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Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club, located in Federal Way, Wash., moves to ClubTec‘s SQL club management solutions. … Puma appoints Klaus Bauer as a member of the board of management, effective Aug. 1, and will assume the newly-created position of chief operating officer. Chief financial officer Dieter Bock, who has been with Puma, will resign from the board for personal reasons. … Methodist University Golf Club in Fayetteville, N.C., will host a PGA Play Golf America Day, March 28 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Highlighting the day will be free instruction and golf clinics conducted by more than 20 PGA Professionals from throughout the Carolinas. … Ken Schofield, former executive director of the European Tour, will chair the inaugural two-day London Golf Conference, May 1-2 in London, England. The conference will focus on the impact of the recession across various areas of the golf industry.

Acushnet Acts To Protect Intellectual Property

Acushnet filed a patent infringement lawsuit today against Callaway Golf in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. In its complaint, Acushnet asserts that Callaway’s Tour i and Tour ix golf balls infringe nine United States patents from Acushnet’s extensive golf ball patent portfolio covering multi-piece, solid core technology.

Wilson Golf Rolls Out “Paddy Slam Countdown” Promotion Tied to Padraig Harrington’s Quest for his Third Consecutive Major

Wilson Golf announces the “Paddy Slam Countdown” promotion. If tour staffer Padraig Harrington wins the upcoming Masters, which would be his third straight major title, registered consumers will receive more than $300 worth of free clubs with the purchase of a set of Wilson Staff irons. Consumers must register at www.paddyslam.com between March 1-April 8.

Unmatched Performance.

Titleist reports that Geoff Ogilvy and Mark Wilson won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and Mayakoba Classic, respectively, while playing the new Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls.

PrideSports & Softspikes® Dominate at WGC Accenture Match Play Championship While Capturing Weekend Sweep on All Professional Golf Tours

PrideSports captures the cleat count at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship with more than 65 percent of the overall elite cleat field using the company’s stable of products. Also, Pulsar cleats were won by the respective winners of the Mayakoba Classic and the Nationwide Tour’s Moonah Classic, while the winner of the Honda LPGA Thailand wore Black Widow cleats.