The ownership group of The Cotton Ranch Club, located in Gypsum, Colo., selects Denver-based Edge Golf Group to market and broker the property for sale. … SW Ownership LLC will break ground on Skywater Over Horseshoe Bay, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, today, Friday. The course forms the core of a1,618-acre residential community. … Marketing communications company TrizCom signs ezLocator, maker of a software program for golf courses that streamlines the hole placement process, as its newest client. … Golf Magazine presents its biannual celebration of the top 100 courses in the U.S. and the world in its October issue. A panel of 100 voting members selected Pine Valley Golf Course as the No. 1 course in the world. … The Golf Mart renews its sponsorship of Bay Area Fall Golf Show, scheduled for Oct. 23-25 in Pleasanton, Calif. As a presenting sponsor, The Golf Mart will exhibit the latest clubs, gear and equipment from the industry’s leading manufacturers. … The Carolinas PGA Section reports that 345 of its 587 member facilities throughout North and South Carolina have registered to host their own special Patriot Golf Day fundraising events, today, Friday, through Sept. 7. The events benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation. … The Course at Wente Vineyards in Livermore, Calif., reports more play in its “Proprietor’s Reserve” Golf Club, which offers an array of individual, family and corporate special privilege packages. For information, visit WenteVineyards.com. … Pawleys Plantation in Pawleys Island, S.C., offers golfers a new stay-and-play package. “Timeless Tees and River Scenes” is available Sept. 9-Nov. 29 beginning at $399 per person. Golfers can enjoy accommodations for three nights at Pawleys Plantation, and golf on its Jack Nicklaus-designed courses, The Heritage Club and River Club. … Bunker Mentality launches an expanded range for its SS2010 line. New technical shirts have been added along with new accessories and golf bags. … The Sticks for Kids program, created by Forward Management Group in collaboration with the Golf Course Builders Association of America, has been initiated in 30 of China’s largest cities, including Beijing and Shanghai. Sticks for Kids is a program designed to provide golf instruction – stance, grip, pitching, chipping, putting and swinging – to children ages 6 to 15.

The LPGA Tour Championship offers a “Back to School” ticket package for only $70. Since children 17 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by a ticketed adult, the package includes two daily grounds passes valid any one day of Championship week, Nov. 17-22, four food vouchers, a parking pass and a commemorative LPGA Tour Championship poster. … The P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship announces that 16 of the LPGA’s top-20 money leaders have committed to play the 54-hole event, Sept. 11-13 in Rogers, Ark. … The field for the LPGA’s Samsung World Championship, scheduled for Sept. 17-20 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, is finalized and the 20-player field includes 11 major championship winners, two Hall of Fame members and four past champions of the event.