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William James (Bill) Powell: PGA Life Member, the only African American to build, own and operate a golf course, and an ambassador for building diversity in the game, died Dec. 31 in Canton, OH. He was 93. In lieu of flowers, donations should be directed to The Clearview Legacy Foundation for Education, Preservation and Research at P.O. Box 30196, East Canton, OH 44730 or by visiting www.clearview-gc.com or calling 330.488.0404. … Tim Finchem: PGA Tour commissioner to receive the American Society of Golf Course Architects’ 2010 Donald Ross Award. The award is given annually to an individual who has made a positive impact on golf and golf course architecture, and will be presented on March 6 during the 64th ASGCA annual meeting in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. … Roger J. Mohr: Elected chairman of the Western Golf Association for 2010-11. Mohr of Lake Forest, IL, succeeds John N. Fix of Kenilworth, IL, and has served as WGA vice chairman since 2008. … Paul Piro: Named the Reed Exhibitions (North America) Sales Rookie of the Year for 2009. Piro joined PGA Golf Shows in October 2008 and is recognized for his work with more than 250 golf vendors in the PGA Merchandise Show and PGA Fall Expo family of events.

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Q1 Golf, GreenFix Golf: Extend their partnership agreement in which Q1 Golf will handle the marketing, distribution and development of the GreenFix Golf line. The first product of the new collaboration is the GreenFix Sentinel line of divot tools, which have been developed to work equally well using either a traditional repair method or the desirable patented Push method developed by GreenFix Golf. … Prestwick Golf Group: Develops the Spin-Scoring scoreboard, a portable system for scorekeeping in any type of playing format. The scoreboard can be written on with permanent marker, flipped to keep scores discrete from competing golfers and has permanent grids for easy readability.

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