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Highway 18: Jameica Duncombe

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:06:33 -0500

(Photo by Mark Ashman / Golf Channel)

We continue our series on the women of "Highway 18," the Golf Channel series that debuts at 10 p.m. ET on July 22, with Jameica Duncombe.

Duncombe, age 25, is a native of the Bahamas who currently lives in Coconut Creek, Fla., and plays out of Bonaventure Country Club. A marketing professional and a golf professional, Jameica is the daughter of a teaching professional. Her father, in fact, taught for many years alongside the individual Jameica is paired with in "Highway 18."

The Golf Channel bio of Jameica relates:

She started playing golf at 3, and competed in her first event at 5. By her 10th birthday, she won her first of seven Bahamian Junior Amateur tournaments and first of nine Bahamian Women's Amateur events.

Jameica left the Bahamas at 14 to attend the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy in Tampa, Fla., and became a two-time, All-North Suncoast Player of the Year her junior and senior years of high school. She attended the University of South Florida on a full golf scholarship, where she was an All-Regional NCAA selection her sophomore year. Following graduation, she won the Caribbean Amateur Championship in 2003 and competed for two years on the Duramed Futures Tour. Currently, she works in the golf marketing department for the Bahamas Tourism Board.

A Toast to Arnold Palmer

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:20:59 -0500

I may be alone on this but I think now with the emergence of Tiger, Arnold Palmer's greatest contribution to earth is not his golf game but rather the beverage he is known for creating, fittingly called "the Arnold Palmer."

Tiger Watch!: Day 2 at the Masters

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:20:21 -0500

Tiger's 7 back now. He's looked relatively pedestrian, and the task ahead is a daunting one. Woods will need the 2nd biggest comeback in Masters' history if he wants to slip on that 5th Green Jacket this year. Of course, if anyone is gonna pull such a feat off, Tiger is the most likely candidate. The Grand Slam dream, and the hype, is alive, but it's slipping. It's on life support even. Some Tiger free highlights await after the jump. Gary Player Edition...

Day 1 at the Masters: Recap

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:28:14 -0500

Tiger is 4 shots back after the opening round, but we stand by our prediction...

Top 5 US Masters Champs List

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:27:06 -0500

Check out this list of US Masters Champions tiger is not top do you agree with it

Tournament Director Hints that Arnie May Not Be Invited Back for Next Year's Arnold Palmer Invitational

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:23 -0500

Tiger 's spectacular final round unsettles golfing great. According to tournament director, Palmer's erratic behavior makes future appearances "a liability we can ill afford to risk."

Tiger is simply amazing

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:42:51 -0500

Tiger Woods is a god...there is just no other way to explain the things he does. It was unbelievable watching that putt trickle to the hole and Tiger slamming his hat to the ground (with a smile) before giving the famous fist pumps...

Tiger Woods is trying to make history

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:31:44 -0500

Tiger Woods tees it up Thursday in the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, in Orlando FL. A tournament that he won four straight times, from 2000-2003, Woods is looking to make history more then once this year. First, Woods is threatening Byron Nelson's once thought untouchable record of 11 straight PGA Tour victories, impossible some would say, but the upcoming schedule says otherwise. Every tournament Woods figures to play between now and the U.S. Open is at a venue where he has already won a tournament. So you can see why some are anxious over the prospect of Woods continuing his winning streak right through Torrey Pines and tying Lord Byron. However, if you take a closer look, Bay Hill hasn't been kind to Woods the last couple of years. Since Woods won the event four times, he hasn't finished any higher than a tie for 20th, including last year, when he shot 43 on the back nine for a closing 76 and a tie for 22nd. "I just haven't played well, it's as simple as that," Woods said Wednesday after playing in the pro-am at the Bay Hill Club. After Bay Hill, Woods will play next week at Doral, where he has won three straight years. Then it's on to the Masters, where he has four victories...finish the rest of the story at www.rawsportsblog.com

Woods Rolls to Win No. 63!

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:51:56 -0500

Tiger Woods has now accomplished what only three other golfers in history have done, win at least 63 events on the PGA tour. This weekends victory in the Accenture Match Play Championship moved him past Arnold Palmer into fourth on the all time win list. His opponent on Sunday, Stewart Cink, could only watch and laugh as Woods made 14 birdies in 29 holes to dispose of him 8 and 7. Woods could have easily been beaten in the first round by J.B. Holmes, but a stretch of three birdies and an eagle on the last five holes gave Woods the come from behind win. He was also pushed by Aaron Baddeley and Henrik Stenson on previous days, but just like his first round, Woods made the shots when it counted. This is what Makes Tiger Woods the best player of all time, beating contenders and adjusting to the conditions. This give Woods his fourth straight win on the year and makes the possibility of winning the grand slam that much more attainable. This is the third time Woods has won at least four straight PGA Tour events. He also won in Dubai three weeks ago on the European tour by coming back from a four-shot deficit. He has now won six of his last seven PGA Tour events, 16 of his last 30 over the last two years. Woods' next win will tie him with Ben Hogan for third all time in career wins, leaving him eight wins away from his idol, Jack Nicklaus. That's amazing considering Woods is only 32 years old...an age that most describe as a golfers prime. If this is Woods' prime, then every other golfer should be scared.

Tiger Woods...Going For Win No. 63

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:00:18 -0500

Having not lost a golf tournament in nearly six months, Tiger Woods is getting ready to play in the Accenture Match Play Championship. While talking to reporters, Woods was asked if he'd ever thought about going through a season undefeated. Woods response was, I did once, a long time ago. When I was 11, I won 36 tournaments that year. But on the PGA tour, the world's number one knows it's too difficult to win them all. Woods, who plays J.B. Holmes in the first round, knows a thing or two about losing in the first rounds at these events. He's the only no. 1 seed to ever lose in the first round since this tournament began in 1999, in 2002 he was bounced out by Peter O'Malley. But since finishing in second place on September 3 at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Woods has won his last five tournaments. Woods' opponent, J.B. Holmes is already a winner this year and will give Tiger a game. Phil Mickelson, the world's no. 2 will square off against Pat Perez and no. 3 ranked Steve Stricker will play Daniel Chopra. The field consists of only 20 Americans, the fewest since the event began. Woods is the only player to win this event twice, in 2003 and 2004. If Woods wins this event, it would be his 63 career win...passing Arnold Palmer for fourth on the all-time wins list. Up next on the all-time wins list is Ben Hogan with 64, a total that Woods should pass in a few tournaments. Once Woods wins his 65th tournament, that would leave him seven shy of tying Jack Nicklaus for second all-time, and 10 shy of tying Sam Sneed.