A fundraiser to support the Golf Wisconsin Heritage Center Museum will be held Sunday, May 20, in Green Lake, Wisc. For information, contact Gary Zimmerman at 800-529-4453. … RDC Golf Group Inc. signs a long-term contract to lease Olde York Country Club in Columbus, N.J. … Bernadette Castro, a former New York State parks and recreation commissioner, will be honored on June 18 at the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association‘s 56th National Awards Dinner. Castro, who helped secure the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Opens for Bethpage State Park’s Black Course, will receive the association’s Distinguished Service Award. … The second Dre’ Bly Celebrity Golf Classic will be held Sunday, May 20, at The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club in Chapel Hill, N.C. Bly is a former University of North Carolina football standout, and the event raises funds for the Dre’ Bly Foundation, CarolinaPros Inc. and the Jason Ray Foundation. For information, visit www.drebly.golfreg.com or call 919-942-9993. … Michelle Wie accepts a sponsor’s exemption into the Samsung World Championship, Oct. 11-14 at Bighorn Golf Club’s Canyons Course in Palm Desert, Calif. … The Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, which will host the NCAA Men’s Championship, May 30-June 2 in Williamsburg, Va., is honored by several national and regional publications. Golf Digest names the club’s Gold Course to its biannual list of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses; Golfweek names the Golden Horseshoe to its 2007 Best Courses You Can Play list; and GolfStyles Washington names both the Golden Horseshoe’s Green and Gold courses to The Middle Atlantic’s 100 Must-play Courses.
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