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Aldila Inc., according to published reports, delayed the filing of its annual 10K report by as much as two weeks, citing accounting work it undertook to revise how it accounts for certain securities transactions that affect its balance sheet and cash flow statements. The maker of graphite golf shafts said the reclassification will not result in a restatement of past earnings. Alidila said the revised financial statements will reclassify certain activity in "Auction Rate Securities" on the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2005 through and including Sept. 30, 2007. … Bart Bryant wore Divots Golf‘s aero cool and mercerized cotton en route to a second-place finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. … Thomson Perrett & Lobb reports that demand for real estate at El Ein Bay in Egypt, for which TP&L has designed both the course and the layout of villas, apartments and townhouses, has been exceptional. … Evergreen Alliance Golf Limited (Eagle Golf) of Dallas, Texas, and CNL Income Properties have purchased 42 golf courses from American Golf Corp., including Arrowhead Golf Club in Littleton, Colo. … Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and Myrtle Beach, S.C., area golf courses have teamed up with the National Prostate Cancer Coalition to kick off the “Know Your Score” campaign to benefit prostate cancer research. Through events and tournaments scheduled in Myrtle Beach during 2008, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday hopes to raise more than $250,000 for the NPCC and their prostate cancer research efforts. … The Jack Nicklaus Signature Course at Pawleys Plantation Golf and Country Club in Pawleys Island, S.C., has been ranked among the top 50 golf courses in the state by the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel. … Golf Digest Planner develops a new Website, www.GolfEventGuide.com, that allows event organizers to list events online and promote them to potential players and sponsors in their market. … Lake of Isles‘ North Course, located in North Stonginton, Conn., was voted No. 1 on Golfweek‘s 2008 state-by-state list of “America’s Best Courses You Can Play.” This is the North Course’s second appearance as No. 1 in the state. … Blue Heron Pines in Galloway Township, N.J., introduces one or two-night “Stay and Play” packages that enable golfers to combine up to three rounds of golf with several appealing one or two-night accommodation options. Weekday packages start as low as $117.50 per person for an overnight stay and one round of golf, and $235 per person for a two-night stay and two rounds of golf. Prices for a two-night stay with three rounds of golf begin at just $315. For information, call 609.965.1800 or visit www.blueheronpines.com. … The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic will make a $60,000 donation to the National Kidney Foundation of Southern California in the name of 2007 and 2008 tournament host George Lopez and his wife, Ann – the foundation’s national spokespeople. … The AT&T Classic will fund a journalism scholarship award at Georgia State University. The tournament will contribute $4,600 with the funding split jointly between the Atlanta Classic Foundation, the event’s governing body, and title sponsor AT&T. This donation has been made annually in memory of Tom McCollister, the former golf writer for the Atlanta Journal/Constitution, who passed away in 1999.

Entries are now being accepted for the Georgia State Golf Association‘s 39th Greater Atlanta Women’s Amateur Championship, May 20-22 at Northwood Country Club in Lawrenceville. For information, call 770.955.4272 or 800.949.4742, or e-mail info@gsga.org.