Scott Ramsay, superintendent at Yale Golf Course in New Haven, Conn., has been named the 2006 golf course Superintendent of the Year at the Golf Industry Show in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday. … The Boardroom Magazine selects MembersFirst Inc. as winner of its 2006 Excellence in Achievement Award. … The Golf Association of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Section of the PGA of America will hold its 2007 Rules of Golf seminar on March 31 at St. Davids Golf Club in Wayne, Pa. … International Pairs appoints Cees Chevalier as a master licensee for International Pairs Europe.
Greensboro’s Marty Sheets Named 2006 PGA Tour Volunteer Of The Year
MARANA, Ariz. — Wyndham Championship volunteer Marty Sheets has received the PGA TOUR’s highest honor for individual benevolence, earning the…
Tewell Out Indefinitely With Elbow Injury
Champions Tour player Doug Tewell will be off the tour indefinitely due to acute pain in his left elbow. The eight-time Champions Tour winner began experiencing pain in the elbow during the final round of the Allianz Championship, Feb. 11, and then was forced to withdraw from the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am last week following his pro-am round and from this week’s ACE Group Classic.
Golf Writers Association of America
The Golf Writers Association of America announces the winners of its 2006 writing contest. Sports Illustrated’s Rick Reilly picked up the fifth first-place award of his career, while Golf Digest Companies dominated the Non-Daily categories.
Henderson named executive director of the LPGA T&CP
The LPGA names Nancy Henderson to the newly-created position of executive director of the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals. Henderson, a Class A member of the LPGA T&CP and the PGA of America, will assume the role on March 7.
Power Performance Rankings
Tom Watson, winner of last week’s Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, moved back into the top 10 of the Power Peformance Rankings for the Champions Tour. Watson is 10th, while Loren Roberts, Jay Haas and Fred Funk are Nos. 1-3, respectively.
Bentley Kinetics Announces Sponsorship Of Upcoming Southwest PGA Section Teaching Summit And Middle Atlantic PGA Spring Education Seminar
Bentley Kinetics Inc., developer of the K-Vest golf instructional system, will sponsor the upcoming Southwest PGA Section Teaching and Coaching Summit and the Middle Atlantic PGA Spring Education Seminar.
Duramed FUTURES Tour’s Gettysburg Championship Announces $100,000 Purse
The Duramed Futures Tour’s Gettysburg Championship increases its tournament purse to $100,000. The 54-hole event will be played Aug, 24-29.
AccuFLEX Golf Wins On The Nationwide Tour At The Jacob’s Creek Open Championship
AccuFlex reports that the winner of the Nationwide Tour’s Jacob’s Creek Open used its Icon V.2 shaft in his driver.
Nickent Leads PGA Tour in Hybrid Top 10’s Behind Jeff Quinney and Friends
Nickent staff player Jeff Quinney, a PGA Tour rookie, earned his fourth top-10 finish of the season at the Nissan Open.
BRIEFLY
Billy Fuller Golf Design announces the opening of its new design firm in Atlanta, Ga. The company is headed by Billy Fuller, a former Augusta National Golf Club golf course superintendent and design associate with Bob Cupp. … The Polo Club of Boca Raton in Boca Raton, Fla., re-opens its second 18 holes, the Equestrian Course. … SMT reports that three of the top four finishers in the long drive contest at the Nationwide and Australasian tour’s Jacobs Creek Open. … Fairway & Greene reports that its ladies’ business grew 28 percent in 2006, which now represents 12 percent of the company’s overall volume. … Winning Edge Designs signs Bob Davis and Alan Braden as sales reps for its southern California area, and Gary Martin for its northern California area. … The Georgia Golf Hall of Fame announces that Bryan Persons of Macon, has been elected as the chairman of the board. … Four Golf Channel Amateur Tour events in 2007 will serve as "Big Break VIII" qualifying tournaments. The winners will receive a private audition with the producers of the golf reality show. The sites of the four events are: The Heritage Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga. (March 24-25); LPGA International Golf Club in Daytona, Fla., (March 31-April 1); Blackhorse Golf Club and Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas (April 14-15); and Whisper Creek Golf Club in Huntley, Ill. (April 14-15). Also, the network’s "Golf Central Primetime" will air a feature a report on an U.S. Army range in Baghad, Iraq, that has received more than 10,000 golf balls after an officer’s request was posted on the channel’s Web site. The show airs Saturday at 10:30 p.m. ET. … The Spirit of Golf Foundation presents its first Eddie Merrins Award to R. Scott Jackson, the boys golf coach at Merritt Island High in Merritt Island, Fla. The SGF’s Spirit Award was presented to Donna Lee of Singapore. The Merrins Award is given to the SGF certified coach who most closely aligns their professional and personal attributes to the guidelines Merrins has lived by. The Spirit Award is an annual award given a scholastic administrator, community youth leader or patron or corporate supporter of SGF.
Champ goes 1-2 at Nissan Open
Champ Spikes reports that the winner of the Nissan Open wore its Scorpion Stinger spikes, while the playoff runner-up wore Champ’s Cermec steel spike.
PGA Tour players line up for ReelFit
FootJoy announces that several players on the PGA Tour have worn its innovative new ReelFit shoes, including Adam Scott, Davis Love III, David Toms, J.B. Holmes, Scott Verplank and Arron Oberholser.
Anniversary time for Bite
Bite celebrates its 10th year in business.
Ahead on top of game in ’07
Ahead reports on the start to the 2007 season that staff members Retief Goosen, Charles Howell III, Aaron Baddeley, Jim Furyk and Luke Donald are having.
Creamer debuts new sunglass in season-opening win
Sundog Eyewear reports that Paula Creamer wore the first prototype of her "Strive" sunglass line en route to winning the SBS Open at Turtle Bay.
Golfweek taps Adidas
Adidas Golf is named by Golfweek as its Apparel Company of the Year.
Golf World Announces First Men’s College Coaches’ Poll Of 2007; New Poll Will Be Known As The Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches’ Poll
Florida replaces Alabama as No. 1 in the first Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches’ Poll of 2007. The poll is based on the selections of 20 men’s coaches from across the country. Following Florida in the poll is Stanford, Oklahoma State, Alabama and Georgia.
Golfalot.com Price Index In The UK Falls By 1% More Than USA
Golfalot.com reports that its Price Index in the United Kingdom fell by more than 2.65 percent in February, which is more than 1 percent more than in the United States.
Five New Members Of Michigan Golf Hall Of Fame Are A Cross-Section Of The Game
The Michigan Golf Hall of Fame will induct John Lindholm, Steve Maddalena, Bruce Fossum, Mark Wilson and Ted Woehrle as its Class of 2007 on May 20 at Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath, Mich.