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Tiger Woods will not play in the 2008 PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda after being forced to withdraw from the remainder of the PGA Tour season. Just days after winning the US Open and qualifying for the tournament, Woods announced that he will shortly be undergoing reconstructive knee surgery and will be need time for rehabilitation.

The news comes as a big blow for Bermuda who had hoped to bring the star to the island. Woods qualified for the event last year, the first time it had been held in Bermuda, but withdrew for personal reasons.

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf tournament will be held at the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda on October 14 – 15 2008. Tickets are available from www.pga.com.

The PGA of American has confirmed that the PGA Grand Slam of Golf will return to Bermuda in 2008. It will be held at the Mid Ocean Club on October 14 and 15. The off-season tournament brings together the winners of the four major men’s tournaments and will be broadcast live on TNT television.

The World Rugby Classic will be held at Bermuda’s National Sports Centre from November 4 to 10. The annual tournament features former international players and is now in its 20th year. 2006 champions the Classic Lions will be defending their title against Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina, France, Canada and the United States. Tickets for the bleachers cost $25 and are available on the door.

Visitors with out tickets to this month’s PGA Grand Slam of Golf will be able to watch the event for free on a giant screen in Hamilton. On October 17, the final day of the tournament, coverage of the event will be shown live on a 30-foot projection screen at Barrs Bay Park, Hamilton Harbour.

Tiger Woods has pulled out of next month’s PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Bermuda’s Mid Ocean Club. A statement on his website said, ‘Qualifying for the PGA Grand Slam of Golf is very meaningful to me because it signifies you have won a major championship. As much as I would enjoy going to Bermuda, I have played a lot of golf late in the year and need to shut it down for a while. Hopefully, I’ll qualify again and I look forward to competing again in the future.’

Defending champion Woods will be replaced by Jim Furyk.

The Department of Tourism’s Movies on the Beach event makes a welcome return tonight. A giant screen at Horseshoe Bay will show a series of top movies over the next 4 days. The schedule is Into the Blue (Aug 30, 8.15pm), Casino Royal (Aug 31, 9.05pm), Pirates of the Caribbean (Sep 1, 10pm), The Holiday (Sep 2, 10.30pm). Admission is free.

Singer-songwriter Heather Nova will headline a free concert at Astwood Park on Saturday August 25. Other acts lined up for the ‘Picnic in the Park’ include reggae band Jahstice, Olybhosh, Ras Georgis, Flookie and local DJs. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a blanket to sit on and a picnic.

The event runs from 3 pm to 9 pm and is being organised by the Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce (BEST).

Premier Ewart Brown announced that Earth, Wind and Fire will headline the final night of the Bermuda Music Festival later this year. The full line up is now: Oct 3 – O’Jays (Fairmont Southampton), October 4 – Lionel Richie (National Sports Centre), October 5 – Smokey Robinson/Natasha Bedingfield (National Sports Centre), October 6 – Earth, Wind and Fire (National Sports Centre).

Bermuda’s annual Non-Mariners Race will take place at Mangrove Bay in Sandys Parish on Sunday August 5 from 1.15 pm onwards.

The object of this boat ‘race’ is to lose in the most astonishing fashion. In fact the organisers, the Society of Non-Mariners, prefer to refer to it as a non-race.

The starting line up sees a ragtag mob of inebriated non-mariners massed onboard a clutter of unseaworthy vessels. Each shabby construction typically has a theme that reflects some local political scandal that tourists will be blissfully unaware of.

The event, which started over 3 decades ago, has a rich historical legacy. A drunken bunch of men discussing the possibility of sailing baby buggies attempted to bring their blurred vision into reality in Hamilton Harbour. Thus the Society of Non-Mariners was born. The ‘race’ grew in popularity and became an annual event in Hamilton Harbour. After an abandoned British Royal Navy entry almost collided with an incoming cruise ship, the ‘organisers’ were forced to find an alternative venue. Since then, the Non-Mariners race has been hosted by Sandys Boat Club in the quieter surroundings of Mangrove Bay.

After the event the ‘competitors’ and spectators usually retire to the Somerset Country Squire to celebrate their loss.

Acts for the Bermuda Music Festival 2007 have been announced. Headliners include Smokey Robinson, Lionel Ritchie, and Natasha Bedingfield. The 3-day event will take place October 3 to 6 and will move from its usual home at Dockyard to the National Sports Centre. Tickets are available from Sound Stage in the Washington Mall and start from $50.