Dogwood Trace Golf Course in Petersburg, Va., will open to the public on April 24. The course will begin accepting tee times on April 17 at 804.732.5573. … Former Cincinnati Red Ken Griffey Sr. and University of South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier commit to play in the Hootie and the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Tournament on Monday, April 14 at The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. … TaylorMade-adidas Golf agrees to continue its support of the TaylorMade Ontario PGA Tournament of Champions. … Four-time Masters champion Arnold Palmer will be the guest on XM 146’s “Fairways of Life Show with Matt Adams”. The show airs each week, one hour before the PGA Tour Network‘s live weekend coverage. … The nationally-syndicated “Golf America” television show will feature The Preserve Golf Club near Biloxi, Miss. … The 11th American Red Cross 2008 Classic Golf Tour will kick on May 19 at Galloway National Golf Club in Galloway Township, N.J. … EnZo Golf Shafts Inc. launches its new website, www.enzogolfshafts.com, and reports its initial product lines will not be available until mid-April. … CBS Sports will air live coverage of the Masters on Saturday-Sunday, April 12-13. Third-round coverage will air Saturday, April 12, 3:30-7 p.m. ET; final-round coverage, Sunday, April 13, 2:30-7 p.m. ET. Highlights of early-round play will be shown Thursday-Friday, April 10-11 from 11:35-11:50 p.m. ET. … Wild Rock Golf Club in Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., the latest design by Hurdzan & Fry, is set to open May 1. … The Golf Course Builders Association of America reports that its 2008 Membership Directory is now available. The directory is available to non-members for $100. To order, call 402.476.4444 or e-mail paul_foley@gcbaa.org.
The EDS Bryon Nelson Championship pre-qualifying deadline is Friday, April 11 at 5 p.m. CT. The qualifying entry fee is $200 and open to professionals and amateurs with a handicap of 2 or less. An entry form and online sign-up is available at www.ntpga.com. For information, go to 212.420.7421. … Sherri Steinhauer (1999 and 2004), Hee-Won Han (2003), Gloria Park (2002) and Michele Redman (1997) commit to play the Sybase Classic, set for May 15-18 in Clifton, N.J. … The SemGroup Championship, set for May 1-4 in Broken Arrow, Okla., reports that the current field features eight of the top-10 players on the 2007 LPGA money list and 84 of the top 100.
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