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Oakville Beaver, 6 Sep 2000, D1

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Wednesday, September 6, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER F W hen the best golfers in the workLcompete this week the S ill C anadian Open Glen Abbey, all eyes will be on Tiger Woodslhs he focuses on cap p rin g not only the title, but the Triple Crown trophy as well. By Kathy Yanchus SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER F or the firs t tim e in its h is to ry at Glen A bbey G olf Club, the Bell Canadian Open has so ld o u t fo r the fin a l ro u nd . " We re g re t h aving to do it because it 's o u r p h ilo s o p h y to have the Open avail able to e veryon e b u t w hen o u r on-site o p e ra tio n s are threatened, we have to cu t it o ff," said S tephen Ross, executived ire c to r o f the Royal Canadian G olf A s s o c ia tio n (RCGA). W ith the anno un ce m e nt late la st week th a t g o lfin g se nsa tio n T ig e r W oods w ould be p la y in g in the Open, tic k e t sales s k y rocketed, re a chin g the m axim um fo r S un d ay's ro u nd . The volu m e o f c a lls was su ch th a t a d d itio n a l s ta ff fro m Bell Canada w ere re cru ite d to handle all in q u irie s . " G olf House sta ff sp en t a lo t o f hours p ro c e s s in g tic k e t sales and answ ering p h o n e s," said Ross. O nly one o th e r Canadian Open a ttra c t ed such re co rd cro w d s th a t tic k e ts sales w ere c u t o ff and th a t was at Royal M ontreal in 1997, said Ross. Not th a t anyone is co m p la in in g about such a dilem m a. G olf House is buzzing. (See 'W oods' page D2) A Special Supplement to TheOakville Beaver a n d C o o l D o w n w ith t h e s e H o le -ln -O n e S a v in g s L iq u id a tio n P r ic e s on all Patio Furniture & Accessories V on all In -Sto ck Pool Eq u ip m en t C le a r a n c P r i c e s I A*- f l f l H A J V I* 0 | | Hbk f f H & & J g y V T w Nf I * 1 0 2 0 S o u t h S e r v i c e R d . (E . of T r a f a l g a r ) 8 4 4 -7 4 9 0

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