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Adams Golf Launches Speedline Fast 12 Fairway Woods

Adams Golf: Introduces the Speedline Fast 12 fairway wood featuring the second generation of Velocity Slot Technology. The second generation includes a slot within a slot on both the crown and sole of the club to create more ball speed, forgiveness and better launch conditions.

Ping’s Solheim Proposes Golf Ball Distance Rating System

Ping: Chairman and CEO John Solheim proposes that golf’s rule-making bodies consider a ball distance rating system that would replace the current single golf ball limit with three different ball distance limits. Solheim’s “A Long Term Response to Distance” explains how including a rating system with a new Condition of Competition would give professional events and golf courses an efficient way to address future concerns about distance.

HSBC Women’s Champions: Reigning champion Karrie Webb commits to play. The tournament is Feb. 23-26 at Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore. … Nationwide Tour: 2012 schedule to feature 27 events, played in 17 states, plus stops in four Latin American countries. The tour’s 23rd season will begin in mid-February with events in Colombia, Panama and Chile, the first being the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship Feb. 16-19.

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Turf Key: Launches three products – the Turf Key and Key for a Cure divot tools and Turf Tee, a three-pronged tee that is not inserted into the ground.

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Abacus: Introduces a new collection for active lifestyles for the 2012 season. The collection features the Abacus Carlo, a sporty and functional men’s polo in a bamboo charcoal/polyester Drycool blend.

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PlayGolfPlanet.com: Launches the social network platform that combines features from Facebook and Groupon. … IMG Academies: Announces its sponsorship of an American Junior Golf Association preseason series designed for first-time AJGA members and those members who have not yet participated in or qualified for another AJGA event. The IMG Golf Academy Preseason Series will include 10 events in 2012. … St. Andrews Links Junior Golf Association: Receives a pledge from The R&A for £75,000 of funding over the next five years.

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Escalante Golf: Acquires Gray Plantation Golf Club and The Sports Club at Graywood in Lake Charles, La. … Celebration Golf Management: Enters into a enter a lease agreement with Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita in Poinciana, Fla., to run the golf and food and beverage operations of the semi-private club. … RDC Golf Group: Affiliate purchases Shackamaxon Golf and Country Club in Scotch Plains, N.J. … Fallen Oak (Biloxi, Miss.): Receives top-15 rankings in two Golfweek “Best of … ” listings – No. 2 on the magazine’s Best Casino Courses list for 2011 and the No. 13 on the Best Resort Courses for 2012. … National Golf Club (Southern Pines, N.C.): Undergoes a major restoration of its greens to their original Jack Nicklaus design. The project reclaims the larger footprints the greens had lost due to encroaching Bermuda grass. The course is set to reopen in mid-March with completely new greens covered in A1/A4 bent grass.

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Ping Launches i20 Products Highlighting Distance, Workability

Ping: Unveils its i20 driver, fairway woods, hybrids and irons. “In the i20 series, we’ve combined workability, distance and forgiveness with the goal to make any golfer a more versatile and complete player,” said John A. Solheim, Ping chairman and CEO.

Adams Golf Launches Speedline Fast 12 Driver

Adams Golf: Introduces its new Speedline Fast 12 driver, which incorporates a new Airfoil Design to produce a 460cc driver with 14 percent less drag for an increase of up to 3 mph in club head speed and a nearly 10 percent increase in forgiveness.