The Executive Women’s Golf Association announces a program to earn an official designation as a ‘women-friendly’ facility, open to all golf facilities participating in the EWGA Golf Club Network.
ForeFront Group Taps Golf Industry Veteran Rick Oleksyk As President
ForeFront Holdings Inc. names Rick Oleksyk as president of its primary operating subsidiary, ForeFront Group Inc., which owns the Datrek, Burton Golf, Miller Golf, Sir Christopher Hatton and Devant Sport Towel brands.
Adams Golf Named Title Sponsor of New Pro Tour
Adams Golf announces its title sponsorship of a new developmental pro tour, the Adams Golf Pro Tour Series.
Timber Point Golf Course in Great River, N.Y. picks Cybergolf to custom design and host a new Web site for the facility
Timber Point Golf Course in Great River, N.Y., selects Cybergolf to custom design and host a new Web site for the facility.
Scratch Golf Design Team Enlisted To Develop A Line Of Hickory Shafted Irons For The Sweet Wood Golf Company
Scratch Golf CEO Ari Techner and master grinder Jeff McCoy have been enlisted by the Sweet Wood Golf Co. to create a new line of irons specifically designed for use with hickory shafts.
Frankly Golf Receives a Certificate of Registration for the color PINK as a Trademark on Golf Putters
Frankly Golf announces that the color pink for a golf putter is now a registered trademark of Frankly Golf and Consulting.
Accu-Length’s Explosive Growth Forces Move to Expanded Warehouse and New World Headquarters in Kansas City
OnTrack Sports LLC, maker of Accu-Length junior golf clubs, announces the move of its warehouse and headquarters to Lenexa, Kansas.
What’s New With Boyne Golf
Boyne Resorts announce its season-opening schedule and improvements to its eight golf courses, including bunker renovations and course enhancements.
Mike Young Designing Oceanfront Course in Nicaragua
Athens, Ga.-based golf course architect Mike Young has been hired to design the first resort-quality golf course in Nicaragua.
Breningmeyer to serve as Deere’s representative on Advisory Council
John Deere Golf and Turf One Source has contributed $100,000 to The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
BRIEFLY
Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, announces its newest real estate offering, The Highlander, a 14-story, Scottish-influenced condominium residence perched along the 18th fairway of the community’s Jack and Steve Nicklaus co-designed golf course. … TNT announces that the XL Capital Ltd. group of companies have agreed to serve as a broadcast presenting sponsor of the 2007 PGA Grand Slam of Golf , which will make its debut in Bermuda, Oct. 16 & 17 at the Mid Ocean Club. … Golf Buddy, a new distance measuring device, partners with the Ontario PGA to become the title sponsor of the Ontario PGA Match Play Championship and the official distance measuring device of the Ontario PGA. … CBS Sports reports that 2007 season-to-date live coverage of the PGA Tour is delivering its best rating in five years. Beginning with the Buick Invitational in January through last weekend’s Verizon Heritage, CBS’s coverage of the PGA Tour averaged a 3.0/7 national household rating/share, up 11 percent from the same period last year (2.7/6) and up 7 percent from 2005 (2.8/7). CBS Sports will also broadcast a golf doubleheader this weekend with coverage of the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Saturday and Sunday, 3-6 p.m. ET) and the Champions Tour’s Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (Saturday and Sunday, 1-3 p.m. ET). … Jonas Blixt of Florida State, Jorge Campillo of Indiana, Rhys Davies and Gareth Shaw of East Tennessee State, Oscar Floren of Texas Tech, Mark Haastrup of Georgia State, Pedro Oriol of Arizona and Gordon Yates of and Stirling have been selected to represent Europe in the 2007 Palmer Cup June 7-8.
Feel Golf Company Honors Top Collegiate Golfer
Feel Golf Co. honors Christian Colunga, a senior at Cal Lutheran University, who was named Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week, April 1-8.
The Bridges Golf & Country Club in Montrose, Colorado picks Cybergolf to custom design and host a new Web site, online marketing e-blast system and e-commerce sales tool for the facility
The Bridges Golf and Country Club in Montrose, Colo., selects Cybergolf to custom design and host a new Web site, online marketing e-blast system and e-commerce sales tool for its facility.
GolfTEC Brings Elite-Level Training To Minneapolis Area Golfers
GolfTEC announces the opening of the third area GolfTEC Improvement Center on April 20 in Roseville, Minn.
Soldiers Creek Golf Club of Elberta, AL selects the CourseTrends Golf Marketing Solution to boost their Internet Marketing Revenue
Soldiers Creek Golf Club in Elberta, Ala., selects the CourseTrends golf marketing solution.
Thomas Hildreth Named Golf Course Superintendent At Crane’s Landing Golf Club
Marriott Golf announces Thomas Hildreth as golf course superintendent at Crane’s Landing Golf Club in Illinois.
Diveto the latest to join growing SST team
Strategic Shaft Technologies LC, developer of SST Pure Shaft Alignment technology, announces that Kevin Diveto joins its staff as a financial services analyst.
BRIEFLY
Issue No. 7 of GCNI features articles on Par Aide and golf in Wales. … Aphira announces an endorsement agreement with LPGA golfer Birdie Kim. … Chris Roselle joins the Golf Association of Philadelphia staff as the organization’s new tournament director.
Alcocer joins Tehama sales
Tehama names Chris Alcocer as national sales manager.
Aphira becomes Birdie Kim’s official apparel sponsor
Aphira announces an endorsement agreement with LPGA golfer Birdie Kim.