Grande Dunes Resort Course, The Wizard (Myrtle Beach, S.C.): Each course moves up eight places in the Myrtle Beach Golf Insider’s Top 25 rankings for July. Grande Dunes improved to No. 15, while The Wizard moved to No. 16.
Mobile Golf App, Who’s Your Caddy, Already Creating A Buzz At Participating Golf Courses
Who’s Your Caddy: Reports on the response to its mobile app, which includes Caddy Tips, short text or video clips by the local club golf professional on how to play specific holes.
Giving Green On The Green – Dixon Golf Donates $125,000 To Charity In First Half Of 2012
Dixon Golf: Reports it donated more than $125,000 to charity in the first half of 2012.
National Golf Foundation: Adds Cleveland Metroparks and its eight courses as a new client of NGF’s GolfSAT, a customer satisfaction survey for golf courses. GolfSAT will give Cleveland Metroparks the ability to acquire customer feedback on a number of topics. … Jones Sports Co.: Launches a new website to coincide with the rerelease of its single-strap carry bag, the original Jones Golf Bag. … PGA of America: Announces that Moët & Chandon will be the official champagne of the PGA of America. Moët & Chandon will create an Imperial commemorative bottle for the Ryder Cup.
Innisbrook (Innisbrook, Fla.): To rename its holes on the Copperhead Course after the past 18 Republican Presidents of the United States during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 27-30.
University of North Alabama: Athletics program receives a $183,000 gift from PGA Tour player Stewart Cink and his wife. The gift is establishing the Stewart and Lisa Cink Scholarship Endowment Fund for graduates of Florence High School, adding to the university’s Chris Burns and Alex Sloan Endowment Fund and assisting in the construction of the Stewart and Lisa Cink UNA Golf Clubhouse and Teaching Center at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals.
Golf America: Adds Fox Sports – Ohio to its portfolio of regional networks. Fox Sports – Ohio will air the show on Sundays at 2:30 p.m. ET.
National Golf Foundation: Adds Rich Richeson, the PGA’s national manager for Golf 2.0, to its faculty for the 2012 Municipal Golf Institute, Sept. 4-7 in Wheeling, W.Va.
North Carolina Open: Forty-eighth annual event will be held July 24-26 at the Club at Irish Creek in Kannapolis, N.C. … IMG Junior Golf Tour: Announces its 2012-2013 schedule, which has expanded to 18 events in four different states.
Antigua Tour Staff Player Troy Kelly Finishes Strong at The Greenbrier Classic And Qualifies For The Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St. Annes
The Antigua Group: Tour staffer Troy Kelly was runner-up at the Greenbrier Classic, which qualified him for the Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St. Annes next week.
Registration Now Open For Golf To End Cancer VIP Outing At Caves Valley Golf Club
Golf to End Cancer: Opens online registration for the second Golf To End Cancer VIP Outing, Sept. 9-10 at Caves Valley Golf Club.
Golf Channel Am Tour National Champion Pete DeTemple Competes In The U.S. Senior Open
Golf Channel Am Tour: Reports on national champion Pete DeTemple, 50, who is competing in this week’s U.S. Senior Open in Lake Orion, Mich.
SuperStroke Golf Hires Michigan Based Ad Agency Driven To Market Its Brand
SuperStroke Golf: Hires Ferndale, Mich.-based Driven to handle its advertising and marketing duties.
Sun Mountain Speed Cart Awarded Hot List Gold
Sun Mountain: Speed Cart SV1 three-wheeled push cart and the four-wheeled Sun Mountain Micro-Cart were among those that made Golf Digest’s Golf Push Cart Hot List, which appears in the August edition.
TEF TEE™ Continues to Grow on Champions Tour™
Tef Tee: Reports on usage of its tee at the Champions Tour’s Nature Valley First Tee Open in Pebble Beach, Calif.
KZG Dealer Meeting and KZG Sponsored IPAC Conference Deemed A Success
KZG: Reports on the recent International Professional Association of ClubFitters Conference it sponsored in St. Andrews, Scotland.
TrackMan PRESS RELEASE: TrackMan Client Marcel Siem wins in France. 7 TrackMan clients in the Top 10
TrackMan: Reports that French Open champion Marcel Siem has been using its training aid for slightly more than a month.
FitGolf Performance Centers, The Golf Fitness Experts will be offering a Stretch Tent Service at Green Valley Country Club’s Mini Member Guest
FitGolf Performance Centers: To offer its stretch tent service at Green Valley Country Club’s Mini Member-Guest tournament on July 18 in Lafayette Hill, Pa.
Wishon 949MC Fairway Woods
Wishon Golf: Introduces its 949MC fairway woods, which feature CNC precision-engraved scorelines.
Troon To Manage Quba Golf Club; First Golf Facility In The Country Of Azerbaijan
Troon: Selected to manage the Quba Golf Club in Azerbaijan, located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.
