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Creamer wears own collection in win

Sundog Eyewear reports on Paula Creamer winning The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions while wearing Sundog eyewear from her own collection.

Five superintendents win trip to Golf Industry Show in Orlando

For the fifth consecutive year, Bayer Environmental Science and The Environmental Institute for Golf will send five golf course superintendents to the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Education Conference, Jan. 28-Feb. 2, and the Golf Industry Show, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, in Orlando, Fla. The five winners are Eric Morrison of Groton, Conn., William Irving of Kearney, Neb., Steven Fisher of Camillus, N.Y., Tom Forsythe of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and Christopher Moyer of Findlay, Ohio.

Jason Gore Joins Cobra Golf’s PGA Tour Staff

Cobra Golf announces Jason Gore as the newest member of its PGA Tour player staff. Gore will play King Cobra golf clubs, carry a Cobra golf bag and wear the Cobra logo on his headwear.

Footjoy = Tour Supremacy

FootJoy reports that it won the PGA Tour shoe count for the 63rd consecutive year, recording 68 percent of the shoes worn on the PGA Tour in 2007.

Palmer to Receive GCAA Lifetime Achievement Award

Arnold Palmer will be honored with the Golf Coaches Association of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual Hall of Fame Banquet on Jan. 14 in Orlando, Fla. Palmer will become only the third non-coach inducted into the GCAA Hall of Fame.

Venetian Bay Country Club in New Smyrna Beach, Fl. selects Cybergolf to custom design and host the properties Web site and provide an email marketing e-blast newsletter system tool plus an e-commerce system for the club set to open in early 2008

Venetian Bay Country Club in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., selects Cybergolf to custom design and host the property’s website and provide an e-mail marketing e-blast newsletter system tool plus an e-commerce system for the club, which is set to open in early 2008.

Textron Names Garrison President of its Industrial Segment

Textron Inc. promotes John L. Garrison Jr. to president of its Industrial Segment, effective immediately. Also, E-Z-Go vice president of sales and marketing Kevin Holleran has been promoted to president of the business unit.

Complete GCM history now available online to GCSAA members

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America announces that members now have access to the entire archive of Golf Course Management Magazine and its predecessor publications dating back to 1933 through an agreement with GCSAA and Michigan State University’s Turfgrass Information Center.