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...teams and securing first place after round one. Emily Balmert, already victorious this year at the Dartmouth Invitational, held the outright lead with a 75. The team rose to the challenge against the renowned difficulty of the Yale University Golf Course, whose 6,232 yards demanded length off the tee but whose massive, undulating greens called for laser-guided precision on mid- and short-irons. “The course puts a premium on accuracy, probably most so on the approach,” said rookie Claire Sheldon, who shot a two-day 155. “There are certain...
...region. And [Singapore] is doing that tremendously." For now, though, it still has a long way to go before it can claim to be a wealth-management capital on a par with Switzerland. Assets under management at Singapore private banks total about $200 billion, says Ong Chong Tee, deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. That compares with $3.71 trillion in Switzerland...
...today's players. "Do what we did, then compare who was the best. Barry Bonds stands up there. When's the last time Barry Bonds was knocked on his ass? Never ... The owners can save millions of dollars--take the pitcher off the mound and put up a tee. 'Cause what they're playing is tee ball. They pitch around him. If I was going to pitch around him, I would have saved four and just put one in his rib cage. You want to go to first? We'll do it easy...
...just 16, but smooth-swinging Michelle Wie is already the world's No. 2-- ranked woman golfer. The Hawaiian high school junior, who is still chasing her first pro title, will tee off this week at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the year. She spoke with TIME's Jeff Chu about Rush Limbaugh, her dream prom date and playing nine holes with Condoleezza Rice...
...London pub, the Ukulele Orchestra is today a regular at British festivals such as Glastonbury and the Hay Festival of Literature. All consummate singers and strummers, they perform their own compositions, as well as covers of popular songs that emerge freshly minted: Ms. Dynamite's Dy-Na-Mi-Tee sounds less like rap and more like Prohibition-era honky-tonk, and Kate Bush's tremulous Wuthering Heights, sung stoically by orchestra leader George Hinchcliffe, is a strange brew indeed. Even better are the medleys, which might fuse up to seven songs, including a Handel air, Frank Sinatra...