The Regions Charity Classic in Birmingham, Ala., will host a separate competition for charity called the Wyndham Challenge during the Charter Telephone Pro-am on Thursday, May 17. South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier and Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville will be paired together to compete for $15,000 to their favorite charity in a stroke-play competition. … Entries are now being accepted for the Georgia State Golf Association‘s 86th Georgia Amateur Championship, July 12-15 at Ansley Golf Club – Settindown Creek in Roswell. Qualified players may enter online at www.gsga.org. Entries will also close on April 4 for the 36th Georgia Four-Ball Championship, April 27-29 at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in Valdosta. … Caddy For A Cure Inc. launches its golfer’s fantasy program for the 2007 season at the Verizon Heritage at Hilton Head. This year’s caddie opportunity will be available for Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson and Tom Pernice Jr. Interested parties bid via an eBay online auction for the opportunity to caddie for a tour player during an official practice round of a PGA Tour tournament. Tournaments, dates, player auctions and detailed program information may be found at www.caddyforacure.com or by calling 954-341-4600.
Swing instructor Jim Hardy issues the first two in a series of continuing-education DVDs designed to reinforce Hardy’s teachings on the one- and two-plane golf swings. The series, "Secrets From The Plane Truth Vault", addresses specific issues not touched upon in the original "The Plane Truth for Golfers" book or DVD and provides dozens of new drills to foster better execution. … Liberty Golf Group, a Philadelphia-based golf course ownership and operating/managing company, acquires the Ed Oliver Golf Club, located in Wilmington, Del. … The Golf Channel will revisit Tiger Woods‘ historic 1997 Masters victory and examine the present-day social ramifications of the win on "Golf Chronicles: Tiger’s 1997 Masters," Tuesday, April 3, at 8 p.m. ET. … Golf Association of Philadelphia president Dan Burton addresses association members in a 4-minute speech that can be viewed at www.gapgolf.org under the video section. … The National Hole-In-One Association reports that it has covered more than 300,000 events and paid in excess of $50 million in cash and prizes since its inception in 1981.
Universal Insurance Holdings of North America, a personal lines insurance carrier, has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with Jeanne Cho-Hunicke, a rookie on the LPGA. … PGA Tour veteran D.A. Weibring and his Dallas-area Golf Resources Group have been named architects for a multi-million dollar redesign of the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas golf course, which hosts the annual EDS Byron Nelson Championship in Dallas, Texas. … The occupancy of golf courses in The Netherlands is increasing. This is shown in The GOSTA 2007 report, published by the consulting firm Horwath HTL, indicates that among 44 Dutch golf courses in 2005, the annual number of rounds on commercial courses was almost 47,000 — an increase of 29 percent compared to 2001.
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