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LoudMouth to get larger

LoudMouth Golf partners with UPP Entertainment Marketing to promote the apparel brand through product placement and celebrity endorsement.

Abacus expands In North America

Abacus, the official apparel provider for the European Solheim Cup Team, signs with Caulfeild Apparel to distribute Abacus sportswear in Canada and the United States.

Just Fore You seeks sales reps

Just Fore You announces plans to hire sales representatives in conjunction with its expansion across the U.S. The company made its official début at the PGA Fall Expo in Las Vegas, Sept. 1-2.

Briefly

Greg Norman Collection introduces a new technical advancement, ION 75 Titanium, that is available in two of the company’s performance polos from the spring 2010 line. “ION 75 Titanium is a technology that generates negative ions as a result of a specially designed knitting process,” says Michael J. Setola, CEO/president of GNC. “Golfers and non-golfers alike will benefit from a polo that actually balances the ions in the human body and unsurpassed benefits available from a garment.” Also, Greg Norman Collection sales rep Mark Ziminsky is named the 2009 Salesman of the Year by the San Diego Chapter of the PGA of Southern California. … NYCA creates a Web site for AdidasGolf, AdidasGolf.com, which gives users the opportunity to interact with the footwear and apparel, follow a fitness regime specially designed for golfers and enhance their own golf game. … The Illinois Professional Golf Sales Association announces Mark Bearby of Annika, CBUK, Cutter & Buck, Ogio, Pukka Headwear and Sundog as 2009 Salesperson of the Year in the soft goods category. … Greg Norman Collection partners with Galvin Green, a Swedish golf apparel company, to design rain suits for the International Presidents Cup Team. Also, Hickey Freeman is chosen to wardrobe Presidents Cup committees for the opening ceremony, scheduled for Oct. 7 at Harding Park Golf Club in San Francisco.

Cobra Golf Selects Nippon Shaft As Stock Steel Shaft For Cobra’s New S2 Irons

Cobra Golf selects Nippon Shaft to provide stock steel shafts for its new Cobra S2 irons and Cobra S2 Forged irons. The S2 irons will receive the N.S. Pro 1030GH, a premium lightweight steel shaft that weighs 103 grams; the S2 Forged irons will receive the new N.S. Pro 1130 Tour shaft, which is designed for optimum trajectory and increased control. The 1130 weighs 113 grams.

Jacobson Opens New Bowes Creek Country Club

The Rick Jacobson-designed Bowes Creek Country Club in Elgin, Ill., opened on Tuesday. For Jacobson, a native of nearby Glenview, the course is his first design in the Chicago area.

Local Qualifying For 2010 U.S. Open Exempt From Condition Of Competition For New Groove Rules

The U.S. Golf Association will adopt the new groove rules as a condition of competition for the 2010 U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Senior Open starting with the sectional (final stage) qualifying events for each of the three championships. The condition of competition regarding grooves will not be in effect at local (first stage) qualifying events for the 2010 U.S. Open Championship. “We plan to adopt the condition of competition for all stages of Open qualifying in 2011, but 2010 will be a transitional year for the 9,000 players who typically try to qualify for the U.S. Open,” said Mike Davis, USGA senior director of Rules and Competitions. “The important point is that any player who is one step from making it into any of the three Open championships will be playing with clubs that conform to this new condition of competition.”

VGM CLUB Launches Facebook and Twitter Pages

VGM Club launches its new Facebook and Twitter pages. “These social networking sites are a great way for our members to stay up to date on the latest supplier news and any seasonal specials that are being offered to our members,” said D. Jay Ellis, president and CEO of VGM Club.

Never Compromise® Introduces New Website

Never Compromise launches its new Web site, which features detailed information about the brand and contains in-depth information regarding the technology behind the products.