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ShopRite LPGA Classic: LPGA Hall of Famers Juli Inkster, Se Ri Pak and Karrie Webb commit to the tournament, along with past champions Janice Moodie, Angela Stanford, Cristie Kerr and Seon Hwa Lee. … Carolinas Golf Association: Receives 102 entries for the fifth Vicki DiSantis Junior Girls Championship, May 1-2 at Pine Island Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. The 36-hole stroke-play event is for North and South Carolina girls under the age of 19.
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UST Mamiya: Confirms that the winner of the Nationwide Tour’s Fresh Express Classic played its new ATTAS prototype shaft in his driver.
Tour Resource Center: Reports on the pro debut of Amelia Lewis, a TRC social media coordinator.
Cybergolf: Announces Northville Hills Golf Club in Northville, Mich.; Bull Valley Golf Club in Woodstock, Ill.; and nine-hole Altadena and Eaton Canyon golf courses in Los Angeles (Calif.) County as its newest clients.
Circling Raven Golf Club: Announces special seasonal playing rates, in addition to stay-and-play packages for Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort and Hotel in Worley, Idaho.
Oban: Reports that the Verizon Heritage winner played its Devotion 75 X shaft in his Callaway driver.
Golfing Magazine: Will feature its annual Father’s Day Gift Guide in the early summer issue.
The Annika Academy: Announces that its instructors will visit various Ritz-Carlton Destination Club properties to provide individualized golf lessons and customized fitness and nutritional programs.
Golf Channel: Masters Week programming, which featured more than 37 hours of “Live From the Masters” coverage, was the most-watched Masters Week in the network’s 15-year history.
The Hacker’s Paradise: Reports on its inaugural Demo Day and Golf Outing, held in Sarasota, Fla.
Bayonet Black Horse: Selected by the U.S. Golf Association to host U.S. Open Junior Day, a day-long event on June 14 that provides junior golfers activities associated with the U.S. Open.
RGA Global: Announces that its Golf Grapplers rubber-spiked, slip-on overshoes are now available at select Dick’s Sporting Goods nationwide.
Tour Resource Center: Selected to rebrand PerformanceConsultingLtd.com with a new domain name and social media marketing campaign.
ClubPay, Jonas Club Management, Clubsystems Group: Partner to create an integrated service solution, combining ClubPay’s outsourced payroll and human resource solutions to the existing Jonas Club Management and Clubsystems Group client base.
U.S. Golf Association: Announces that the U.S. Open will be broadcast in prime time on NBC and ESPN to the Eastern and Central time zones as part of more than 30 hours of live television coverage, June 17-20.
Marriott Golf: Third annual International Family Golf Festival program, a year-long series of one-day family golf events, will be held at 30 Marriott Golf-managed destinations throughout the world and kicks off May 1.
Jonas Club Management, Clubsystems Group: Release Online Tee Times 4.0 for their ClubHouse Online e3 website solution.
The Leading Hotels of the World: Announces its inaugural Signature Events, which feature packages to The Old Course at St. Andrews and the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles in Scotland, and La Cana Golf Course in the Dominican Republic.
Evolve Golf: Epoch tee played by Bo Van Pelt and Kris Blanks, who finished third and fifth, respectively, at the Verizon Heritage.
Northern California Section of the Professional Golfers Association: Selects Sevillano Links at Rolling Hills Casino in Corning, Calif., to host the Northern California Open Championship, Sept. 13-15.
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