The Rio Grande Club in South Fork, Colo., selects Denver-based Edge Golf Group to manage operations for the facility. … Signature Golf Group will partner with River Oaks Golf Plantation in marketing and course renovation. Schreiner Golf Inc. will oversee the renovation of the Otter Course, and set the stage for future renovations of the Fox and Bear courses. Meanwhile, Signature Golf Group will reintroduce River Oaks to the Myrtle Beach golf market. … The Waldorf Astoria Orlando and Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek adds the Rees Jones-designed Waldorf Astoria Golf Club to the destination’s list of amenities. The course will open Oct. 1. … Ohio State hires Chris Yoder as assistant men’s coach. Yoder has spent the last six seasons in the same role at Wake Forest, where he played collegiately. … Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pa., completes a restoration of the William Flynn design that had stood virtually unchanged for 83 years. … The American Junior Golf Association will present its 2009 Digger Smith Award to Pat Saunders of Rye, N.Y., for dedication and service to junior golf. The award will be presented Tuesday, July 14, at the AJGA’s McDonald’s Betsy Rawls Girls Championship in Malvern, Pa.

Golf Channel kicks off more than 20 hours of coverage of the British Open on Tuesday-Wednesday, July 14-15, with “Live From the Open Championship,” 2-4 p.m. ET with pre-event news conferences. A two-hour preview show will follow on Wednesday (6-8 p.m.). Immediately following network coverage Thursday through Saturday from 2:30-4 p.m. ET and Sunday from 1:30-4 p.m. ET, Golf Channel will break down each day’s action. Also, prime-time coverage will air 7-9 p.m. ET Thursday through Sunday.

The inaugural Disabled British Open will be held Aug. 24-25 at Old Thorns Manor Hotel. … eGolf Professional Tour receives a second unrestricted exemption into the Nationwide Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship, Aug. 13-16.