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Urban Golf, a state-of-the-art indoor golf facility located at 14185 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville, Fla., will officially open on Sunday, May 6, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. … The CGGS Tour announces that Laser Link Golf, makers of golf rangefinder technology, has become the tour’s official distance measuring system.

Cleveland Golf Introduces CG Red & CG Gold Irons

Cleveland Golf introduces its lines of CG Red and CG Gold irons. Both lines have combined Gelback Technology and next generation Micro-Cavity Technology to offer players of all levels increased benefits in the areas of feel, forgiveness and fit.

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The Golf Channel will televise six hours of live coverage from The Players Championship on both Thursday and Friday, May 10-11, beginning at 1 p.m. ET and a three-hour replay each night beginning at 9 p.m. ET. Also, the network will air its "Live From The Players Championship" wrap-around news coverage that will serve as both a pre-game and post-game show for all four rounds of this year’s tournament. "Live From" will set up the competition with a two-hour telecast on Wednesday, May 9, at 7 p.m. ET. Subsequent telecasts will air 11 a.m.-1 p.m. ET and 7-9 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday and 12:30-2 p.m. ET and 7-9 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday. … Forewinds Hospitality completes a transaction to sell two of its five corporate-owned golf courses — Hartefeld National Golf Club in Avondale, Pa., and Mountain Branch Golf Club in Joppa, Md. — to Pegasus Golf Partners. The two clubs will be managed by EAGL Golf. Combined, these two companies own and manage in excess of sixty properties nationwide.

Player’s Pass Announces First Ambassador

Player’s Pass, a national company that markets a discount golf membership program featuring half-price and reduced fee golf at more than 800 courses nationwide, appoints David Roach as ambassador in the Virginia region.

U.S. Open Entries Close; 58 Golfers Already Fully Exempt

The U.S. Golf Association accepts 8,544 entries, including the entries from the 58 golfers who are already fully exempt into the field, for the U.S. Open, to be played June 14-17 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. Eighty-eight percent of the total entries were received online, including 706 on the final day (April 25) that applications were accepted.