IMG Design signs an agreement with Hebei Shengtai Real Estate Development Co. to design golf courses at two separate developments in China. Both courses will be developed in the Hebei Province – one in Cang Zhou City (scheduled to open early 2011) and the other in Qinghuangdao City. … Pin High Apparel signs of two-time PGA Tour winner Daniel Chopra to a multi-year endorsement deal. Pin High also appoints Grand Slam Golf as the exclusive distributor in the Southeast Asia region. … Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pa., offers its Stay and Play Fall Package that features free golf with a one-night stay. Rates start at $353 for midweek and $386 for weekend. … National University in San Diego, Calif., announces the opening of the National University Golf Academy, which will offer innovative golf programs that combine academics with golf instruction at the high school, associate’s and bachelor’s levels. Enrollment is currently open. … Three Oaks Hospitality, a club membership consulting company based in Boca Raton, Fla., adds a new division specializing in golf club management. Greg French, formerly vice president of golf operations for Benchmark Golf, has joined principals Michael Padden and Eric Stephenson to run the new operation.

Volvo and IMG announce a partnership between the Seve Ballesteros Foundation, Spain and the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship. The foundation will be the official charity of the championship and all proceeds of fundraising activities and a contribution from Volvo will go toward the foundation’s objectives of fighting cancer, researching brain tumors and providing opportunities in golf for youngsters from similarly disadvantaged backgrounds. Also, reigning Masters champion Angel Cabrera and European players Rory McIlroy, Simon Dyson, Ross Fisher and Oliver Wilson complete the 16-man field for the championship, Oct. 29-Nov. 1. … The Legends Tour‘s 2009 Handa Cup will be held Dec. 5-6 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla. … President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush will serve as honorary chairpeople for the LPGA Tour Championship, Nov. 17-22 at The Houstonian Golf and Country Club in Houston, Texas. … The sixth B-CU/FAMU O.C.A.C. Golf Classic, a major fundraiser designed to help the Orange County Alumni Chapter Scholarship Funds of both Bethune-Cookman University and Florida A&M University, will be held at Shingle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Nov. 20. For information, visit BCUFAMUGolfClassic.com.