FootJoy launches ProDry Extreme, the company’s primiere performance golf sock. The new ProDry Extreme features exclusive moisture control technology.
Four Worldwide Wins for TaylorMade Tour Staffers
TaylorMade tour staff professionals won four tour events on three continents last weekend.
Doral Golf Resort To Host 2006 Family Golf FunFest
Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami, Fla., will host the inaugural Family Golf FunFest, Saturday, Aug. 12 on the recently-renovated driving range.
SST PURE numbers continue to grow on Tour
SST Pure reports on the performance of its shaft alignment on the PGA Tour.
Mo’ Golf Reviews Thundering Waters Golf Club, John Daly’s Latest Cooperative Effort
BuffaloGolfer.com features a review of Thundering Waters Golf Club.
Short-game Guru Dave Pelz To Appear At 23rd Annual PGA Tour Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship
Dave Pelz will partner with the PGA Tour‘s ShotLink team at the 23rd PGA Tour Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship, Aug. 28-Sept. 1 in Myrtle Beach, S.C., to gather golf-shot data on amateur participants for comparison to data regularly collected on the PGA Tour.
10 Year Drougt Ends For PGA Veteran And Zero Friction Golf Tees Celebrate Another PGA Tour Victory
The Excel Golf Tee Co. reports that the winner of the U.S. Bank Championship used its tees.
BRIEFLY
Defending Weetabix Women’s British Open Champion Jeong Jang announces an initiative to support the children of Operation Smile, a charity that provides free reconstructive surgery to children and young adults around the world suffering with facial deformities. … TNT will provide live coverage of the 88th PGA Championship, Aug. 17-20. The network will air exclusive first- and second-round coverage on Thursday, Aug. 17 from 2-8 p.m. ET and Friday, Aug. 18 from 2-8 p.m. ET, respectively, along with weekend coverage of the third and fourth rounds from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET. … Graphite Design International announces that the winner of the Senior British Open Championship used a GDI shaft model in his driver. … TNT concludes its last leg of British Open coverage in England with the Women’s British Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s in England. TNT will televise portions of the first and second rounds on Thursday, Aug. 3 and Friday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m.-Noon ET/PT. … CBS Sports will air live coverage of the Buick Open, broadcasting the third and final rounds on Saturday, Aug. 5 and Sunday, Aug. 6 from 3-6 p.m. ET. … Jason Straka, a senior design associate with the firm Hurdzan / Fry Golf Course Design, has been recently elected as an adjunct professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at The Ohio State University. … Buffalo Communications names Andrea Latta as public relations specialist. … The Golf Channel kicks off "Wednesday Night at the Movies" tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET with the airing of "Banning," starring Robert Wagner.
Garske grants awarded to Steinhurst, Tanko
Sara Steinhurst of West Branch, Mich., and Branden Tanko of Stevens Point, Wisc., have been awarded a 2006 Joseph S. Garske Collegiate Grant.
Lamkin Captures Victories Across the Big Pond
Lamkin reports that the winners of the Senior British Open and the Evian Masters each used its grips.
Tiger Woods Commits To 2006 Deutsche Bank Championship
Tiger Woods announces his intention to compete at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Aug. 29-Sept. 4 at the Tournament Players Club of Boston.
Innovative Golf Flagstick Advertising gives extra Aberdeen AM branding on the practice areas at the Senior British Open at Turnberry.
Aberdeen Asset Management premieres new sponsorship furniture at the Senior British Open with the use of Golf Flagstick Advertising on the practice range and chipping green.
Deutsche Bank Extends Title Sponsorship Of The Deutsche Bank Championship Through 2010
Deutsche Bank extends its title sponsorship of the Deutsche Bank Championship at the Tournament Players Club of Boston through 2010.
OCN’s Tooth Course Named Top Short Course In America for 2006
Golf Range Magazine selects Orange County National‘s Tooth Course, located in Winter Garden, Fla., as one of the Top Short Courses in America for 2006.
GCSAA announces Student Essay Contest winners
The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America announces that Patrick McCullough, Jon Trappe and Corey Heasley have earned college scholarships by winning the 2006 GCSAA Essay Contest.
Srixon’s Karrie Webb Wins Evian Masters
Srixon staff professional Karrie Webb won her third title of 2006 by winning the Evian Masters.
CHAMP Finds Winning Formula Again
Champ Spikes reports that the winners of the U.S. Bank Championship and Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe wore its spikes.
The Quarry Golf Club in East Canton, OH. selects Cybergolf to design and host a Web site and online marketing newsletter/e-blast system for the facility.
The Quarry Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio, selects Cybergolf to design and host a Web site and online marketing newsletter/e-blast system for its facility.
Defending Champion K.J. Choi Among Early Chrysler Classic Committments
Defending champion K.J. Choi commits to play in the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, Oct. 2-8 at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Chrysler Classic Partners With Piedmont Triad Chambers Of Commerce
The Chrysler Classic of Greensboro partners with Triad region chambers of commerce in an effort to encourage local business owners to invest in the 67-year-old event. The chambers’ charitable foundations will also benefit, receiving a portion of the proceeds from packages purchased through the new initiative.
