Excel Golf, a family partnership operated by Bruce Cassidy Sr., announces a tentative agreement to buy a majority interest in The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. … Stirling Properties is named the court-appointed keeper for the Carter Plantation Golf Course Development in Springfield, La. Stirling Properties is acting on behalf of the lender and will operate the facility during the course of the current legal proceedings that are underway. Carter Plantation is a David Toms-designed golf course and residential resort.

Golf Channel will break into regular-scheduled programming today, Thursday, at 9 a.m. ET for a live news conference to update the fate of golf in the 2016 Olympics. At 11 a.m. ET, Ty Votaw, executive vice president of international affairs and communications for the PGA Tour, will join “Live From the PGA Championship” to discuss the decision of golf becoming an Olympic sport. … ABC is currently casting for its fifth season of “Wife Swap.” The network is searching for golf families for the prime time show. Applicants should be a two-parent home with at least one child between the ages of 7 and 17 living at home full time. For information, contact casting producer Gaby Wilson at gaby.wifeswap@gmail.com.

Justin Rose, 2005 Wyndham Championship winner K.J. Choi and Stuart Appleby commit to play the Wyndham Championship, Aug. 20-23 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Also, tournament officials announce that all on-course hospitality venues are now sold out. … Warrior Custom Golf becomes a sponsor of the third CVS/Pharmacy Golf Tournament to benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Thursday, Sept. 24, at Scarlet Oaks Country Club in Poca, W. Va. … The BMW Championship offers a single-day discount ticket promotion “Monday after the Majors” for Aug. 17. The Western Golf Association will reduce the regular ticket price of $45 by one dollar for each stroke the winner is under par at the end of the PGA Championship on Sunday. For information, visit BMWChampionshipUSA.com.