Guru Training Systems: Reports on Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts, who won the European Tour’s Volvo Match Play Championship and finished 27th at the U.S. Open.
FitGolf Performance Centers in Naples, FL has started to run golfers through the new golf fitness research study for 2012
FitGolf Performance Centers: Continues its national fitness research study of the physical causes of back pain in relation to excessive body bend in golf. FitGolf’s Naples, Fla., franchise has joined the study.
KemperSports Promotes Ollie Becker to Regional Operations Executive and Hires Lance Iwanaka as General Manager of The Bridges Golf Club
KemperSports: Promotes Ollie Becker to regional operations executive and names Lance Iwanaka as general manager of The Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon, Calif.
Keiser University College Recognizes New International Graduates
Keiser University: College of Golf reports on Kamil Chojnicki and Matsuez Kniaginin, both of Warsaw, Poland, and both of whom are products of the school’s golf management program.
GolfTalk Live Radio Network Adds South Jersey’s WOND 1400-AM
GolfTalk Live: Has syndicated its Philadelphia-based radio show and signs WOND 1400-AM in south New Jersey as its first affiliate. The agreement begins July 1.
FootJoy Adds Ten New Styles to the MyJoys® Custom Shoe Program
FootJoy: Introduces 10 new shoe styles to its custom MyJoys program. With these most recent additions, MyJoys now offers nearly 600,000 possible custom combinations.
Shanty Creek Resorts Making Golf Fun, Fast, and Easier With 8″ Cups
Shanty Creek Resorts (Bellaire, Mich.): Implementing a permanent player-friendly program on the Schuss Mountain course utilizing 8-inch cups on each hole, in addition to its traditional 4¼-inch cups.
AT&T Stores to Offer Swingbyte Wireless Golf Swing Analyzer
Swingbyte: Wireless golf swing analyzer to be available at select AT&T company-owned retail stores and authorized dealer locations beginning June 24. AT&T is the first retailer to offer Swingbyte.
Unlimited Replays, Complimentary Golf for Juniors Highlight Sea Pines ‘Summer Escape Package’
Sea Pines Resort (Hilton Head, S.C.): Summer Escape Package will include unlimited replays and complimentary golf for juniors during week-long stays through Sept. 7.
NBC: Final-round coverage of the U.S. Open averaged 9.6 million viewers, up 30 percent versus 2011, and was the most watched final round since 2008. Also, Golf Channel’s news coverage of the championship, highlighted by its “Live from the U.S. Open,” produced the most-watched U.S. Open week in the channel’s 17-year history.
LPGA Player Na Yeon Choi Signs With Srixon®
Srixon: Signs Na Yeon Choi to an endorsement contract. Choi won a Korean Ladies Professional Golf Tour event in 2004 as an amateur and joined the LPGA in 2008. She won the LPGA money title in 2010.
PCF Micro Wide Sole Wedges
Wishon Golf: Introduces its PCF Micro Wide Sole wedge, which features a low bounce and is designed for the player who struggles to get the ball out of the sand and tall grass around the greens.
The Players Towel Dominates Professional Golf
Players Towel: Product carried by U.S. Open winner. The tournament marked the second straight major and 12th event of 2012 that the winner used the towel.
FitGolf Performance Centers, The Golf Fitness Experts offered a Stretch Tent Service at Bala Golf Club’s Member/Guest.
FitGolf Performance Centers: Reports on its stretch tent service at Bala Golf Club.
Federal Circuit Affirms Judgment that TaylorMade Golf’s r7 and R9 Golf Clubs Do Not Infringe Dogleg Right’s Patents
TaylorMade Golf: Reports that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment that the company’s r7 and R9 clubs do not infringe Dogleg Right patents.
International Golfers Compete for LPGA Card at Michigan’s Sweetgrass Golf Club
Sweetgrass Golf Club (Harris, Mich.): To host the Symetra Tour’s second Island Resort Championship, June 29-July 1. The 54-hole stroke-play event has drawn players from 25 different countries and six continents to vie for a $110,000 purse.
CHAMP Introduces Ultra-Lightweight Flix Divot Repair Instrument
Champ: Announces the nationwide availability of its new, ultra-lightweight Flix divot repair instrument.
Southern Florida Welcomes EWGA for Championship Semi-Finals
EWGA: Announces that an EWGA Championship semifinal round will be held at Raptor Bay Golf Club in Bonita Springs, Fla., on Saturday, June 23. The series includes both individual stroke play and team scramble divisions. Winners will advance to the EWGA Championship at PGA National Resort and Spa, Oct. 5-6.
China’s Mission Hills Announces All-Star Line-up for October’s World Celebrity Pro-Am at Mission Hills Haikou
Mission Hills Group: Announces a list of international superstars from the worlds of sport, golf and entertainment who will play in the World Celebrity Pro-Am, Oct. 18-21 at Mission Hills in Haikou, China. The list includes former NBA star Yao Ming, Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo, Chinese gymnast and international businessman Li Ning, and past Masters champion Ian Woosnam.
SwingWing Golf introduces 6-in-1 inflatable power swing trainer
SwingWing Golf: Introduces its six-in-one training tool that slides over the grip of any club and uses wind-resistance to develop a stronger, faster swing.
