VedaloHD Eyewear: Extends its endorsement agreement with LPGA player Stacy Lewis through the 2011 season. Lewis wears the Prato and Bari models on and off the course.
Pound Ridge Golf Club Announces Exclusive 2011 Season Plans Uniquely Tailored To Individuals And Corporations
Pound Ridge Golf Club: Announces its exclusive 2011 season rate plans. Pound Ridge, located in Pound Ridge, NY, is offering an alternative to private club memberships, starting at $4,000.
SuperStroke Slim Lite Helps New Player To #1 Putts Per Round Ranking At Torrey Pines
Tiger Shark: Reports that the leader in Putts Per Round at the Farmers Insurance Open plays a SuperStroke Slim Lite putter grip.
Nippon Shaft’s Modus3 Steel Shafts Record First-Ever Men’s Tour Victory In Bahrain
Nippon Shaft: Prototype Modus3 shaft used by the European Tour’s Volvo Golf Champions’ winner. The Modus3 was introduced at last week’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, FL.
PGA National Honored In Golf World’s “100 Best Golf Shops for 2011”
PGA National Resort and Spa: Named among Golf World’s 100 Best Golf Shops for 2011. The list appears in the magazine’s Jan. 31 issue.
Brand-New Salish Cliffs Golf Club At Little Creek Casino Resort (Shelton, WA) Hires Head Professional
Salish Cliffs Golf Club: Announces the hiring of David Kass as head golf professional for the new club that is an amenity of the Squaxin Island Tribe’s Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, WA.
NBC On-Air Personalities Special Guests On Morning Drive All Week
Golf Channel: Announces that members of NBC and NBC Sports’ on-air teams – including Bob Costas, golf analyst Gary Koch and Today co-anchor Matt Lauer – are scheduled to appear on the daily “Morning Drive” show.
Mizuno Launches New JPX-800 Metal Woods With “Hot Metal” Face And Ultimate Dynamic Stability Design
Mizuno: Launches what the company describes as its longest and most forgiving metal woods and hybrids – the JPX-800. The new line of woods, including the JPX-800 driver, JPX-800 fairway wood and JPX-800 hybrid, are designed to maximize both the horizontal and vertical moment of inertia.
CHAMP® Wins Farmers Insurance Open At Torrey Pines And Volvo Golf Champions
Champ: ProStinger cleat was worn by the Farmers Insurance Open winner, along with six of the top 10 finishers. The European Tour’s Volvo Golf Champions winner wore Champ product.
Hot Stix Golf Opens State-Of-The-Art Outdoor Fitting Center At SilverRock Resort In La Quinta, CA
Hot Stix Golf: Opens a state-of-the-art outdoor fitting center at the SilverRock Resort in La Quinta, CA, host of the PGA Tour’s Bob Hope Classic. The facilities incorporates an array of proprietary technology and is overseen by Pat Fitzsimons, a certified Hot Stix Golf fitter.
GolfTalk Live Radio Show Again Named No. 1 Golf Radio Show In America
GolfTalk Live: Is honored as the International Network of Golf’s Best Golf Radio Show in America in voting of the association’s membership. This marks the second time in four years that the radio show has received the honor.
Golf Digest Properties And GolfWrx Announce Partnership
Golf Digest Properties: Enters into strategic partnership with GolfWrx.com to develop content and new community features. Golf Digest Properties will also collaborate on advertising sales with GolfWrx.com, which will retain its branding.
Immelman Endorses Trendsetting New Putting Training Aid
PutterMaster: Unveiled its new putter training aid at the PGA Merchandise Show and receives an endorsement from Mark Immelman, head golf coach at Columbus (Ga.) State University and 2009 NCAA Div II National Coach of the Year.
Encore Presentation Of Golf Convergence’s Complimentary Webinar On Strategic Planning On February 1, 2011
Golf Convergence: To provide an encore presentation of its strategic planning webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Participants, according to Golf Convergence, will learn eight steps to increase net operating income by more than 12 percent in 2011.
Alternative Golf Association: Launches a new website, Flogton.com, to engage online social networks for the creation and evolution of new games that could be played on existing golf courses. “We hope to preserve and promote all of the characteristics we love about golf while relaxing its rules, social restrictions and technological limitations to popularize a game – a competitive sport – where more of us can have success and more of us can have fun,” said AGA commissioner Scott McNealy. … Troon Golf: Adds French and Spanish language options to the European, Middle East and African sections its TroonGolf.com. Troon Golf currently has properties in 23 countries. … VedaloHD Eyewear: Extends its endorsement agreement with LPGA player Stacy Lewis through the 2011 season. Lewis wears the Prato and Bari models on and off the course.
Education: Mitchell Golf Club Repair Performance Technology School
January 31 – February 2 | Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute / Dayton, OH www.mitchellgolfschool.com Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute 997 Senate Drive…
USGA Announces Long-Term Apparel Agreement with Polo Ralph Lauren
U.S. Golf Association: Signs a five-year agreement with Polo Ralph Lauren that designates the company as the official apparel outfitter for the USGA and the U.S. Open Championship. Under the agreement, Polo Ralph Lauren will outfit all USGA committee members, staff and more than 5,000 volunteers at the U.S. Open.
Lexus And USGA Extend Partnership
U.S. Golf Association: Announces a multi-year renewal of its strategic partnership with Lexus, ensuring that Lexus will remain the exclusive automotive partner of the USGA and the official car of the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Senior Open and U.S. Amateur.
Golf Digest Announces Golf Digest Rewards e-Commerce Program
Golf Digest: Announces its first-ever e-commerce site called Golf Digest Rewards, which will enable users to research, comparison shop and purchase equipment online and to earn cash back from their purchases.
Fayetteville’s “Golf On the Ready” Announces 2011 Special
GolfOnTheReady.com: Offering the Fayetteville Winter and Spring Special travel package, which is available through May 31 and features three rounds of golf and two nights accommodations for $209 per golfer. The Fayetteville, NC, area courses available for play include Anderson Creek, Bayonet at Puppy Creek and Cypress Lakes.
