Golf Fitness Magazine will feature its third Performance Apparel Ranking in its September/October issue.
E-Z-GO Donates Bikes to Boys & Girls Clubs Members at International Sales Meeting
E-Z-Go donates 15 new bicycles to the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Clubs of Greensboro, N.C., as part of a team-building exercise at its international sales meeting.
Nationwide and Champions Tour Players Find Winner’s Circle with Graphite Design Shafts
Graphite Design reports that the respective winners of this week’s Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour events played its shaft models, as did the driving accuracy leader at the PGA Tour’s Buick Open.
U.S.G.A. Rates New Course at Sun Valley Resort
Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, announces course and slope ratings for the soon-to-open White Clouds Golf Course have been determined. The first nine holes of the Donald Knott-designed White Clouds are scheduled to open later this summer.
19th Annual ING Spring Conference Headed For Revitalized French Lick Resort Casino In 2009
The International Network of Golf announces its 19th Spring Conference will be held at the French Lick Resort Casino in French Lick, Ind., May 17-21, 2009.
Park, Perry Lead Titleist To Worldwide Sweep
Titleist reports that U.S. Women’s Open champion Inbee Park and Buick Open winner Kenny Perry played its Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls, respectively.
Golf Pride Is The Number One Grip Choice At The 2008 U.S. Women’s Open
Eaton Corp. announces that, according to Darrell Survey, the majority of LPGA players who played in the U.S. Women’s Open played Golf Pride grips.
LoudMouth Golf supports Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Foundation
LoudMouth Golf announces its support of the 12th Alice Cooper Celebrity Am at Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. Money raised helps support Cooper’s Solid Rock Foundation.
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Equipment Played by Winners of PGA and Champions Tours and U.S. Women’s Open
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf reports on the equipment used by the respective winners on the PGA and Champions tours, as well as at the U.S. Women’s Open.
Discounts Help Travelers Get to Kaua’i and its World-Class Resorts & Golf Courses
Kaua’i, which features six golf courses, including four as amenities of noted resorts, is offering special travel packages for this summer and fall.
Old Goals Met, New Goals Set.
Excel Golf reports that Kenny Perry used its Zero Friction golf tee en route to winning the Buick Open.
YES! Wins Four Straight On Duramed Futures Tour
Yes! Golf reports that the winner of the last four Duramed Futures Tour events has played its putters, including Vicky Hurst on Sunday with the Yes! Sandy putter.
Evolve Golf’s Epoch Tee Used by Three Top-10 Finishers at the Buick Open
Evolve Golf reports that three top-10 finishers at the Buick Open used its Epoch tee.
Cybergolf welcomes Hunter’s Creek Golf Club in Orlando, FL. as its newest client
Cybergolf adds Hunter’s Creek Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., as its newest client, and will custom design and host the property’s website and e-mail marketing newsletter system.
KemperSports Announces Promotion of Doug Hellman to Vice President of Business Development
KemperSports promotes Doug Hellman to vice president of business development.
Aldila’s VS Proto™ helps lift U.S. Women’s Open winner to first win, major
Aldila reports that the winner of the U.S. Women’s Open used its VS Proto shafts in her hybrid clubs.
BRIEFLY
Kenny Perry moved to No. 4 on the U.S. Ryder Cup point standings with his win at the Buick Open. Woody Austin moved to No. 9 with his second-place finish. The top eight after the PGA Championship automatically qualify, though No. 9 will qualify if Tiger Woods cannot play. … Carnoustie Sportswear Inc. names Chuck Sakmann as its sales executive and senior sales manager for the Northeast. … The multi-million dollar project to restore Pine Lakes Country Club, located in Myrtle Beach, S.C., to architect Robert White’s original 1927 specifications is on schedule for its March 2009 unveiling. The project is being directed by golf restoration architect Craig Schreiner.
Timacuan Golf Club & Mike Bender Golf Academy To Host Fund Raiser Pro-Am For Boy’s Town
The Mike Bender Golf Academy and the Timacuan Golf Club in Lake Mary, Fla., will host the second Pro-Am Benefit Tournament, which benefits the Boy’s Town Central Region Demetree Campus, on Friday, July 25.
Daiwa Delivers Popular ONOFF Irons to U.S.
Daiwa Golf Co. announces that its new Onoff irons are now available in select golf retail stores across the United States. The irons were named “2008 Irons of the Year” by Golf Digest Japan.
Fujikura #1 Driver & Wood Shaft Brand At US Women’s Open
Fujikura wins the driver and wood shaft brand count, which includes hybrids, at the U.S. Women’s Open.
