Kim Ruark is named president of Ocean City Golf Getaway, a non-profit marketing consortium for Ocean City, Md. … Edgewood Country Club in Charleston, W.Va., names Troy Anderson as its new golf course superintendent. … The Colorado Golf Association announces the election of the 2007 slate of governors. The nine volunteers elected to serve on the 30-person CGA Board of Governors were Mike Boster of Fox Hollow Golf Club; Jim Lilja of Lone Tree Hotel and Golf Club; Ken Lewis of Desert Hawk at Pueblo West Golf Club; Dennis Lyon of Murphy Creek Golf Club; Kent Moore of Cherry Hills Country Club; Gene Miranda of Eisenhower Golf Club; Buddy Noel of Saddle Rock Golf Club; Mike Schultz of Deer Creek at Meadow Ranch Golf Club; and Dave Wining of Flatirons Golf Club. Also, the CGA approved its 2007 officers — Kevin Laura, president, of Highlands Ranch Golf Club; Bill Fowler, vice president, of Rolling Hills Country Club; Lilja, vice president; Dave Cribari, treasurer, of Columbine Country Club; and Jim Magette, secretary, of Meadows Golf Club. … Golf Scene TV, hosted by Steve Kashul, will air weekly on Comcast SportsNet Chicago beginning in May on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. CT. …
For the second consecutive year, Frenchman’s Reserve, located in eastern Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has been ranked among "America’s Top 100 Golf Communities" by Travel & Leisure Golf magazine. … The newest issue of Golf Course News International now on newsstands in the United Kingdom. … Easy Golf becomes the Finnish licensee for the International Pairs, one of the largest worldwide tournaments for club golfers. … Papa John’s Pizza becomes the title sponsor for the One Club World Championship, set for Aug. 6 at Eagle’s Landing Country Club in Atlanta, Ga. … Poppy Ridge Golf Course in Livermore, Calif., will host a regional open qualifier for the fourth Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. The regional qualifier is June 27 and will determine 10 of the 78 junior spots in the tournament field. The qualifier is a single-day, 18-hole stroke-play competition open to boys and girls, ages 14-18 and not enrolled in college, with a maximum USGA handicap of seven or 13. … The Golf Channel will air 19.5 hours of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, beginning today through Sunday. Coverage will air today through Friday from 2-6 p.m. ET, on Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. ET and on Sunday from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ET. The first three days’ coverage will be replayed in prime time: Wednesday, 7:30-11:30 p.m. ET; Thursday-Friday, 8:30-11:30 p.m. ET. Also, the network will air live coverage of the LPGA’s Fields Open, Thursday-Saturday, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. … TMC USA LLC, publishers of Arnold Palmer’s Kingdom magazine, hires art director Leon Harris to oversee the design of the magazine. … The Xellent Amateur Golf Series kicks off the first of nine qualifier events, March 19-20 at Grand Bear Golf Club in Saucier, Miss. The field is open to the first 100 entrants. Entry fee is $275. … Toll Brothers reports that the Greg Norman Signature Course at Jupiter Country Club in Jupiter, Fla., is in the grow-in stage and that mowing of the fairways and greens has started on some of the holes.
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