Volvik: Tour staffers Craig Stadler and Larry Nelson earned top-three finishes at the Champions Tour’s Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf.
Team Golf Set To Begin Second Season In South Florida
South Florida PGA Foundation: Team Golf, featuring nearly 40 teams, kicks off its second season this week across the Section. A total of 35 individual, 9-hole tournaments are scheduled to be played.
Revealing The Black Magic Golf Hybrid Design In A Sand Wedge That Offers More Control And Consistency For All Players
Black Magic Golf: Reports on its hybrid-designed sand wedge.
The Grain Kicks Off Summer With Cool, Thirst-Quenching U.S. Open Coverage
Golf Media Network: Publishes its U.S. Open electronic edition of The Grain.
May Golf Weather Impact: Steady, Not Spectacular
Pellucid Corp.: May golf playable hours came in at 3 percent higher compared to the same period 2013. The year-to-date figure is minus-1 percent compared to the same period 2013.
Freedom Golf Association To Assist With Visionworks Junior Clinic At The Encompass Championship
Freedom Golf Association: To assist with Visionworks Junior Clinic at the Champions Tour’s Encompass Championship, June 17 at North Shore Country Club in Glenview, IL.
Polara Self-Correcting Golf Balls Now Available In Costco Wholesale Canada
Polara Golf: Self-correcting golf balls are now available in Costco Wholesale Canada.
SuperStroke Goes Dark, Releases Highly Anticipated Midnight Series Grips
SuperStroke Golf: Introduces its Midnight Series grips featuring darker colors. Unlike the company’s traditional white-based grip color scheme, the Midnight Series are black or silver-based.
Wintonbury Hills Golf Course Earns Top Rankings From Golfweek
Billy Casper Golf: Wintonbury Hills Golf Course in Bloomfield, CT, ranked No. 2 on Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play list for Connecticut. The course also ranked No. 11 on the magazine’s Best Municipal Courses list.
Byron Nelson Apparel Company Unveils Fall 2014 Collection
Byron Nelson USA: Unveils fall 2014 collection of sweaters and vests, outerwear, slacks and waterproof rain suits.
Father’s Day Is The Biggest Shopping Holiday For Golf Retailers
PGA Tour Superstore: Expects retail sales will surge 50 percent around Father’s Day compared to non-holiday times, and reports that the fastest growing gift category for golf retailers is technology.
Charities Win With LogoPutter …
LogoPutter: Donated three college-logo putters to an ALS silent auction charity event in Kansas City, MO.
Mantis Golf Adds Japan To Its Growing Sales Network
Mantis Golf: Adds Japan to its growing sales-distribution network, mostly directed to off-course entities, including retail and wholesale firms.
U.S. Golf Association: Announces that NBC, ESPN and Golf Channel will air 49 hours of live coverage of the unprecedented back-to-back 2014 U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open Championships from Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2. Also, NBC, ESPN and Golf Channel will broadcast 15 hours of live coverage from the 2014 U.S. Senior Open, and Golf Channel will also provide television coverage of the U.S. Amateur Championship, the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, and the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. … Golf America Television: Features The Club at Savannah Harbor on Hutchinson Island, GA, as its course of the week, June 10-16.
Richland Country Club / Nashville, TN: To host the American Junior Golf Association’s flagship event, the Rolex Tournament of Champions, June 23-27. … Bonita Bay Club / Naples, FL: To host the Florida State Golf Association’s 68th Florida Open Championship, July 18-20.
St. Jude Public Service Announcement Airing During FedEx St. Jude Classic Features Jack Nicklaus And Charitable Impact Of Nicklaus Golf Balls
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation: Public service announcement featuring Jack Nicklaus and highlighting the charitable impact of Nicklaus Golf Balls aired throughout the broadcast of the FedEx St. Jude Classic.
Tin Cup Available Today In Select Golf Galaxy Stores
Tin Cup Products: Stainless steel golf ball marking stencils are now available in 45 Golf Galaxy stores.
Game Golf “Permitted Under The Rules Of Golf”
Game Golf: Wearable device, which tracks a golfer’s course, location on the hole, club used and club distance, has been approved by the U.S. Golf Association as allowable under The Rules of Golf and can be used in competition.
Metropolitan Golf Association: Accepting entries for the 18th MGA Senior Open Championship, Aug. 25-26 at Alpine Country Club in Demarest, NJ. The tournament is open to male MGA members with an index of 4.5 and lower.
KemperSports Appoints General Manager At Holly Hills Country Club
KemperSports: Hires George Schwab as general manager at Holly Hills Country Club in Ijamsville, Md.
