America claimed a 25.5-10.5 victory in the inaugural USA-China Friendship Cup at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, Calif. … Sam Hutsby, 17, has been selected to captain England in next month’s Boys Home Internationals. Hutsby won the Spanish Amateur Championship earlier this year. … The Teens On The Green World Championship will boast its highest country participation ever. … Isleworth Country Club in Windermere, Fla., will expand its practice facility, with greens grassed with different types of turf and bunkers sporting a range of sands in order to simulate play at other venues; and a short-game area boasting a number of fairway and greenside bunkers of varying depths. A second phase of the project, awaiting Orange County approval, will extend the driving range another 50 yards to 380 yards. … The Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club in Naples, Fla., earns Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine’s 2006 Greens of Distinction Award. … Golf Range Magazine, a trade publication that focuses on golf ranges, learning centers and short courses, announced its annual list of North America’s Top Short Courses. The list features: Executive Golf Courses — Desert Willow Golf Club in Henderson, Nev.; Blue Heron Golf Course in Stevensville, Md.; The Executive at Kingswood in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; Meadow Links and Golf Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio; Creekside Golf Course and Training Center in Valparaiso, Ind.; Mosholu Golf Course in Bronx, N.Y.; Hank Haney Golf Ranch in McKinney, Texas; Mystic Ridge Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; The Hooch in Duluth, Ga.; Reidy Creek Golf Course in Escondido, Calif.; Incline Village Mountain Course in Incline Village, Nev.; and Charles Yates Golf Course in Atlanta, Ga. Par Three Courses — Button Hole in Providence, R.I.; Blue Rock Golf Course in South Sandwich, Mass.; Center 9 at Callaway Golf Center in Las Vegas, Nev.; Middleton Golf Course in Middleton, Mass.; Midway Par 3 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Orange County National’s "Tooth" in Winter Garden, Fla.; Sandstone Hollow at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y.; The Short Course at Cordillera in Vail-Cordillera, Colo.; The Short Course at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala.; Spring Creek Golf Center in Whitewater, Wisc.; Town of Palm Beach Golf Course in Palm Beach, Fla.; and Threetops at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Mich. … Artist Scott Medlock will release "Farewell Jack Nicklaus," hand-signed and numbered canvas art reproductions of Nicklaus’ farewell at the 2005 Open Championship. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. … The English Golf Union and English Ladies’ Golf Association launch a new initiative called the County Skills Challenge specifically to meet the demands of county unions and associations. Based on the National Skills Challenge, which is used by affiliated golf clubs and their junior players, the County Skills Challenge has been designed to be used as part of a county’s coaching program or as a practice activity. … The Buick Open has extended sponsor’s exemptions to the following players: Tom Gillis, Jay Williamson, John Cook, Steve Stricker and James Lepp. … Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday announces that golfers have until Tuesday, Aug. 1, or until the cap of 4,000 participants is reached to register for the PGA Tour Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship, Aug. 28-Sept. 1 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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