Sharp Park Golf Course (Pacifica, Calif.): Celebrated its 80th anniversary on May 19 with more than 300 golfers and community leaders in attendance. Sharp Park is a Dr. Alister MacKenzie design.
Crystal Springs Resort’s ‘Fantasy’ Package Features Heavenly Getaway For Golfing Duo
Crystal Springs Resort (Hamburg, N.J.): Announces its Fantasy Golf Package, which includes private instruction at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy and an eight-course dinner with specially paired wines.
FitGolf Performance Centers In Galesburg, IL, The Golf Fitness Experts Are Preparing Their 2012 Stretch Tent Calendar.
FitGolf Performance Centers: Announces that its Galesburg, Ill., franchise will offer stretch tent services this season.
GolfStyles’ Spring “Joining The Club” Issue Wins Best Publication Award From ING
GolfStyles: Won the Best Publication in Conference award at the International Network of Golf’s Spring Conference last week.
Wintergreen Resort In Virginia Joins Clickitgolf.com
Clickit Ventures: Clickitgolf.com chosen by Wintergreen Resort in Wintergreen, Va., to begin selling golf rounds online.
Paramount Country Club Offers National Membership
Paramount Country Club (New City, N.Y.): Begins offering a national membership for $6,000 to select candidates. Founded in 1920, Paramount was originally designed by architect A.W. Tillinghast.
Royal Isabela Wins Robb Report’s 2012 “Best Of The Best”
Golf Links at Royal Isabela (Isabela, Puerto Rico): Named to Robb Report’s 2012 Best of the Best listing, which is published in the June issue.
The Wallace Family Finds Family Unity And Hope For A Brighter Future At Golf Academy Of America
Golf Academy of America: Reports on George Wallace and his two sons, Jonathan and Christopher, who attend the Myrtle Beach, S.C., campus. The sons have been en discharged from military service due to injuries received in Iraq, while George Wallace lost his job last year at a nuclear power plant near Aiken, S.C., after 30 years of employment.
Kentwool Staff Player Bubba Watson To Premiere Limited-Edition Charity Sock At 2012 U.S. Open Championship
Kentwool: Announces a limited-edition Tour Profile sock in red, white and blue – to be worn by Bubba Watson during the U.S. Open – is now available. Sales benefit Pendleton Place, a Greenville, S.C.-based children’s charity as part of the Bubba & Friends Drive to a Million initiative.
GolfLogix Congratulates Crowne Plaza Invitational Winner Zach Johnson
GolfLogix: Tour staffer Zach Johnson won the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Johnson regularly uses the GolfLogix GPS app.
Pebble Beach Elite Player Camps Attracting Top International Players
Tour Academy: Reports that its Pebble Beach Elite Player Golf Camps, to be held later this month, has attracted attendees from more than 15 states and five countries. “We are pleased to see the demand for our Pebble Beach Elite Player Camps exceed initial expectations,” said Marc Haddad, senior vice president of business development, Tour Academy, of the camps that are for junior golfers 12 to 17 years of age.
Tom Watson: Lessons Of A Lifetime Instructional DVD Sales Surpass 55,000 Copies
Tom Watson: Reports that sales of its “Tom Watson: Lessons of a Lifetime” instructional DVD have surpassed 55,000 copies.
Golf Channel New Media Group Announces Several Promotions
Golf Channel: Announces promotions within its new media sales department, including Mike Hendrix, Stacey Oleck and Jonathan Vassil to the positions of senior director of sales.
Eidolon Appoints Brittain Wynyard & Co. Ltd. As New Zealand Distributer; First International Distributer
Eidolon Brands: Appoints Brittain Wynyard & Co. Ltd. as its first international distributer, representing Scor and its Scor 4161 line of scoring clubs across New Zealand.
ING Conference Best Award Winners: Avid Golf’s Swedge Training Aid And Golfstyles Magazine
International Network of Golf: Announces that Avid Golf and Golfstyles Magazine won the respective Products and Publications categories in the ING Conference Best awards at last week’s annual spring conference.
Harbour Town Golf Links Again Honored On Celebrated Living’s “Platinum List”
Sea Pines Resort (Hilton Head, S.C.): Harbour Town Golf Links ranked No. 4 on the Platinum List for Celebrated Living, an American Airlines in-flight publication.
Circling Raven Golf Club Hosts NFL Players In Celebrity Charity Event, June 7-10
Circling Raven Golf Club (Worley, Idaho): To host the third Michael Roos Foundation Fish and Chip Celebrity Weekend, June 7-10.
Nippon Shaft Wins The 2012 Senior PGA Championship
Nippon Shaft: Modus3 Tour 120 X-flex steel shafts were played in the irons of the Senior PGA Championship winner.
Ping Phoenix Junior Relocates To ASU Karsten
American Junior Golf Association: To relocate its Ping Phoenix Junior to the OB Sports-managed ASU Karsten Golf Course, home course of Arizona State University.
Wishon 959OL Driver
Wishon Golf: Introduces its new 959OL driver, a USGA non-conforming driver that has a COR of nearly 0.900 and a symmetrically round face profile with a triple variable thickness face to help offer-center shots.
