TaylorMade-adidas Golf Co. hires Scott Leightman as its new director of public relations.
Ahead Revs Up For The Season With "Get A.H.E.A.D." Sweepstakes
Ahead begins its "Get A.H.E.A.D." sweepstakes, a branding campaign designed to showcase the entire line of products: apparel, headwear, accessories, along with its innovative design and embroidery.
Magique Golf Unveils New EC2 Hybrid
Magique Golf unveils its new EC2 Hybrid club, which offers trajectory control and an Elliptical Cavity Sole design that provides extreme shot-making capability from any lie condition.
e21’s Scandium Alloy Shafts In Search Of Bragging Rights at the Tavistock Cup
Element 21 Golf Co. reports that its shafts are in play at the Tavistock Cup, which concludes today in Orlando, Fla.
Crescent Systems
Crescent Systems announces Champions Pointe Golf Club in Henryville, Ind., as its newest client.
Aldila the leader at WGC-CA Championship
Aldila reports that it was the most popular driver, hybrid and wood shaft at the WGC-CA Championship.
BRIEFLY
New Mexico’s golf and hospitality industries have joined to create a nonprofit alliance to promote New Mexico as a national golf tourism destination. The new entity, the New Mexico Golf Tourism Alliance, is being launched through the Sun Country Section PGA. … Gotham Books announces the publication of "Tommy’s Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf’s Founding Father and Son" by author Kevin Cook. The book will be available April 5. … Ryder Golf Events launches a free golf event planning Web site (www.rydergolfevents.com). … The golf blog Golf Girl’s Diary (www.thegolfgirl.blogspot.com) has posted a survey that explores sex and gender issues facing today’s recreational golfers. The survey is open through April 1. … Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Fla., announces "Guilt Free Golf," a new package for men. Beginning at $196 per person, per night, men can play one round of golf per day on one of three of Amelia Island Plantation’s championship courses.
Nixon And Sharpe In Boys Squad To Face Sweden
British Boys champion Matthew Nixon and triple winner Oscar Sharpe have been named in a six-player England boys team that will face Sweden Boys at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club on April 10.
Resort At Squaw Creek Readies For Golf Season By Unveiling Diverse Lineup Of Value-Laden Packages
The Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley, Callif., announces its summer stay-and-play packages. The resort includes a Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed course.
Gary Player Design To Sponsor Kpmg Golf Business Forum 2007
Gary Player Design will sponsor KPMG‘s fourth Golf Business Forum, May 16-18 in Budapest, Hungary.
PGA Tour Superstore In Roswell Reopens After Store Improvements
PGA Tour Superstore held a grand re-opening of its Roswell, Ga., location on Saturday, March 17, exactly two years after the store first opened to the public.
Robert Lohrer Joins Golfweek As Fashion Editor
Robert Lohrer joins Turnstile Publishing Co. as fashion editor for Golfweek and Golfweek.com.
Buick Open Announces A Record Donation To Southeastern Michigan Charities
The Buick Open donates a record $832,000 to southeastern Michigan charities from proceeds raised through the 2006 tournament.
USGA Awards 84 New Grants Totaling $1.6 Million
The U.S. Golf Association awards a new round of 84 grants totaling $1,675,964 to non-profit organizations that will reach nearly 50,000 economically disadvantaged children and individuals with disabilities.
Carlton Wade Launches HDR Photography Blog
Photographer Carlton Wade launches a HDR photography blog.
Pellucid
Pellucid announces that it will use the golf facility database from the National Golf Foundation to update the supply data in its Golf Local Market Analyzer platform.
Golf with Geoff Ogilvy to be auctioned @ Reach for the Rainbow’s 10th Annual BMW Ultimate Golf Challenge, presented by Teranet
A round of golf with reigning U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy will be auctioned at the 10th BMW Ultimate Golf Challenge, which benefits Reach for the Rainbow, April 24-26 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Lifetime PGA Member Pat Manturi is joining forces with Daymond Willis Holdings.
Daymond Willis, manufacturers of Sunderland of Scotland, announce the hiring of Pat Manturi and the addition of the Joseph Paris brand.
BRIEFLY
The Colorado Golf Association announces that its 2007 CGA championship and qualifier schedule is complete. The CGA season gets underway May 7-8 with the Four-Ball and Net Four-Ball Championships hosted by the City of Westminster courses, The Heritage at Westmoor and Legacy Ridge Golf Course. … The first PGA Golf Academy in Asia opens at Bayhood No. 9 in Beijing, China. The academy is housed within the Nelson Haworth-designed driving range, which is a state-of-the-art two-tier facility, incorporating 40 bays on the ground floor and 23 VIP rooms on the top floor, each featuring two independent bays.The academy includes four state-of-the-art swing studios, fitted out with leading edge
technology such as the Trackman ball radar system, Dartfish analysis software, the SAM PuttLab system and the latest 3D biomechanics system from K-Vest.
Left-handed teaching professionals Seth Glasco and Nick Kumpis held the SouthPaw Golf Academy‘s inaugural school on March 10 in Yorba Linda, Calif. … Eleven full-tuition and housing scholarships to the University of Colorado were recently awarded to the finalists for the Eisenhower-Evans Caddie Scholarship — a need-based scholarship that is awarded annually to young men and women who have caddied for a minimum of two summers and who meet the other criteria of outstanding scholarship, personal character and financial need. The recipients of the scholarship are Stephan Berkower, Daniel Bressan, Brandon Cleghorn, Nathan Cook, Amanda Covington, Conner Gertje, Jacob Kimball, Leigh Levato, Alex Ryan, Ktzysztof Stybaniewicz and Jared Sullivan. … The Tavistock Cup, which pits Orlando, Fla.-based Isleworth Golf and Country Club against Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in a match-play competition, will be televised by the Golf Channel, today, Monday, and Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. ET. … The Millennium Resort Scottsdale McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Ariz., is offering its "$100 for $100" package, which gives travelers $100 food and beverage credit when they stay. The package is available June 1-Sept. 17.
Dunning Golf Performance Apparel Introduces Fall 2007 Collection
Dunning Golf introduces its fall 2007 collection of luxury performance apparel, including revolutionary Tour Stretch outerwear featuring "c_change" technology and the Interface Stretch Line polo with a modern-preppy look.
