Hill Shot Golf reports that its trainer has won three "Best New Product" awards — at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla., the PGA Fall Expo in Las Vegas, and the Ontario PGA Merchandise Show in Toronto. … The Rick Robbins-designed Poplar Hill Golf Club in Farmville, Va., opened for public play on June 15. … By virtue of his U.S. Open win, Geoff Oglivy earns a berth in the season-ending PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Bay Golf Course and Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa in Hawaii, Nov. 21-22. Masters champion Phil Mickelson has also qualified. The winners of the British Open and PGA Championship will also qualify. … Kenneth S. Jack has been named director of golf at Magnolia Creek Golf Links in League City, Texas. … Graphite Design International reports that, according to the Darrell Survey, its YS-6 shaft led the wood shaft model count at the Booz Allen Classic. … The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award will benefit from 500 corporate golf memberships donated by the Leaderboard Group in England. The special Leaderboard/Duke of Edinburgh’s Award memberships will be sold at a price of £150 and sold on a first-come, first-served basis — with £75,000 expected to be raised for the registered charity. … Ji Min Jeong earned her first professional win at the Lima Memorial Hospital Futures Classic and became the ninth recipient of the Mio "First-Time Winner" award. Jeong was awarded a Mio Golf XE watch. … The Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc. announces the opening of the Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort‘s nine-hole Tillinghast Approach Golf Course on June 14. … Mississippi ‘s newest public course, The Preserve Golf Club in Ocean Springs on the Gulf Coast, is scheduled to open July 14. The course is designed by Jerry Pate. … The Golf Channel‘s "The Big Break All-Star Challenge" continues with an all-new episode featuring the 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox, airing Tuesday, July 4 at 10:30 p.m. ET. … The inaugural Ruth Lyons Amateur Golf Championship will be held July 1-2 at The Vineyards in Cincinnati, Ohio. … Fred Couples won the ING Par-3 Shootout, held on the Threetops Course at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Mich., on Tuesday. Couples pocketed $200,000 on the last hole and $300,000 total to win his third ING Par-3 Shootout title in five years. Chris DiMarco and Craig Stadler tied for second with $110,000 apiece. Andy North was fourth with $20,000. … Dallas Athletic Club in Mesquite, Texas , chooses ClubTec‘s Web site WebTec product. … The lineup for the Magnolia Health Systems Wolf Challenge, Aug. 12-14 at Covered Bridge Golf Club in Sellersburg, Ind., will feature Fuzzy Zoeller, Kevin Costner, J.B. Holmes and John Daly. … Red Rocks Country Club in Morrison, Colo., is being renovated by Phelps-Atkinson Golf Design. The updates include: 23 new or resurfaced tees; 27 large trees replanted around the course; rebuilt pond, fairway and bunkering around the 11th green complex; new bunkering on holes 10 and 18; and other minor cosmetic improvements. … The International in Boston, Mass., a 36-hole private golf club, becomes a presenting sponsor of Jimmy Fund Golf, the oldest and largest grassroots golf program for charity in the nation. The five-year in-kind sponsorship is worth $500,000 to Jimmy Fund Golf, which raises funds for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. … River Forest Country Club in Elmhurst, Ill., names Chris Gumbach as its new head professional. … Bushnell Outdoor Products reports that, according to a recent Darrell Survey report, 90 percent of players on the Champions Tour using electronic measuring devices use a Bushnell laser rangefinder to calculate distances during practice rounds. … The July/August issue of Golf for Women names Okemo Valley Golf Club in Ludlow, Vt., as one of its "Top 50 Courses for Women." … The Peninsula on the Indian River Bay in Millsboro, Del., is helping to facilitate seasonal, nocturnal horseshoe crab breeding on the Inland Bays, in addition to the Delaware Bay.
CLARIFICATION
C-Thru Grips Inc. is the lead distributor of McArthur Towel & Sports-licensed golf grip products, including NFL, MLB and soon all 30 NHL teams, and not as stated in a press release in the Monday, June 26, issue of The Wire.
A press release regarding the Northern California Women’s Golf Summit in the Monday, June 26, issue of The Wire gave the incorrect email address for Gail Rogers, NCGA Director of Education. Her email is GRogers@ncga.org.
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