Polara Golf: Will hold the Polara Straight Drive Challenge at the Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort Golf Course in Solvang, Calif., on Friday, June 1, to benefit the Santa Barbara Police Foundation.
3 Oban Kiyoshi PRP Shafts Used By The Winner Of The BMW Charity Pro-Am
Oban Composites: 3 Oban Kiyoshi Purple shafts were played by the BMW Charity Pro-Am winner.
KemperSports Managed Properties Recognized In Golfweek Best Modern And Municipal Courses Lists
KemperSports: Managed properties are recognized among Golfweek’s 2012 Best Modern Courses list and five have been named to the 2012 Best Municipal Courses list.
Association Of Golf Clubfitting Professionals Level 10 Certified Fitting Professional Bob Williams Adds Teaching Certification From USGTF
Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals: Announces that Bob Williams has become a certified Level 10 clubfitter.
USGA Announces 24 Additional Exemptions For 2012 U.S. Open At The Olympic Club
U.S. Golf Association: Announces that 24 additional golfers, including two-time champion Ernie Els, have earned full exemptions into the U.S. Open Championship, to be played June 14-17 at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. This brings the number of fully exempt players to 77.
CVS Caremark Charity Classic: Adds Suzann Pettersen, Morgan Pressel, Jeff Sluman, John Cook and Jay Haas to the field for the annual charity tournament, June 17-19 at Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington, R.I. … Hamptons Golf Classic VIII: Annual event scheduled for Monday, June 25 at The Hamptons Hills Golf and Country Club, which will benefit the International Rescue Committee, which provides emergency care for refugees of humanitarian crises worldwide.
Golf Coaches Association of America: Announces the following Phil Mickelson Award winners – Ben Ludlam (Indian Hills, NJCAA Division I), Oscar Lengden (Nova Southeastern, NCAA Division II). … American Society of Golf Course Architects: Elects Bob Cupp as president at the organization’s 66th Annual Meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn. Also, five members advanced to Regular member status – Jim Engh (Jim Engh Design, Castle Rock, Colo.); Robert McNeil (The Northeast Golf Co., Saunderstown, R.I.); Doug Myslinski (Jacobson Golf Design Co., Libertyville, Ill.); Ted Robinson Jr. (Robinson Golf Inc., Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Mark Voss (Robert Trent Jones II, Palo Alto, Calif.). … U.S. Ryder Cup: Jason Dufner solidified his position in the points standings with a second-place finish at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Bubba Watson leads the list of eight automatic qualifiers with 4,798.40 points. Dufner is second with 4,735.57 points. Rounding out the top eight are Phil Mickelson (4,069.92 points), Matt Kuchar (3,731.54), Hunter Mahan (3,376.54), Zach Johnson (3,235.63), Keegan Bradley (3,212.28) and Rickie Fowler (3,082.42). … Druh Belts & Buckles: Signs major champion Sun Young Yoo to en endorsement agreement to wear the brand’s product. Also, brand ambassador Roger Chapman won the Senior PGA Championship.
Kingsmill Championship: Hires Bruno Event Team to manage the LPGA event, Sept. 6-9 at Kingsmill Resort’s River Course in Williamsburg, Va. Bruno Event Team has appointed Katherine Thigpen to serve as tournament director. … Four Winds Invitational: Tickets for the new Symetra Tour event will go on sale June 1 at FourWindsInvitational.com, and at 49 McDonald’s locations in northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. Additionally, volunteers are needed in various capacities for the tournament, scheduled for Aug. 10-12 at the Blackthorn Golf Club in South Bend, Ind.
Divots Sportswear Spruces Up For 2012
Divots Sportswear: To expand its on-shelf inventory of apparel styles and colors, increase embroidery capacity and expedite turnaround of orders.
Tifosi Steps To The Podium
Tifosi Optics: Introduces the Podium, a new frameless eyewear system that allows an unobstructed line of vision for the wearer.
Mitchell Golf Club Repair And Shaft Performance Technology School
May 29 – June 1 | Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute / Dayton, OH
USGA Announces Riviera Country Club As Host Site For 2017 U.S. Amateur Championship
U.S. Golf Association: Selects Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., as the site for the 2017 U.S. Amateur Championship. This will be the third USGA championship held at Riviera Country Club.
FlightScope On The Tee At The BMW PGA Championship 2012
FlightScope: Tournament system to be used on the 1st and 18th tee boxes at the European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship this week in Surrey, England. Player driving data obtained by FlightScope will be displayed on large digital scoreboards.
Introducing The Podium By Tifosi
Tifosi Optics: Introduces the Podium, a new frameless eyewear system that allows an unobstructed line of vision for the wearer.
FitGolf Performance Centers In Wallingford, CT Has Started To Run Golfers Through The New Golf Fitness Research Study For 2012.
FitGolf Performance Centers: Wallingford, Conn., franchise begins the FitGolf golf fitness study that is being conducted at other franchises nationwide.
CourseTrends Chosen By 3 New Clients To Provide Their Website, E-mail Marketing And E-Commerce Solutions …
CourseTrends: Website, e-mail marketing and e-commerce solutions have been chosen for use by Tyler Creek Golf Club in Alto, Mich., Spring Valley Golf Course in East Sparta, Ohio, and Apollo Beach Golf Club in Apollo Beach, Fla.
Nike Golf Partners With The Gray Institute Helping Golfers To Better Their Bodies To Better Their Game
Nike Golf: Introduces Nike Golf 360, a new holistic approach to improving golfers’ performance through physical evaluation and training, custom fitting of equipment and digital tracking applications. Also, Nike Golf is partnering with the Gray Institute, which will help with the performance analysis and performance training component of the initiative.
CMAA’s CEO To Speak At Brunei Summit
Asia Pacific Golf Group: Announces that James B. Singerling, chief executive officer of the Club Managers Association of America, will be one of the featured speakers at the Asia Pacific Golf Summit in December.
BMW PGA Championship At Wentworth Club Features AboutGolf Technology
AboutGolf: Partnering with the European Tour Performance Institute at this week’s European Tour BMW PGA Championship to conduct player physiotherapy analysis that aids in developing personalized improvement programs.
FitGolf Performance Centers In Hawthorne, NY The Golf Fitness Experts Are Preparing It’s 2012 Stretch Tent Calendar.
FitGolf Performance Centers: Hawthorne, N.Y., franchise to offer stretch tent services to area clubs in 2012.
