This week’s Golf Smarter podcast includes a feature from The Course at Wente Vineyards in Livermore, Calif. … Dunlop Golf announces it will serve as presenting sponsor of the "Hootie & Friends Concert," following the Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament, Monday, April 10, at the Dye Course at Barefoot Resort and Golf in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. … For the seventh straight year PGATour.com will presented Live@17, shot-by-shot coverage of every player on the par-3 17th hole at The Players Champiopnship on Thursday-Friday, March 23-24 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET. … The Villages Shoot Your Age Championship will be held May 1-7 at The Villages in Florida. … The Big Stakes Match Play Golf Championship will hold the first-ever Big Stakes Qualifier, beginning March 27 at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club in suburban Dallas, Texas. Qualifiers bypass the $100,000 per team entry fee and advance to the championship field, May 20-28 at Paiute Golf Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. Entry fee for the qualifier is $30,000. … Grand Traverse Resort and Spa near Traverse City, Mich., announces its 2006 golf packages. For rates, go to www.grandtraverseresort.com. … Shoemaker ECCO reports that Juli Inkster wore its new Classic Wing Buckle model shoe en route to winning the Safeway International. … J.B. Holmes commits to play in the BellSouth Classic. … The Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau announces that seven member golf courses have been named to GolfStyles Philadelphia magazine’s "100 Must-Play Courses of Greater Philadelphia" for 2006. … Eaton Corp. announces that, according to Darrell Survey results, eight out of 10 finishers at the Safeway International used Golf Pride grips. … Winn Inc. and Dr. Ben Huang obtain Judgment and Permanent Injunction against Karakal, High Cedar, Jack Wang and all other defendants for infringing Dr. Huang’s and Winn’s U.S. Patent No. 6,843,732.

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