial a little more than I had in the past.
Tournament week has arrived for the inaugural Meijer LPGA Classic Presented by Kraft.
The 20th stop on the LPGA Tour, the Meijer LPGA Classic is being played Thursday through Aug. 10 at Blythefield Country Club. Walker-based Meijer's nudge for a community-focused LPGA tournament is that all proceeds benefit Meijer's Simply Give food pantry-supporting and hunger-fighting program.
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He's still around! If you remember back to winter 2011, when then-homeless Ted Williams was discovered on the side of the highway by a Columbus Post-Dispatch reporter.
Williams would, on demand, do a radio break for money.
When the video went viral, a new star was born.