Golf Coaches Association of America: Coaches Maxie Boles, O.D. Bounds, Devon Brouse, Ronnie Choate, Steve Loy, Delnor Poss and Ben Thompson comprise its 2009 Hall of Fame Class. The group will be officially honored at the GCAA Hall of Fame reception and awards banquet Monday, Dec. 7. … KPMG: The seventh Golf Business Forum will take place in Belek, Turkey, May 12-14. Among those scheduled to attend is former World No. 1 Greg Norman. … American Junior Golf Association: Jordan Spieth, 16, of Dallas, and Victoria Tanco, 15, of Bradenton, FL, are named the respective boys and girls Rolex Junior Players of the Year. … Jupiter Country Club: The Jupiter, FL, golf course community is ranked No. 21 among 30 best retirement destinations as determined by BestRetirementDestinations.com. The independent organization evaluates and ranks retirement destinations on a monthly basis. … GolfJunkys.com: In a three-part series, the website investigates a dispute between Trinitas Golf Club in Calaveras County, CA, and county officials. The series claims that county officials broke agreements to change zoning regulations that would accommodate a golf course on a section of agricultural property. Trinitas already exists on that property. … Golf Coast: Acquires Sonartec’s shafts through a court approved sale. These shafts include Aldila NV 45s in pink L and black A, Graphite Design Red Ice woods in R, S and X, and ONiN2 hybrids in R and S. The shafts are available at reduced prices at TheGolfCoastOnline.com. … Hamilton Farm Club: The Gladstone, NJ, club hosted a “Guns and Hoses” outing to support local municipalities. Teams were comprised of golfers from the Somerset County Sheriff’s office, Somerset County’s “200 Club,” fire and rescue personnel from Bernardsville, Chester, Far Hills/Bedminster, Lebanon, Peapack-Gladstone, Pottersville and Watchung townships. Participants also included the New Jersey state police and local law enforcement officers. … ClubTec: Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas, TX, moves to ClubTec’s SQL Club Management Solutions. … TurfNet.com: The online community for golf course superintendents partners with Endavo Media, an Atlanta-based Internet TV platform provider, to add online video features to its site.

Charles Schwab Cup Championship: Tom Lehman withdraws from the championship due to a family emergency. Lehman’s withdrawal leaves 29 players in the field for today’s opening round.