PGA stars tee off in Hawaii; The Golf Channel to show hall of fame ceremony Thanksgiving night

Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Weir will battle it out this week at the 2006 PGA Grand Slam of Golf, which begins today at Poipu Bay, Hawaii. Woods has hinted that Furyk is the man to beat, but Tiger’s record speaks for itself. He has won the Grand Slam of Golf the last six years …

Take a break from watching football this Thanksgiving and tune into the 2006 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The Golf Channel will broadcast the 60-minute special on Thursday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. on the east coast. Larry Nelson, Vijay Singh, Marilynn Smith and the late Mark McCormack and Henry Picard will be inducted …

One-time PGA Tour tournament winner Matt Gogel has announced his retirement. Gogel, 35, won the 2002 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am but finished out of the top-125 this year for the first time in his seven-year career. His last event will be the 2007 AT&T National Pro-Am in February.