Golf Life: Golf lifestyle program will debut nationally in the U.S. on Sunday, Aug. 5, via regional sports networks, including Fox Sports Net, Comcast sports networks and Root Sports.
Robert Trent Jones’ Design At The Dunes Golf And Beach Club To Be Featured On PBS Tv Special “Golf’s Grand Design” At 9 P.M. Friday, August 3
Dunes Golf and Beach Club (Myrtle Beach, S.C.): Course and noted architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. will be featured on “Golf’s Grand Design,” an hour-long PBS television special that will air on the South Carolina ETV Network tonight, Friday, at 9 p.m. ET. The PBS special traces golf course architecture from the 1880s through the current era.
Caledonia Golf Vacations Introduces Stay-And-Play Golf Package For Award-Winning Courses In Pawleys Island, S.C.
True Blue Golf Plantation (Pawleys Island, S.C.): Offering its fall 2012 South End Stay-and-Play Special, Sept. 6-19. The all-inclusive rate of $425 includes rounds of golf at True Blue Plantation, Founders Club, Heritage Club and TPC Myrtle Beach, and accommodations for three nights at True Blue Resort.
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company Reports Huge Q2
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf: Announces global sales of $514.7 million in the second quarter of 2012 – a 25 percent increase over the prior year on a currency-neutral basis. The company’s strong second-quarter showing elevated its first-half sales to $1.02 billion (29 percent higher than last year), making it the best first half, in terms of sales, in the company’s 33-year history.
Treetops, TrackMan Technology Boosts Junior Golers
Treetops Resort (Gaylord, Mich.): To host the Top 50 Junior Midwest Championship and its first Combine, which features the use of TrackMan technology, Aug. 9-11.
Tijeras Creek Golf Club LPGA Teaching Professional Mardell Wilkins Ranked As One Of Golf Digest’s Top 50 Best Women Teachers In The Country
Tijeras Creek Golf Club (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.): Mardell Wilkins, teaching professional at the club was recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Teachers In The Country in Golf Digest’s biennial ranking of the top women instructors in America.
Three Myrtle Beach Area Golf Courses Ranked Among Golf Magazine’s ‘Top 100 Courses You Can Play’
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday: Announces that Caledonia Golf and Fish Club (No. 27), Dunes Golf and Beach Club (No. 47) and Barefoot Resort’s Love Course (No. 86) are ranked in Golf Magazine’s biennial Top 100 Courses You Can Play in the U.S.
KemperSports and KemperLesnik Appoint Brian Milligan As Chief Financial Officer
KemperSports, KemperLesnik: Hires Brian Milligan as its new chief financial officer.
Pound Ridge Golf Club Ascends Golf Magazine’s ‘Best Public Courses’ List
Pound Ridge Golf Club (Pound Ridge, N.Y.): Moves up to No. 6 in New York in Golf Magazine’s 2012 rankings of the Best Public Courses.
Junior Golf University Announces Ecco As A Sponsor Of The Ping® Junior Interclub
Junior Golf University: Announces Ecco as a new sponsor of its flagship program, the Ping Junior Interclub. JGU provides online tournament management for Ping Junior Interclub events and administrative support to interclub teams.
Wishon 555C Forged Carbon Steel Irons
Tom Wishon Golf Technology: Introduces its 555C Forged Carbon steel irons, which feature a traditional cavity back design.
FitGolf Performance Centers, The Golf Fitness Experts Offered A Stretch Tent Service At Cedarbrook Country Club.
FitGolf Performance Centers: Reports on its stretch tent service.
KemperSports Selected To Manage Andover Golf & Country Club In Lexington, Ky.
KemperSports: Selected by Andover Golf & Country Club to manage the private, member-owned, golf course and country club in Lexington, Ky.
Bushnell Latest To Become Gateway Pro Tour Sponsor
Gateway Pro Tour: Announces Bushnell as the tour’s newest sponsor.
Grafalloy Unveils Eye-Catching BiMatrx Tour Prototype
Grafalloy: Introduces its BiMatrx Tour Prototype driver shaft.
New Bogey Head Cover Benefits Junior Golf
Scooter Pines Holdings: Extends its product line based around its golf ball character, Bogey Ballton, with a new head cover. The company has also partnered with Daphne’s Headcovers on the project.
TPC Stonebrae Hosts 2012 GCSAA Tri-Chapter Meeting
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America: Tri-Chapter – central, northern California and Sierra Nevada chapters – to hold its annual meeting and golf tournament on Monday, Aug. 13 at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, Calif.
AboutGolf Congratulates Scott Piercy On Canadian Open Win
AboutGolf: Reports that Canadian Open winner Scott Piercy has used its PGA Tour simulator since last year.
OMEGA House Hosts Golf Legends Greg Norman And Michelle Wie
Omega: Hosted tour staffers Greg Norman and Michelle Wie at the Omega Hour in London’s Soho district on Tuesday, July 31.
Sun Valley Earns Accolades From Golf Magazine, Releases Late Summer, Early Fall Golf Packages
Sun Valley Resort (Sun Valley, Idaho): Named to Golf Magazine’s Best Public Courses list.
