The entry deadline for the 37th Texas State Open is Wednesday, June 6, at 5 p.m. (CT). All entries must be received by the Northern Texas PGA via mail, online, facsimile, overnight carrier, or in person by this time. … The Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation announces that James E. Moore will assume the newly-created leadership role as director of foundation advancement beginning Jan. 1. … The final field for The Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas — in which entrants put up $50,000 apiece and begins with match-play preliminaries May 29-30 and concludes with the stroke-play finals June 7-8 – has been set. Among those in the 40-player field are Rick Rhoden, Spencer Levin, Billy Joe Tolliver and Erik Compton. … American Express Canada has extended its title sponsorship of the Ontario PGA Spring Championship, June 4-5. … The Junior Golf Association of Arizona announces that Barbara Douglas will assume the post of president of the JGAA. Douglas, the former JGAA first vice president ascended to the presidency when Sean Ferris accepted the full-time position as assistant executive director of the JGAA. Replacing Douglas will be Jeff Reich, who has served on the JGAA Board for the past four years. … Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, N.J., hires Ray Viera as director of grounds. … The American Society of Golf Course Architects welcomed six new associate members — John Cope of North Palm Beach, Fla.; Jim Engh of Castle Rock, Colo.; Ted Robinson Jr. of Laguna Beach, Calif.; Phil Smith of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Bryce Swanson of Montclair, N.J.; and Ken Williams of Toledo, Ohio — to its ranks at the group’s recent 61st annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. This brings the ASGCA membership to 182. … The Carolinas PGA announces that a Play Golf America Day will be held at the Charles T. Myers Golf Course in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, June 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. … Brad Bryant won the Regions Charity Classic wearing Divots apparel. … Second Skin Garment Co. becomes a presenting sponsor of the Ontario PGA Fall Championship, Sept. 24-27. … The Women’s Western Golf Association will hold its 107th National Amateur Championship at Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana, Ill., June 11-16. … Red Leaves, a new, luxury resort community on Lake Rosseau in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, purchases the circa 1869 Muskoka hotel, Clevelands House. … Successables Inc. reports that, according to the Darrell Survey, 91.7 percent of the field at The Players Championship had the Seaforth Rain Hoods in their respective bags. … Bear Mountain Resort, located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, releases the final 39 units at Soaring Peaks. The resort features the region’s only Jack and Steve Nicklaus co-designed golf course. … Motion Golf hires Kensey Snider as its newest instructor at the company’s Fairfield, N.J., headquarters. Snider will also instruct at the company’s New York studios. … Forsgate Country Club, located in Monroe Township, N.J., announces that Ted Kohler has been named director of membership.
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