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Mint Green Group Inc. and Vantage Sports Inc. open their new sales and marketing center in Toronto’s Mississauga district. The new office facilities feature sales offices and state of the art showrooms designed to deliver superior sales presentations and support to customers in Canada’s largest market. … Eleven-year-old Charley Hull has been awarded a junior golf scholarship by the Oxfordshire Golf Club in Oxfordshire, England. … The Founders Golf Club in Sarasota, Fla., officially opened its Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed, 18-hole golf course on Feb. 4. … Jacobsen Hardy Golf Design unveils its latest renovation project, The Wanderers Club at Wellington (formerly Wellington Golf and Country Club) in Wellington, Fla. … Entries will close on March 5 for the 20th Georgia Four-Ball Tournament, March 28-30 at River Pointe Golf Club and Stonebridge Golf and Country Club in Albany. This event is open to two-man teams of male amateur golfers of all ages who are GSGA members and Georgia residents, with combined USGA handicap indexes of 4.0 and above. Players may enter online at www.gsga.org. … Pronghorn in Bend, Ore., is selected to Travel + Leisure Golf magazine’s America’s Top 100 Golf Communities. Also, Fairways + Greens and Golf Digest have recognized Pronghorn as their top pick for private golf courses in the U.S. and among the top five for America’s Best New Private Courses, respectively. … Old Corkscrew, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course in Estero, Fla., celebrates its one-year anniversary. … The San Mateo County Times signs on as presenting sponsor of the Northern California Golf Show, March 14-16 in San Mateo, Calif. … Standard Golf announces a speal offer on Smart-Fit cup and flagstick systems. Through April, Standard Golf offers nine free Smart-Fit systems for every 18 Smart-Fit systems purchased. Also, Standard Golf launches an innovative build-your-own-flagstick application that allows full customization of the company’s most popular flagsticks with a wide selection of colors, striping patterns and ferrules. … Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, S.C., will hold its Grand Opening Extravaganza on June 2, including an exclusive invitation-only two-day celebration featuring concerts and a star-studded celebrity golf tournament hosted by PGA Tour professional Peter Jacobsen. The event will air on NBC on July 5. … The International Association of Golf Tour Operators names Ginn Reunion Resort in Orlando, Fla., as North American Golf Resort of the Year. … Bright House Networks, the title sponsor of the first Duramed Futures Tour event of 2008 in Lakeland, Fla., joins another event sponsor, Solar Source, in purchasing 400 copies of a new golf novel called “Pops and Sunshine.” The companies will give the book to pro-am participants and other event supporters. … Winning Edge Designs enters into a multi-year agreement with Transview Golf for exclusive distribution of its accessory products throughout Southeast Asia. … HorsePower Sports Marketing adds Lisa K. Lucas and James (Jim) S. Lucas II as director of operations and event manager, respectively.