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GolfOrlando 4-Night Package Invites Golfers to Play All Day

GolfOrlando offers a four-night package through Dec. 31 that includes one free night at the new SpringHill Suites SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., and four days of golf from $325.85 per person. The package features play-all-day rates at area courses.

Golf Digest Magazine Ranks Circling Raven No. 17 Nationwide Among its ‘America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses Re-Ranked by Price’

Circling Raven ranks No. 17 in Golf Digest‘s America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses Re-Ranked By Price list. Golf Digest re-ranked its most recent America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses biennial list (2009-10), factoring in current green fee price at each course on the list. Circling Raven is an amenity of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel in Worley, Idaho.

Titleist Brand Ambassador Michael Sim Earns Instant Promotion To PGA Tour

Titleist brand ambassador Michael Sim earned his way onto the PGA Tour through 2010 following his third Nationwide Tour victory of 2009 – the Christmas in October Classic. Sim topped a leaderboard that included 12 players who finished among the Top 10 and ties, including 10 who played Titleist golf balls.

Golf Participants at World Am are Encouraged to Try The Putting Game

The Putting Game announces plans to exhibit its training aid game at the 26th PGA Tour World Amateur Handicap Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Participants will be able to try out the product, which allows golfers to play a game while improving their putting stroke.

Niblick Golf Design finishes a five-year renovation project at Stavanger Golf Club in Norway. Key aspects of renovating the 53-year-old course included rebuilding 16 greens, remodeling three fairways and completing extensive re-bunkering throughout. … UgMO reports that Matt Shaffer, superintendent at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., site of the Walker Cup, Sept. 12-13, is using the company’s wireless underground sensor technology to help keep the course prepared for upcoming biennial matches. … IMG Golf Course Management extends its agreement to provide golf course consulting services to Topwin Golf and Country Club, a private facility that features an Ian Woosnam-designed course and is located north of Beijing, China. The new agreement is a continuation of IMG’s involvement following follows 18 months of pre-opening consulting. The course will open for limited play in September. … Australian Michael Sim earns an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour by winning his third Nationwide Tour event of 2009, the Christmas In October Classic on Sunday. With his promotion, Sim is conditionally exempt on the PGA Tour for the rest of 2009 and fully exempt in 2010.

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Mystic Dunes To Participate In Patriot Golf Day

Mystic Dunes Golf Club in Celebration, Fla., will participate in the third Patriot Golf Day campaign, Sept. 4-7. Golfers will be asked to donate a minimum of $1 to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation, which provides post secondary educational scholarships for children and spouses of military service members killed or disabled while serving.