Golf Magazine announces a renewal of its custom publishing partnership with the U.S. Golf Association through 2009. Golf Magazine will continue to publish and distribute the official USGA Championship annual and the official U.S. Open Championship program, commencing with the 2006 U.S. Open next month. … The National Golf Coaches Association announces its Women’s Division I awards: Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Golfstat Cup amd Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award — Amanda Blumenherst (Duke); Kim Moore Spirit Award — Hayley Wilkinson (Long Beach State); Dinah Shore Trophy Award — Erica Battle (South Carolina); National Coach of the Year — Devon Brouse (Purdue); All-America (first team) — Blumenherst (Duke), Irene Cho (USC), Da Sol Chung (UNLV), Anna Grzebien (Duke), Elizabeth Janangelo (Duke), Tiffany Joh (UCLA), Ashley Knoll (Texas A&M), Maria Martinez (Auburn), Jane Park (UCLA), Dewi Schreefel (USC), Jenny Suh (Alabama) and Caroline Westrup (Florida State) … Don Galyean is the new Etonic sales representative in southern California. … Boulder Ridge Country Club in Lake In The Hills, Ill., opens a new nine holes to its existing 18 holes designed by Lohmann Golf Design in Marengo, Ill. … Auburn senior Maria Martinez has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America All-District IV Team in the at-large division. … Suunto reports that Davis Love III has improved his accuracy by using its G6 performance watch. Suunto reports that in Love’s first 20 years on the PGA Tour he never had more than one tournament a season in which he hit more than 20 greens in regulation. Through five months this year, he’s had two — hitting 23 greens in regulation at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and 24 at the BellSouth Classic. … Officials with the McDonald’s LPGA Championship announce that Thursday, June 8, will be "Erickson Senior Day," in which all spectators age 50 and older will be admitted free. … The Golf Channel will provide live reports and timely highlights of Michelle Wie‘s U.S. Open sectional qualifying round from 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. ET on June 5. … The 15th Betty Puskar Futures Golf Classic will extend an exemption to the winner of the Women’s West Virginia Amateur Championship in July. … Hamilton Farm Golf Club, host of the HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship, July 6-9, in Gladstone, N.J., announces a Community Outreach Program created to provide fundraising opportunities through tickets for the championship. … Kiawah Island Golf Resort‘s Ocean Course received a 5-star rating, while all four of the resort’s other courses earned 4.5 stars in Golf Digest‘s latest "Best Place to Play" reader’s poll. … Toll Brothers reports that Frenchman’s Reserve in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has been recognized by Travel & Leisure Golf magazine as one of the "Top 100 Golf Communities in America." … The Golf Coaches Association of America announces the NCAA Division II Ping All-American teams. Named to the first team were Jamie Amoretti (St. Mary’s, Texas), Scott Brown (South Carolina-Aiken), Todd Dayton (Central Oklahoma), D.J. Fernando (Cal. State-Bakersfield), Greg Koch (Florida Southern), Steve Larson (Grand Valley State), Shane Prante (St. Martin’s), Brad Risenhoover (Northeastern State) and Dan Walters (Rollins). Also, John Knauer of Arizona has been named the recipient of the Jan Strickland Assistant Coach of the Year Award, and Zack Robinson of Oklahoma State is the recipient of the Byron Nelson Award. … Chichester Golf Club in West Sussex, England, will randomly distribute World Cup-logoed golf balls on its driving range throughout the month-long event. … Westhampton Country Club in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., selects ClubTec‘s SQL Windows Club Management Software Systems. … The Golf Channel will air live coverage of the Allianz Championship, Friday through Sunday, 6-8:30 p.m. ET.
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