Asia Pacific Golf Summit: Announces that Gary Player will be honored with the Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement Award for golf and will deliver the closing keynote address at the summit, Oct. 18-20.
Troon Golf To Manage SunCor’s Stoneridge Golf Course
Troon Golf: Selected by SunCor Development Co. to manage StoneRidge Golf Course in Prescott, Ariz.
Best Approach Completes Colonial Flyover, Guide
Best Approach: Furnished the CourseFlight 3D flyovers and yardage guides for Colonial Country Club, host of this week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas.
Speaking Of Golf™ Radio Announces Guests For Saturday, May 29 Show
Speaking of Golf: Tenniel Chu, executive director of Mission Hills Golf Club, China will be a featured guest on the Saturday, May 29, show.
Graphite Design International Congratulates The Winner Of The Rex Hospital Open Nationwide Tour Event Playing Graphite Design Shafts
Graphite Design: Reports that the Nationwide Tour’s Rex Hospital Open winner played a YS6+ shaft in his driver and a Tour AD UT 85 X shaft in his hybrid.
Linda Hartough To Have Special Exhibit During 2010 U.S. Open Championship
Linda Hartough: To hold a special exhibit of her golf landscape art at U.S. Open Championship in June.
Paul Saunders Joins E-Z-GO As Vice President, Information Technology
E-Z-Go: Hires Paul Saunders as vice president, information technology. Saunders will also serve in the same capacity for Greenlee, also a Textron company.
In observance of Memorial Day, The Wire will not publish on Monday, May 30. The next edition will be Tuesday, June 1. We at the Golf Press Association hope you have a safe and happy holiday.
Grand Cypress Resort To Host 2010 Bridgestone Golf Tournament Of Champions Presented By BMW
International Junior Golf Tour: Bridgestone Golf Tournament of Champions set for May 28-21 at Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Fla.
Champ® Statistics Show Overwhelming European Following
Champ: Reports on the growing presence of its spike products on the European Tour. Champ cites that more than 60 percent of each tournament’s field are wearing its spikes.
Compass Pointe, Eisenhower Golf Courses Offer Military Discount For 2010 Season
Compass Pointe Golf Course, Eisenhower Golf Course: Introduce a military appreciation program with reduced greens fees for members of all branches of the Armed Services.
Exotics Fairway Woods Capture Another Top-10 Finish!
Tour Edge: Exotics fairway woods played by a second-place finisher at the HP Byron Nelson Classic, marking the 10th top-10 finish for the company’s fairway woods.
21st ING Spring Conference Florida Bound
International Network of Golf: Announces that its 21st ING Spring Conference will be held May 22-26 at Innisbrook in Florida.
Q1 Golf, GreenFix Golf: Announce that 88 golf courses have switched to the Sentinel line of push ball mark repair tools.
Harrington’s Home Helps Golfers Play With Color™ By Offering Shaft Skinz®
Shaft Skinz: Adds Stackstown Golf Club in Dublin, Ireland, as its newest pro shop account to sell the company’s protective shaft sleeve components.
Major Champions, Veteran Stars To Compete In 2010 John Deere Classic
John Deere Classic: Receives commitments from former major champions David Duval, Davis Love III and Shaun Micheel to play this this year’s event, July 8-11 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Also, 2008 U.S. Open runner-up Rocco Mediate has committed.
Golfing Magazine Adds To Its Review Of Latest Rangefinders And GPS Units In Its 2010 Summer Issue
Golfing Magazine: To review the latest rangefinders and GPS units in its upcoming summer issue.
Geek Golf: Reports that four division winners at the Swedish Long Drive Championships played its drivers.
Two Aces In One Round At Cascata; Jack Nicklaus’ Gem At Coyote Springs; Earn Luxury Las Vegas Golf.
GolfLasVegasNow.com: Reports on two aces in a single round at Rees Jones’ Cascata course and reviews Coyote Springs, which the site describes as a “hidden gem” of a course.
FlightScope® To Sponsor First PGA Professional National Club Fitting Conference
FlightScope: Reaches an agreement with PGA Magazine to sponsor the first PGA Professional National Club Fitting Conference.
