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EWGA Offers Student Membership to Full-Time College Women

The EWGA opens its membership to full-time college women by offering a discounted membership fee. The EWGA allows college undergraduate and graduate students to connect with successful women in their own communities and throughout the country.

Honma Golf Releases Beres Ladies Iron Model

Honma Golf Co. releases a new Beres ladies iron model, the ML503 utility model. The ML503 iron consists of a large utility style head and an ultra-wide circular arched sole and a low gravity point.

Sligo Wear Unveils 2010 Spring Collection

Sligo Wear, maker of fashion-forward performance golf apparel, announces that its collection of apparel and accessories is now available at Golf Galaxy locations in the United States.

Bag Boy® Introduces The Revolver Plus Cart Bag

The Bag Boy Co. introduces the Revolver Plus cart bag, the newest model in the Revolver series. The bag featuring the patented 360-degree revolving top design for easy access to each club in the bag, and the company’s Clip-Lok technology, which protects clubs and shafts from banging together.

Growing The Game: One Court At A Time

AboutGolf announces its involvement with Adventure Golf Services‘ launch of TheGolfCourt, a new product designed to provide golf learning, practice and play to more players at a lower cost. AboutGolf will supply PGA Tour simulators and 3Trak launch monitors as options in the golf practice center designed to fit in a tennis court space and targeted at municipalities and organizations with unused or under-utilized tennis courts, buildings or vacant space.

» Etcetera

IMG Design signs an agreement with Hebei Shengtai Real Estate Development Co. to design golf courses at two separate developments in China. Both courses will be developed in the Hebei Province – one in Cang Zhou City (scheduled to open early 2011) and the other in Qinghuangdao City. … Pin High Apparel signs of two-time PGA Tour winner Daniel Chopra to a multi-year endorsement deal. Pin High also appoints Grand Slam Golf as the exclusive distributor in the Southeast Asia region. … Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pa., offers its Stay and Play Fall Package that features free golf with a one-night stay. Rates start at $353 for midweek and $386 for weekend. … National University in San Diego, Calif., announces the opening of the National University Golf Academy, which will offer innovative golf programs that combine academics with golf instruction at the high school, associate’s and bachelor’s levels. Enrollment is currently open. … Three Oaks Hospitality, a club membership consulting company based in Boca Raton, Fla., adds a new division specializing in golf club management. Greg French, formerly vice president of golf operations for Benchmark Golf, has joined principals Michael Padden and Eric Stephenson to run the new operation.

» Tournaments

Volvo and IMG announce a partnership between the Seve Ballesteros Foundation, Spain and the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship. The foundation will be the official charity of the championship and all proceeds of fundraising activities and a contribution from Volvo will go toward the foundation’s objectives of fighting cancer, researching brain tumors and providing opportunities in golf for youngsters from similarly disadvantaged backgrounds. Also, reigning Masters champion Angel Cabrera and European players Rory McIlroy, Simon Dyson, Ross Fisher and Oliver Wilson complete the 16-man field for the championship, Oct. 29-Nov. 1. … The Legends Tour‘s 2009 Handa Cup will be held Dec. 5-6 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla. … President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush will serve as honorary chairpeople for the LPGA Tour Championship, Nov. 17-22 at The Houstonian Golf and Country Club in Houston, Texas. … The sixth B-CU/FAMU O.C.A.C. Golf Classic, a major fundraiser designed to help the Orange County Alumni Chapter Scholarship Funds of both Bethune-Cookman University and Florida A&M University, will be held at Shingle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Nov. 20. For information, visit BCUFAMUGolfClassic.com.

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SMT Golf creates a charitable program that benefits the respective food banks for Northern Illinois and Kendall County. For every single canned good or non-perishable item donated, the giver will receive $50.00 in credit on the books or a gift certificate for $100.00 off any custom SMT driver. Monetary donations by credit card are also accepted.

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Eco-Friendly Meets Philanthropic

Dixon Golf partnered with Camp Soaring Eagle to donate its Earth golf balls at the Tee It Up for Children’s Laughter Gala Fundraising Weekend, Oct. 3-4 in Sedona, Ariz.

Olde Mill (Southwestern, VA) Capital Enhancement Program Update

Olde Mill, a resort and residential community located in Laurel Fork, Va., near Roanoke, Va., and Winston-Salem, N.C., C celebrating its $12 million renovation – reports that the first phase of its $12 million enhancements is nearly complete.