Ashworth Inc. names Tim Cronin as vice president of corporate sales.
Adidas Eyewear supports Canadian PGA event
Adidas Eyewear becomes the presenting sponsor of the Hulbert Memorial Championship.
PGA Club Professional Brad Dean Set To Play At Oakland Hills
Brad Dean, director of golf at Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville, Mich., will make his first PGA Tour start this week’s PGA Championship at with a 15th-place finish at the PGA Club Professionals National Championship.
Vijay Singh Wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational With Titleist Pro V1x.
Titleist reports that Vijay Singh at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Ji-Yai Shin at the British Women’s Open led a four-win week for Titleist golf balls, raising the company’s victory count in international tours to 107.
Cybergolf welcomes Blissful Meadows Golf Club in Uxbridge, MA. as its newest client
Cybergolf adds Blissful Meadows Golf Club in Uxbridge, Mass., as its newest client and will custom design and host the property’s website and e-mail marketing newsletter system.
Professionals on PGA, Nationwide & Japan Tours Excel with Graphite Design Shafts
Graphite Design reports on the performance of its shaft models at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Cox Classic and the Japan Tour’s Japan Tour’s Sun-Chlorella Classic, where it claimed the claimed the graphite wood shaft model count.
Fujikura Winning Driver & Wood Shaft Brand At Women’s British Open
Fujikura reports that its Rombax shaft technology was used in the driver and woods played by the winner at the Ricoh Women’s British Open.
Chez Reavie Wins – Sports Rocket Tour Cover In ASU Colors
Rocket Tour Golf reports that Chez Reavie, the recent winner of the Canadian Open, sports his Arizona State University red and yellow colors on his Rocket Tour Skinny Stick.
Geoff Mangum of the PuttingZone is Presenting a Series of Clinics in the Greater Toronto Area August 9-13
Putting Zone coaches Geoff Mangum and Bruce Howard, along with Glen Abbey Academy instructor Steve Chapman, will present a series of four clinics for Canadian PGA teachers and players in the Greater Toronto area, Aug. 11-13.
Evolve Golf’s Epoch Tee Used by Winner of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational
Evolve Golf reports that the winner of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational played its Epoch tee.
UST® Shafts Win on Both Sides of Pacific
United Sports Technologies reports that the respective winner’s of the Japan Tour’s Sun Chlorella Classic and the PGA Tour’s Legends Reno-Tahoe Open used the company’s shafts. The Sun Chlorella Classic champion played UST Proforce V2 graphite shafts in his Titleist driver, Ping 3-wood and two Titleist hybrid clubs. The Legends Reno-Tahoe champion played the UST Irod shaft in his Titleist hybrid.
Singh Drives To Victory At WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Cleveland Gol reports that Vijay Singh won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational playing the HiBore XL driver, a Launcher Steel fairway 13-degree 3-wood, CG1 Black Pearl irons, CG12 wedges and a Never Compromise GM2 Exchange belly putter.
Softspikes® Sweeps Weekend Tour Play
PrideSports reports that its Softspikes were worn by the winners of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Legends-Reno Tahoe Open, U.S. Senior Open and Women’s British Open. Also, the winner of the Cox Classic also wore PrideSports cleats.
YES! Golf Finishes In Top-10 On The PGA, LPGA And Nationwide Tours
Yes! Golf records two top-10 finishes at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and a top-10 at the Women’s British Open and the Nationwide’s Cox Classic.
Golf Pride Partners With Folds Of Honor Foundation By Launching The New Patriot Grip
Eaton Corp. announces that, in honor of Patriot Golf Day, Golf Pride grips has formed a partnership with the Folds of Honor Foundation. To support the foundation and its beneficiaries, Golf Pride developed a specially-designed red, white and blue all-rubber grip, named the “Patriot.”
NGCOA Awards Don Rossi Scholarships To Three Students Pursuing Golf-Related Careers
The National Golf Course Owners Association awards Don Rossi Scholarships, ranging from $1,900 to $3,000, to three students pursuing degrees in golf-related fields. This year’s scholarship recipients are Lucas Brick, a senior in the Professional Golf Management program at New Mexico State University; Paul Speltz and Henry Mohr, seniors majoring in golf enterprise management at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Aldila’s VooDoo gives Tour players the winning edge
Aldila staff member Stuart Appleby played the VooDoo shaft in all of his woods en route to a second-place finish at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Also, the winner of the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open used the shaft in his driver and 3-wood.
FiZGOLF Appears For First Time At PGA Fall Expo
FizGolf, maker of am all-in-one club, ball and grip cleaner, will makes its first appearance at the PGA Fall Expo, Aug. 26-27, in Las Vegas, Nev.
FJ Finds the Winner’s Circle Three Times
FootJoy reports that Vijay Singh (DryJoys), Parker McLachlin (ReelFit) and Ji-Yai Shin (eComfort) wore its shoes en route to their respective wins at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Legends Reno-Tahoe Open and Women’s British Open.
Set Schedule Brings Serious Contender
Excel Golf reports that Zero Friction tee user Kenny Perry ranked 18th in driving distance at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with an average drive of 304.6.
