The Kraft Nabisco Championship, set for April 3-6 in Rancho Mirage, Calif., extends sponsor invitations to seven amateurs — Maria Jose Uribe, Mallory Blackwelder, Amanda Blumenherst, Mina Harigae, Kimberly Kim and Alison Walshe. … CBS Sports‘ Jim Nantz, who anchors the network’s golf broadcasts, has been named the 2007 National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Nantz also won the award in 2005 and 1998. … The Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth, R.I., names Steve Napoli as director of golf. … Entries are now being accepted for the Georgia State Golf Association‘s 20th Georgia Four-Ball Tournament, March 28-30 at River Pointe Golf Club and Stonebridge Golf and Country Club in Albany. Players may enter at www.gsga.org or download entry forms as a PDF file. The deadline for entries is Wednesday, March 5, at 5 p.m. … Arizona State University‘s Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness appoints Mark J. Black as the director and lecturer of the professional golf management program, effective Feb. 11. Black replaces Curt Hudek. … The English Golf Union and English Women’s Golf Association offers golf clubs continued funding to support coaching programs in 2008 through two grants, namely the Junior Club Coaching Grant and the Free Golf Coaching Grant. … Corpus Christi Country Club in Corpus Christi, Texas, selects ClubTec‘s SQL Club Management Solutions. … The WorldGolf.com network launches a redesigned version of its ArizonaGolf.com website. … Greg Norman commits to play in the Mayakoba Golf Classic, Feb. 21-24 in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. In December, Fred Funk, John Daly, Nick Price and Bubba Watson committed. … Spring Creek Golf Club in Charlottesville, Va., has been named the Best New Public Course Under $75 by Golf Digest. … Vince Cellini rejoins Golf Channel, resuming his role as a member of the network’s group of studio personalities. Cellini, who served as a network anchor, reporter and show host from 2003-2007, will assume his former role as a main anchor for the network’s nightly news program, “Golf Central,” as well as host of the “The Grey Goose 19th Hole.” … CBS Sports announces its most extensive schedule of broadcasting golf in 58 years. Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo will serve as anchors as the network will broadcast 24 golf tournaments, totaling more than 150 hours, including and the Masters, PGA Championship, 19 PGA Tour events, two LPGA events and one Champions Tour event. … Loren Roberts and Jay Haas, the past two winners of the Champions Tour’s year-long Charles Schwab Cup, commit to play the ACE Group Classic in Naples, Fla., Feb. 15-17. … KJ Choi, reigning British Open champion Padraig Harrington and Colin Montgomerie commit to play in the inaugural Ballantine’s Championship, March 13-16 in Jeju, Korea. … Robert Mahnken of Baldwinsville, N.Y., wins Golf Channel‘s $25,000 “Fall Fantasy Foursome,” the largest cash payout for any free fantasy golf game.
PGA MERCHANDISE SHOW (Jan. 17-19, Orlando, Fla.)
Aphira will host hourly fashion shows on its exclusive runway. Aphira will display a new line that includes more than 100 styles and in three unique collections. … Geoff Mangum, creator of the PuttingZone will hold a press conference on Friday, Jan. 18 at 4 p.m. in Room 312A of the Orange County Convention Center to discuss his new book on instinctive putting and explain the "community concept" behind the PuttingZone as a medium for cooperative learning and teaching in golf. … Imperial Headwear introduces its new eco-friendly Green Collection and Imperial1 headwear. The Green Collection is 98 percent renewable, reusable and recycled, and fashioned from sustainable ultra-lightweight 65 percent organic cotton and 35 percent bamboo charcoal. The Imperial1 features revolutionary I9-panel, sleek close fit, new memory visor for custom bill shape and a visor comfort cushion strip that prevents hat-head. … Perry Ellis International Inc. debuts its new product at the PGA Merchandise Show, including the Ping Collection mock turtleneck, which helps regulate skin temperature. The Ping Collection mock is designed with engineered sleeves made with pinpoint compression that help with blood flow to the muscles, benefiting circulation.
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