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Jackson Marking Products: Will exhibit its Golf Ball Stamp at the upcoming PGA Merchandise Show. The Golf Ball Stamp is a pre-inked rubber stamp that can apply names, initials or logos.

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Aloha Section PGA: Section professionals will conduct free one-on-one 10-minute lessons at this week’s Sony Open in Hawaii. These lessons will be in the Spectator Village, today through Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. … The Milk Jug: Annual charitable fundraising event, co-hosted by Nick Price, raised more than $155,000 on Dec. 17 at McArthur Golf Club in Hobe Sound, FL. Other contributors to The Milk Jug, which was formed in 2004 to raise funds for Palm Beach and Martin County charities, included Brett Quigley and U.S. Senior Amateur champion Vinny Giles.

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Dr. Michael J. Hurdzan, Pete Dye, Tom Doak: Finalists for 2009 Best Architect in the 17th International Network of Golf Honors Awards. The winner will be announced at a press conference on Jan. 29 at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, FL. … Dave Kindred: Named the recipient of the 2010 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. Kindred, 68, of Locust Grove, VA., is the 21st individual to be selected and will be honored April 7 at the 38th Golf Writers Association of America Annual Spring Dinner and Awards Ceremony in Augusta, GA.

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BMW Charity Pro-Am: Named the 2009 Nationwide Tour Charity of the Year for its impact on charities in the Upstate region of South Carolina and western North Carolina. Tournament organizers will receive a check for $30,000 from the PGA Tour to enhance the tournament’s charitable endeavors. Earlier this year, it was announced that this year’s tournament raised $651,829 for 78 organizations.

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TaylorMade Introduces Burner® SuperFast Driver and Fairway Woods

TaylorMade: Rolls out the newest generation of its popular Burner franchise, the Burner Superfast driver and fairway woods. The driver weigh just 284 grams, which promotes faster swing speed, an features the largest clubface of any TaylorMade driver.

Sunice: Hires Caroline Gowan as strategic accounts manager. In her role, Gowan, a former LPGA player, will manage Sunice’s relationships with all of the major tours, and will serve as liaison with all internal components of the major U.S. tours.

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Annika Academy Becomes Certified Callaway Performance Center

Annika Academy: The academy, located in Reunion, FL., becomes a certified Callaway Performance Center, thus expanding the instructional offerings. As a CPC, the academy will feature a Callaway Performance Analysis System, which is a dual camera-based 3D launch monitor system that will measure the club head and golf ball speeds, launch angle, back-spin, side angle, club path and attack angles.

Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau Appoints Vice President of Marketing and Sales

Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau: Hires David West to the position of vice president of marketing and sales for the four-county destination in northeastern Pennsylvania. West will be responsible for creation of strategies and development of comprehensive programs integrating sales and marketing resources.

Celtic Manor Resort, 2010 Ryder Cup Venue, Receives Golfweek Acclaim

Celtic Manor Resort: The Twenty Ten Course, which will host this year’s Ryder Cup, ranked 19th in Golfweek’s listing of best Great Britain and Ireland courses built since 1960. It placed higher than the previous two European Ryder Cup hosts – The K Club (No. 30) and The Belfry (not ranked).

CHAMP® Zarma First Seen At 2010 Demo Day

Champ: First public viewing of company’s new Zarma spike set for Jan. 27 at Demo Day prior to the opening of the PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 28-30 in Orlando, FL.