Transitions Optical, which earlier this year signed on as title sponsor of the PGA Tour’s Transitions Championship For Healthy Sight, films a national television commercial at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Innisbrook, Fla. … Hot Stix Golf, an independent custom club fitting and equipment testing lab, will open a state-of-the-art, club-fitting facility at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The club fitting services begin on Monday, Dec. 15. … World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla., is chosen the 15th best resort course in Golf Digest‘s 2009 readers’ survey of “The Top 50 Resort Courses.” … The Myrtle Beach National Co. is offering its “Golf Green Fee Giveaway,” a promotion that offers golfers the opportunity to instantly win free green fees by visiting MBN.com before booking trips to the South Carolina region. The promotion runs through March 15. … GolfLink, an online golf resource and online golf community, partners with Golf Channel to make its branded advertising inventory available exclusively through the network’s digital sales team. … The Northern California Golf Association, its two member-owned golf courses, Poppy Hills and Poppy Ridge, and the NCGA Foundation debut an online store at shop.ncga.org. … Atlanta Junior Golf will host its annual Skills Challenge at Charlie Yates Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, Dec. 13. This event is available to all junior golfers in Atlanta under the age of 14. For information, go to www.atlantajuniorgolf.org. … Bobby Jones announces a limited edition gold-plated pocket watch in honor of the 75th anniversary of the 1930 Grand Slam. The watch, which retails for $795, features a molded caseback with the 75th anniversary Bobby Jones logo and limited edition numbering. The watch is available at Bobby Jones stores and www.bobbyjonesshop.com. … Sawgrass Golf Resort and Spa in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., recently presented a $25,000 gift to the Emergency Services Homeless Coalition in St. Augustine, Fla.
Yani Tseng, Suzann Pettersen, Cristie Kerr and Natalie Gulbis commit to play in the HSBC Women’s Champions, March 5-8 at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore. … The Florida State Golf Association announces the locations for two major championships in 2009. The 92nd Florida State Amateur will be held at TPC Sawgrass and Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, June 25-28; and the Florida Open Championship will be co-hosted by Quail Valley Country Club and John’s Island West in Vero Beach, July 17-19.
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