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Think golf is a game purely for men? Think again! 

Anyone worth his two cents in the golfing community has heard about Sergio Garcia. The golfing prodigy, who started playing at the age of 3, won his first championship at 12. At 16, he became the youngest person to first make the cut at the 1995 Turespana Open Mediterranea, a prestigious European Tour Event.  In 1995, he went on to win the European Amateur, becoming the youngest player to do so. Three years later, he won the British Amateur. By 1999, Garcia was playing in the Masters Tournament.

Tiger Woods called her the best female golfer of all time and rightly so. After all, how many females in golfing history can lay claim to achieving in such a short time everything that Annika Sorenstam has done? And, given who she is to the golfing world, more than one eyebrow shot up in incredulity when Sorenstam announced her retirement in March 2008. What will she do next? Will she still play golf? Where will she go? These are only some of the questions that Sorenstam was pelted with after her dramatic announcement.

The story of James Kenneth Perry is one of inspiration and perseverance. He is also ultimate proof that you’ll get what you want - eventually.

Born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Perry was pretty much bred and raised in different parts of Kentucky. He spent his formative years in Simpson County, and then moved to McCracken County, where he finished high school. He then went to the Western Kentucky University where he graduated college.

The day Pat Perez won the 2009 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic held at the Palm Dessert was the day he managed to do what only the best in the golfing world can: win a major tourney. Perez bested nine other players in the top 10. This year's win is Perez’s first for the USPGA tour. He licked 26-year old John Merrick, who was also looking for his first USPGA, by three. Over the closing stages, the battle for the win was tight.

How prestigious is the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic? Well, think of it this way: win the tourney and you will have made a name for yourself in golfing history. That is how prestigious the tournament is!