Niblick Golf Design finishes a five-year renovation project at Stavanger Golf Club in Norway. Key aspects of renovating the 53-year-old course included rebuilding 16 greens, remodeling three fairways and completing extensive re-bunkering throughout. … UgMO reports that Matt Shaffer, superintendent at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., site of the Walker Cup, Sept. 12-13, is using the company’s wireless underground sensor technology to help keep the course prepared for upcoming biennial matches. … IMG Golf Course Management extends its agreement to provide golf course consulting services to Topwin Golf and Country Club, a private facility that features an Ian Woosnam-designed course and is located north of Beijing, China. The new agreement is a continuation of IMG’s involvement following follows 18 months of pre-opening consulting. The course will open for limited play in September. … Australian Michael Sim earns an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour by winning his third Nationwide Tour event of 2009, the Christmas In October Classic on Sunday. With his promotion, Sim is conditionally exempt on the PGA Tour for the rest of 2009 and fully exempt in 2010.
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SoftSpikes® Crushes Competition And Captures PGA, Nationwide & Champions Tour Events For True Weekend Sweep
Softspikes reports that the respective winners of the Wyndham Championship and the Champions Tour’s JELD-WEN Tradition wore Pulsar cleats, while the Nationwide Tour’s Christmas in October Classic’s winner wore the Black Widow Tour. Also, 67 percent of the Wyndham Championship’s plastic cleat-wearing field wore Softspikes cleats.
Nike Golf Athlete Simon Dyson Wins the KLM Open for Nike Golf's 12th Global Win in 2009
Nike Golf‘s Simon Dyson won his second KLM Open to bring to 12 the number of global wins by Nike athletes in 2009.
CHAMP® Spikes Has Strong Week On Tour
Champ reports that its spikes were worn by the European Tour’s KLM Open champion, along with 70 percent of the field, to highlight its weekend.
GustBuster®/SunBuster® Set To Exhibit At The 2009 Fall PGA Expo
Innoventions Enterprises, maker of the GustBuster umbrella and SunBuster Sport Enhancement Eyewear, will exhibit at the Fall PGA Expo, Aug. 31-Sept. 2 in Las Vegas, Nev.
ECCO Introduces Spring/Summer 2010 Men's Golf Collection
Ecco introduces its spring/summer 2010 men’s golf collection, the highlights being its classic and contemporary designs featuring game-enhancing comfort technologies to a range of new styles.
Heavy Putter Used by Top-10 Finisher at European Tour's KLM Open
Ignacio Garrido plays Boccieri Golf‘s Heavy Putter en route to a top-10 finish at the European Tour’s KLM Open.
Daphne's Headcovers to exhibit at 2009 PGA Fall Expo
Daphne’s Headcovers reveals plans to exhibit at the PGA Fall Expo, Sept. 1-2 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Golf Fitness Magazine Editorial Staff, Advisory Team begin filming new season of 'The Clubhouse' at Bay Hill Country Club & Lodge
Golf Fitness Magazine editorial staff and advisory team to begin filming “The Clubhouse,” which is set to air on Resort Sports Network in spring 2010.
Golf Digest Magazine Ranks Circling Raven No. 17 Nationwide Among its 'America's 100 Greatest Public Courses Re-Ranked by Price'
Circling Raven ranks No. 17 in Golf Digest‘s America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses Re-Ranked By Price list. Golf Digest re-ranked its most recent America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses biennial list (2009-10), factoring in current green fee price at each course on the list. Circling Raven is an amenity of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel in Worley, Idaho.
"The Hackers Paradise," Golf's Premier Website, Announces Huge Design Contest & More
TheHackersParadise.com announces a Design A Putter promotion in which the winner will receive the prototype of the designed putter.
Wyndham Champ posts first PGA Tour victory using Aldila's VS Proto™
Aldila reports that the Wyndham Championship winner played its VS Proto shaft.
CourseTrends announces the Golf Club at Red Rock of Rapid City, SD as its most recent client…
Golf Club at Red Rock in Rapid City, S.D., selects CourseTrends to design and host its Web site, e-mail marketing and e-commerce.
The special Allure of the 2009 Solheim Cup
Sundog Eyewear created special-edition sunglasses for staffer Paula Creamer to present as gifts to her U.S. Solheim Cup teammates.
FIZGOLF and YES Golf Canada ink international distribution deal
FizGolf signs Yes Golf Canada to distribute its cleaning product internationally.
Mystic Dunes To Participate In Patriot Golf Day
Mystic Dunes Golf Club in Celebration, Fla., will participate in the third Patriot Golf Day campaign, Sept. 4-7. Golfers will be asked to donate a minimum of $1 to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation, which provides post secondary educational scholarships for children and spouses of military service members killed or disabled while serving.
U.S. team for World Golfers Championship to be determined at Mission Inn
The five-player American team will be determined at the World Golfers Championship‘s U.S. Final, Sept. 12-13 at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
Feel Golf Company Signs Agreement with The Media Group for its PR and Industry Communication
Feel Golf Co. retains The Media Group Inc. to handle its public relations and communications efforts.
PGA Championship Winner Y.E. Yang’s Swing Analyzed on TheGolfersNation.com Tuesday Night
Instructor Jim McLean performs a swing analysis of PGA Championship winner Y.E. Yang on TheGolfersNation.com on Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Putting Arc Pro Practice Kit Named GolfTalk Live Product of the Month for August
Philadelphia-based GolfTalk Live selects the Putting Arc Pro Practice Kit as August’s Product of the Month.
