Long Drivers of America announces Champ Spikes as a sponsor of the 2009 Re/Max World Long Drive Championship. … Dubai-based apparel company Scorpio Golf announces that European Solheim Cup player Elisabeth Esterl will wear the Austrian national colors during this week’s UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. “Our inspiration for this idea was the late, great Payne Stewart who used to honour the states and countries where he played by wearing the NFL football team colours of the local side,” said Neil Webb, Scorpio Golf’s business development manager. … GNC partners with the Western Pennsylvania Committee of the Wounded Warrior Project to hold its fourth annual fundraising golf outing, Sept. 21 in Sewickley, Pa. The event helps raise public awareness and funding for severely wounded servicemen and women. For information, visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org. … Chris King, a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor, releases the instructor version of his eBook, “The New Rules of Golf Instruction.” The eBook is available for free download at NewRulesGolf.com. … RoboCup, a ball return robot that was launched at the PGA Merchandise Show, partners with YES! Golf in the United Kingdom to increase distribution to international markets. … Fred Garbin, a fellow and past president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and member since 1961, died Sept. 6. He was 81. Garbin designed and remodeled more than 100 golf courses, primarily in Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and Ohio, though he did branch out to the Caribbean. Contributions in Garbin’s name may be made to the ASGCA Foundation.

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