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TPC San Antonio, a private/resort club now under development near San Antonio, Texas, promotes Jimmy Terry to general manager. … … Calvin Klein Inc. signs a multi-year deal that appoints Irish-based Premium Golf Brands as the exclusive licensee of the Calvin Klein Golf brand. … King Golf will conduct its third “KG Kids Know How To Play!” golf class at Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Evansville, Ind., beginning April 2. … PGA Professional Kellie Stenzel of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is selected as one of Golf Magazine‘s “Top-100 Teachers in America.” … The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va., debuts its new Homestead Golf Academy. Replacing the Golf Advantage School, the revamped Golf Academy will help golfers of all levels improve their short game, full swing and overall performance. For information, call 866.658.5580 or visit www.thehomestead.com. … Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., moves to ClubTec‘s SQL Club Management Solutions. … RDC Golf Group Inc. appoints Bill Shiles as general manager of Tuscawilla Country Club in northeast Orlando, Fla. … Accra introduces an entire line of new golf shafts, Accra Dymatch. … Online League Tracker (www.onlineleaguetracker.com), a free member service for golf leagues, launches. OLT is a web-based golf league solution that allows the league’s manager to create, calculate, track and display golf handicaps, along with other league statistics. … E-Z-Go enters into a six-year agreement to provide fleet golf cars and grounds-maintenance vehicles to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama. … Bernhard Langer extends his lead in the Champions Tour’s Charles Schwab Cup. Langer has 617 points through five events and leads Loren Roberts by 312 points and Mike Goodes by 313. … Touchstone Golf names Mark Luthman as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Loft 8° agrees to a multi-year partnership to become the title sponsor of the Ontario PGA Assistants’ Team Championship. … The Sybase Classic announces a new text message promotional program for its tournament, May 14-17. Fans can text “LPGA” to “SYBASE” (792273) to receive two free daily tickets to the Sybase Classic. They will receive a message in return with a promotion code valid for two free tickets to be purchased online at www.sybaseclassic.com. Also, fans can text “BLOG” to “SYBASE” (792273) to receive text message alerts for important tournament-related information on event results, weather delays, traffic re-routing and special activities.