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Fujikura Hits For The Cycle

Fujikura Composites America Inc. reports that it was the No. 1 wood shaft brand at the Wyndham Championship, JELD-WEN Tradition, Xerox Classic and CN Canadian Women’s Open.

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The PGA Tour launches a redesigned PGATour.com in advance of FedEx Cup. â?¦ Suzann Pettersen will compete in the inaugural LPGA NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Ark., Sept. 3-9.

Remedy Golf Appoints SW Reps

Remedy Golf appoints three new representatives — Mike Paratore (south Texas and parts of Louisiana), Brian McNulty (north Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas) and Tony Webb (Arizona and New Mexico).

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Martin’s PGA Tour Superstore, located in Myrtle Beach, S.C., will hold free golf clinics for women on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer. The two-phase program is designed to help women of every skill level. For information, go to www.pgatoursuperstore.com. â?¦ The Golf Channel announces the field for the eighth edition of its reality series "The Big Break: Mesquite," which will offer an exemption to play in a 2008 PGA Tour event and premieres Oct. 2. The field includes Benoit Beisser (25, Scottsdale, Ariz.), Matt Every (23, Gainesville, Fla.), Mark Farrell (42, Westport, Conn.), Roger Fonnest (27, Mineola, N.Y.), Gerry James (47, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Brian Kontak (35, Phoenix, Ariz.), Hiroshi Matsuo (38, Jupiter, Fla.), James Nitties (24, Newcastle, Australia), Anthony Rodriguez (34, San Antonio, Texas), Kevin Taylor (34, Mocksville, N.C.), Matt Vick (29, Franklin, Tenn.) and Joshua Warthen (27, Arroyo Grande, Calif.). â?¦ Padraig Harrington commits to play in the HSBC World Match Play Championship, Oct. 11-14 at the West Course of the Wentworth Club. â?¦ Phil Mickelson commits to play the HSBC Champions, Nov. 8-11 at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai.

Officials for the PGA Tour Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship announces Annika Sorenstam will make a special appearance at the World Am on Monday, Aug. 27. â?¦ Hireko Golf reports the Apollo Hump iron shafts were used by the first- and second-place finishers at the Canadian Open. â?¦ Grubb & Ellis Co. announces that Sharpsburg, Ga.-based Canongate Golf Clubs purchased The Woodlands golf courses in The Woodlands, Texas. â?¦ Players competing in the Gettysburg Championship, Aug. 24-26 at The Links At Gettysburg in Gettsyburg, Pa., will also conduct free golfing clinics for mid-state youth on Tuesday, Aug. 21. â?¦ Barona Creek Golf Club in San Diego, Calif., was ranked the fourth-best casino course by Golf Digest magazine in its July issue. â?¦ Olde York Country Club in Chesterfield, N.J., names Danielle Soldo as its golf course superintendent. â?¦ Kurt Kuebler, a former national director of the Club Managers Association of America and, since April 2004, the general manager and chief operating officer at Isleworth Golf and Country Club in Windermere, Fla., has joined the executive search firm Kopplin Search Inc. as a senior partner. â?¦ Stephen Downes has been named president of Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth, R.I.

Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., reports that it is ranked No. 76 on Golf Magazine‘s America’s Top 100 Golf Courses list. The list is published in the September. â?¦ Cutter & Buck Inc. appoints Tim Cronin as company president. â?¦ 59 Belts launched a new line of fashion buckles at CN Canadian Women’s Open. â?¦ The Women’s Sports Foundation announces that Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.D. resigned as CEO of the organization. â?¦ Reigning champion Stephen Ames, Fred Couples, Zach Johnson and Brett Wetterich will compete in the LG Skins Game, Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 24-25 in Indian Wells, Calif.

Surrey Golf Partnership Awarded Funding for Development

The English Golf Union, English Ladies’ Golf Association and PGA announce that England Golf has awarded the Surrey Golf Partnership £30,000 over the next three years to support the development of the sport within the county.