The Mountain Golf Course at Incline Village in Incline Village, Nev., has been designated as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” by Audubon International. … Boo Weekley moved to fifth on the U.S. Ryder Cup points list after his win at the Verizon Heritage. Weekley has 2,121.996 points. Tiger Woods continues to lead with 8,665.627 points, while Justin Leonard currently holds the eighth and final qualifying spot with 1,801.102 points. … Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colo., moves to ClubTec‘s SQL Club Management Solutions. … Rain Bird Corp., a manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, seeks nominations for its 2008 Intelligent Use of Water Award. This award recognizes persons or organizations whose innovation, leadership, ingenuity and overall commitment to improved landscape water efficiency has raised the standard for outdoor water conservation. Nomination forms are available at www.rainbird.com/iuow/award.htm. The deadline is June 30. … Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday will host the seventh FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing, May 18-21. The FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing raises money for The Thomas Elsasser Fund, a charity backed by the United Firefighters Association (UFA) and designed to benefit families of fallen firefighters. Registration is open until May 10 and the $390 entry fee includes four nights of accommodations and three rounds of golf. Firefighters can register by calling 877-411-3369 or going to www.fdnygolf.com. … The United States announces its 2008 Palmer Cup team that will face Europe in the annual collegiate Ryder Cup-style competition, June 26-27 in Gailes, Scotland. The American team, captained by Stanford coach Conrad Ray, will feature Kevin Chappell (UCLA), Derek Fathauer (Louisville), Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State), Aaron Goldberg (San Diego State), Chesson Hadley (Georgia Tech), Billy Horschel (Florida), Adam Mitchell (Georgia) and Michael Thompson (Alabama). The United States leads the series 6-4-1, but has lost the last two competitions in Europe. … Green Friendly reports that Volvo China Open winner Damien McGrane wore its golf belt. … Golf Channel hires Tom Stathakes as the network’s senior vice president of programming, production and operations. Stathakes will begin his new position on May 28 and report to Golf Channel president Page Thompson. … Trigelle reports that its spring line was worn by pro Karen Stupples at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and seen throughout the week in and outside the ropes.
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