Digital Golf reports on increase of its streaming video content since its launch in March.
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The World Golf Hall of Fame reports that one of the balls on display to commemorate Yusaku Miyazato’s two holes-in-one in the same round of the PGA Tour’s Reno-Tahoe Open is a new ball, autographed by Miyazato. One of the holes-in-one balls was thrown into the gallery by Miyazato.
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The Golf Channel will air the European Tour’s Omega European Masters, which features Michelle Wie in the field, Sept. 7-8, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET , and Sept. 9-10, 8-11 a.m. ET. â?¦ Redcats Group announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Redcats USA, completes the acquisition of The Sportsman’s Guide, a leading U.S. catalog and online marketer of outdoor and sports gear, for a price of $31 per share. â?¦ The Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club in Naples, Fla., is offering special "Fall Value Rates" starting at $229 per room, per night. â?¦ The youngest competitor in the 2006 Curtis Cup, Kiran Matharu, accepts a sponsor’s invitation to take part in October’s BBC Kent Ladies English Open. â?¦ GolfARTGiclee, a fine art producer and publisher of golf art and note cards, and Michael P. Heslop reach an agreement in which GolfARTGiclee will publish Heslop’s initial offering of boxed note cards. â?¦ Golf Smarter podcast features an interview with Geoff Mangum of Puttingzone.com. â?¦ Lord Daniel Sportswear announces that Astra, the Samsung-licensed brand of sportswear, expands to include two collections — AstraSport, targeted to the fashion-minded golfer, and AstraClassic, aimed at the traditional golfer. â?¦ To-M-Pact Golf retains the services of Mueller-Namejko marketing services to market the Impact Ball Training Aid. â?¦ Card Golf, which incorporates the strategies and rules of real golf in a standard deck of cards, launches its new game for $8.95 at www.cardgolf.com.
FootJoy’s ReelFit Offers New Technology
FootJoy introduces ReelFit, the latest breakthrough in golf shoe technology.
Astra Expands Collections
Lord Daniel Sportswear announces that Astra, the Samsung-licensed brand of sportswear, expands to include two collections — AstraSport, targeted to the fashion-minded golfer, and AstraClassic, aimed at the traditional golfer.
Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute Announces 2006 Fall Schedule
Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute announces the fall schedule for its training schools, including the new True Temper "Gold Certified" shaft performance fitting school.
Truly A ‘Tradition’ For The Ages
Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Ore., announces its schedule for the eighth year of Traditions, which showcases a range of more than 150 family-oriented activities and events beginning Thanksgiving weekend and continuing through New Year’s Day 2007.
Bay Dunes Golf Club in Panama City, FL selects the CourseTrends Core Golf Marketing Solution
Bay Dunes Golf Club in Panama City, Fla., selects the CourseTrends core golf marketing solution.
American Express Named Official Card Of National Golf Course Owners Association
American Express is named the official card of the National Golf Course Owners Association. American Express will work with the NGCOA to develop focused marketing programs that provide offers and benefits to American Express cardmembers.
Stonebridge Golf Club of New Orleans selects Cybergolf to design and host a web site and online marketing e-blast newsletter system for the facility
Stonebridge Golf Club of New Orleans selects Cybergolf to design and host a Web site and online marketing e-blast newsletter system for its facility.
World Golf Hall of Fame Displays Golf Balls from Japanese Golfer’s Two Aces
Japanese golfer Yusaku Miyazato defied incredible odds (67 million-to-one, according to Golf Digest, Sept. 2005) when he made a pair of holes-in-one in the same round at the Reno-Tahoe Open. The two TourStage 54 golf balls, now part of golf history and autographed by Miyazato, will be on display at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla.
Golf Flagstick Advertising
Golf Flagstick Advertising reports on its flagsticks used during the Gary Player Invitational in July.
World’s Longest Lefty Praises New Proforce V2 LD Shaft
Horsepower Golf‘s Proforce V2 LD graphite shaft is endorsed by long drive specialist Danny Luirette of Bakersfield, Calif.
Scholarships Awarded to GSGA Member Club Employees and Future Superintendents
Sixty-seven golf course employees or their dependents and nine future superintendents were awarded college scholarships for the 2006-2007 school year from the Georgia State Golf Foundation, the charitable affiliate of the Georgia State Golf Association.
Volvik PROsPECT is the ONE BALL Tournament Winner!
Lynn Martin won the Senior Division of the Ohio Champions Tournament playing the Volvik Prospect three-piece z-urethane cover golf ball.
BunkerShot.com announces free golf content syndication
BunkerShot.com announces free golf content syndication.
Orange County National to Host Golfweek’s Golfest
Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge in Winter Garden, Fla., will host Golfweek‘s Golfest Orlando, Jan. 20-21.
FootJoy Introduces The Most Technologically Advanced Golf Shoe Ever
FootJoy introduces ReelFit, the latest breakthrough in golf shoe technology.
Labor Day Notice
The Wire will not be published on Monday, September 4 in observance of Labor Day. The Wire will be published again on September 5.
Seaview Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort, Announces Ultimate "Resort Golf" Membership Program For South Jersey Golfers
Seaview Resort and Spa in Galloway, N.J., introduces a Resort Golf Membership Program.
Kuehne, Moore, Simpson Selected for 2006 USA World Amateur Team
The U.S. Golf Association announces that two college All-Americans – Jonathan Moore of Portland, Ore., and Webb Simpson of Raleigh, N.C. – and two-time Walker Cup member Trip Kuehne of Dallas, Texas, have been selected as the USA squad that will compete at the 2006 World Amateur Team Championship in South Africa, Oct. 26-29.