Weszty Golf‘s JB-1 wedges are now available for sale. … PGA.com announces a development deal to air an exclusive online series of golf instructional segments with 25-year PGA member Hank Haney. … Georgia State Park offers low summer rates – $28 Monday-Thursday; $35 Friday-Sunday and holidays, and includes carts. These rates are available at The Creek, Highland Walk, Meadow Links, Little Ocmulgee, Brazell’s Creek and The Lakes. For information, visit www.GeorgiaGolf.com. … Cross Creek Plantation in Seneca, S.C., will host the 58th South Carolina Open, the third major tournament of the Carolinas PGA Section. … The West Virginia Golf Association and Little General Stores partner to create the Little General Juniors series in Kanawha County. This series is designed to introduce youth golfers of all ages to golf and to teach them rules, etiquette, and basics of driving, chipping and putting. For information, contact Brad Ullman at bullman@wvga.org or 304.391.5000. … According to SportsBusiness Journal, Sentient Jet signs a four-year extension as official private jet provider of the PGA and Champions tours. The new deal runs through 2013. … England-based apparel brand Glenmuir boosts its flagship Men’s 1891 Collection for autumn/winter 2009 with the introduction of several new products and the unveiling of a distinctive new color palette.
The Japan Golf Tour reports that the following players have qualified for the 138th British Open – Shingo Katayama, Jeev Milkha Singh, Azuma Yano, Prayad Marksaeng, Ryo Ishikawa, David Smail, Tomohiro Kondo, Kenichi Kuboya, Yuta Ikeda, Koumei Oda and Wen-Chong Liang. … The John Deere Classic Birdies for Charity Program recognizes nine major donors who have pledged to help make up for a shortfall of charitable funds resulting from effects of the current economic recession. The donations mean the Birdies for Charity program will be able to maintain its traditional bonus pay out to its 500 participating charities, which will receive a 5 percent bonus this year. The major donors are Community Foundation of the Great River Bend, Bechtel Foundation, River Boat Authority, Jay and Collette Vonderhaar Family Foundation, Hunt and Diane Harris Charitable Foundation, Tom and Deann Thoms Family Foundation, Stuart and Mary Thoms Family Foundation, U.S. Bank and The National Bank.
