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SkyGolf, LPGA announce title sponsorship of SkyCaddie LPGA T&CP National Championship
SkyGolf becomes the title sponsor of the SkyCaddie LPGA T&CP National Championship.
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The Golf Channel will televise six hours of live coverage from The Players Championship on both Thursday and Friday, May 10-11, beginning at 1 p.m. ET and a three-hour replay each night beginning at 9 p.m. ET. Also, the network will air its "Live From The Players Championship" wrap-around news coverage that will serve as both a pre-game and post-game show for all four rounds of this year’s tournament. "Live From" will set up the competition with a two-hour telecast on Wednesday, May 9, at 7 p.m. ET. Subsequent telecasts will air 11 a.m.-1 p.m. ET and 7-9 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday and 12:30-2 p.m. ET and 7-9 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday. … Forewinds Hospitality completes a transaction to sell two of its five corporate-owned golf courses — Hartefeld National Golf Club in Avondale, Pa., and Mountain Branch Golf Club in Joppa, Md. — to Pegasus Golf Partners. The two clubs will be managed by EAGL Golf. Combined, these two companies own and manage in excess of sixty properties nationwide.
Cleveland Golf Introduces CG Red & CG Gold Irons
Cleveland Golf introduces its lines of CG Red and CG Gold irons. Both lines have combined Gelback Technology and next generation Micro-Cavity Technology to offer players of all levels increased benefits in the areas of feel, forgiveness and fit.
SkyGolf, LPGA announce title sponsorship of SkyCaddie LPGA T&CP National Championship
SkyGolf becomes the title sponsor of the SkyCaddie LPGA T&CP National Championship.
Player’s Pass Announces First Ambassador
Player’s Pass, a national company that markets a discount golf membership program featuring half-price and reduced fee golf at more than 800 courses nationwide, appoints David Roach as ambassador in the Virginia region.
Callaway Golf Company To Broadcast First Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Callaway Golf Co. will release its first quarter 2007 financial results on Thursday, May 3.
Upgrades Have Course in Superb Condition for ’07 Season
Maggie Valley Club in Maggie Valley, N.C., reports on renovations to its club, which opened in 1964, including new tee boxes, re-routing of cart paths away from areas of play, and adding length to a few holes.
EDS and Orange County Choppers Unveil First-Ever PGA TOUR Event Motorcycle
EDS and Orange County Choppers unveil three EDS Byron Nelson Championship-themed motorcycles at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.
Ivan Lendl Teams Up With Trion:Z In Tennis
Trion:Z signs Ivan Lendl as its official tennis spokesman.
U.S. Open Entries Close; 58 Golfers Already Fully Exempt
The U.S. Golf Association accepts 8,544 entries, including the entries from the 58 golfers who are already fully exempt into the field, for the U.S. Open, to be played June 14-17 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. Eighty-eight percent of the total entries were received online, including 706 on the final day (April 25) that applications were accepted.
Talking Rock Selects OB Sports Management To Oversee Club Operations
Talking Rock, located just north of Prescott, Ariz., appoints OB Sports Golf Management to oversee club operations for the community’s golf course and clubhouse-style facility, the Ranch Compound.
Talking Rock Ranked as one of Top 25 courses in Arizona by Golf Digest Magazine
Talking Rock, located northwest of Prescott, Ariz., is ranked among the top 25 courses in Golf Digest‘s "Best in the State" rankings for 2007-08.
Jack Nicklaus Designed Great Bear Golf Club Garners Best-Of Honor from Golf Digest Magazine
The Pocono Mountains (Pa.) Visitors Bureau announces that Great Bear Golf and Country Club has been named one of Pennsylvania’s best golf courses in Golf Digest‘s biennial ranking of the "America’s Greatest Courses State by State 2007-08."
Legendary Headwear Announces the Breakaway Success of the ‘Albatross’
Legendary Headwear reports on its Albatross, a hybrid bucket cap that infuses the sun protecting benefits of a bucket cap with the line-of-sight feature of a curved baseball cap stitched into the brim.
Additional Dick’s Sporting Goods Open Commitments Announced
David Edwards, Keith Fergus, Bruce Fleisher, Scott Simpson and Bobby Wadkins commit to play in the inaugural Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, July 13-15 in Endicott, N.Y.
World Golf Village Offers Special Golf Opportunity In May
Throughout May, the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla., will offer free 10-minute golf instruction lessons.
PG Professional Golf
PG Professional Golf introduces its A18 with glove gift package, which features 18 like-new golf balls, a Cabretta glove and 50 tees.
Golf Fans Can Track Success of 2006 Nationwide Tour Grads On the PGA TOUR
Nationwide announces the creation of Team Nationwide, a select group of graduates of the 2006 Nationwide Tour currently competing on the PGA Tour. Golf fans can visit www.nationwide.com/teamnationwide to track the success of these rookies throughout the season.
The Golf Record in Pinehurst, N.C. selects Cybergolf to custom design and host a new Web site and online email marketing e-blast system for the company
The Golf Record in Pinehurst, N.C., selects Cybergolf to custom design and host a new Web site and online e-mail marketing e-blast system for the company.
