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Second Course At La Costa To Undergo Renovation

La Costa Resort and Spa / Carlsbad, Calif.: To begin a second major renovation project on its courses. Under the direction of Pascuzzo & Pate Golf Design, the new project will affect all 18 holes on the current South Course, which will close May 1 for the start of construction. Renamed the Legends Course, the new layout will reopen in late 2013.

Puma App Puts Style In Palm Of Hand

Puma Golf: Releases its Puma StyleCaddie application for the iPhone and iPad. The app is a virtual dressing room that contains all of the key apparel, footwear and accessories that Puma Golf offers, allowing consumers to mix and match anything they want to create their own one-of-a-kind golf look.

Ecco Brings Ashun Into Fold

Ecco: Signs China’s Wu Ashun to an apparel endorsement agreement. Ashun will compete in the brand’s Tour Hybrid model throughout 2013, including the Open Championship in July.

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Glenmuir: Micromesh gloves are available in two lengths (short and long cuff) with each design boasting six colors – white, white/black, black, navy. green and brown. … Town Talk Headwear: Hires Dave Malone as sales representative for Iowa and Nebraska, and Robert Kreidler to handle Texas. … Nautica: Signs PGA Tour player Cameron Tringale to a two-year marketing partnership. Tringale will wear Nautica golf shirts and pants, as well as complementary sweaters, belts and outerwear – when on tour. … Perry Ellis International: Signs Jason Dufner and Kevin Na as tour staffers, and both players will wear the PGA Tour Apparel Pro Series line during competition. … Cobra Puma Golf: Announces that Golf Channel host Holly Sonders will play Cobra Golf equipment and wear Puma Golf apparel, accessories and footwear on and off the course. Sonders, who played collegiately at Michigan State, currently appears on Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive,” “School of Golf” and “Playing Lessons.”

True Launches New Children’s Shoe

True Linkswear: Releases its first children’s golf shoe on a barefoot platform. The True padwan blends the balance and performance found in its adult line with versatility and comfort junior golfers need.

Mystical Golf Offers April "Midweek Special"

Mystical Golf / Myrtle Beach, S.C.: Announces its Midweek Special stay-and-play package that runs April 4-30, and includes golf on its The Witch, Man-O-War and The Wizard golf courses.

True Launches New Children's Shoe

True Linkswear: Releases its first children’s golf shoe on a barefoot platform. The True padwan blends the balance and performance found in its adult line with versatility and comfort junior golfers need.

Cobra Puma Golf: Announces that Golf Channel host Holly Sonders will play Cobra Golf equipment and wear Puma Golf apparel, accessories and footwear on and off the course. Sonders, who played collegiately at Michigan State, currently appears on Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive,” “School of Golf” and “Playing Lessons.”

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Bandon Dunes Golf Resort / Bandon, Ore.: Announces that architects Tom Doak and Jim Urbina, who teamed to design the Old Macdonald course, are designing a putting course on a 3-acre site, which consists of natural dunes and rugged contours. The putting course is located adjacent to the Pacific Dunes clubhouse and is expected to be open for play in the fall. … National Golf Course Owners Association: Added 21 members, representing 35 courses, to the association in February 2013. New members included Access Golf Management (Redmond, Wash.), Black Oak Golf Club LLC (Long Valley, N.J.), Christovich & Associates (Oviedo, Fla.), Hampton Village Golf Club (Cumming, Ga.), Stillwater Country Club (Stillwater, Minn.), The Links at Cotton Valley (Tarboro, N.C.), TQ Global (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Triumph Club Management (Houston, Texas).

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Golf Course Superintendents Association of America: Honors Matthew J. Ceplo, golf course superintendent at Rockland Country Club in Sparkill, N.Y., with the 2013 GCSAA President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship. … Sterling Cut Glass: Hires four new sales representatives – Steve Weber (Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota territories), Jim Hauth (Iowa and Nebraska), Robb Spencer (Tennessee and Kentucky) and Kevin Miller (Indiana). …. IMG: Signs Shanshan Feng, China’s first major champion, to a worldwide management and marketing representation agreement.

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Dynamic Gold Sweeps PGA Tour Events

True Temper: Dynamic Gold shafts were played by the respective winners of the WGC-Cadillac Championship and the Puerto Rico Open.