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Eagle One, a designer and manufacturer of eco-friendly golf products, adds The Power Station to its line of golf course accessories. The Power Station provides warm-up, strengthening and flexibility tools for 12 exercises that take only 10 minutes and can be performed on the practice range. For information, visit EagleOneProducts.com. … The Gateway Tour retains Phoenix-based Golf Chronicles as its official photographer to provide tournament photos for commercial and editorial use. … Tuscawilla Country Club in Winter Springs, Fla., hires Jay Snell as golf course superintendent. … Cristie Kerr moves to No. 1 worldwide in Golfweek‘s Sagarin Performance Index Ratings. Kerr’s ascension makes her the first American to rank No. 1 in the nearly decade-long history of the index. … Quail Lodge Golf Club in Carmel, Calif., announces a new program that gives families the chance to preview the benefits of membership without the initiation fee. The trial golf memberships are available for a minimum of two months and a maximum of six months. The monthly rate is $600 per couple or $500 for single person. … Tehama offers a lush women’s cashmere sweater collection for the upcoming holiday season. Silk, angora and viscose are blended with cashmere to create a feeling of softness and luxury. The cardigan sweaters feature a knitted argyle pattern down the sleeves and contrast tipping down the center front, and four silver nickel logo buttons. … The Bobby Grace Putter Co., in a joint effort with MyGolfSpy.com, announces Rob Zarandona of Fullerton, Calif., as winner of its Name That Putter contest. Zarandona’s winning submission was the name Triumph. … The new St. Regis Punta Mita Resort in Punta Mita, Mexico, site of the Canadian Tour’s Riviera Nayarit Classic, offers special Pro-Am VIP packages. A five-night minimum stay between Sept. 27-Oct. 6 is required and based on availability. For information, visit StRegisPuntaMita.com. … Maria Hernandez, a recent Purdue University graduate and the reigning NCAA Women’s Championship winner, is named as a part-time assistant coach for the Boilermakers’ women’s program. …

CBS Sports will air third- and final-round coverage of the Wyndham Championship, Saturday (2-5 p.m. ET) and Sunday (3-6 p.m. ET). … CBS Sports reports that an estimated 35.7 million viewers watched all or part of its coverage of the 2009 PGA Championship, up 88 percent from last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. In terms of ratings, CBS earned an average overnight household rating/share of 7.5/17, up 150 percent, ranking it the highest-rated final round of the PGA Championship in the metered markets since 2002 (8.0/17). The network’s coverage of the third and final rounds was the most watched since 2002 when 40.8 million watched all or part of the PGA Championship. … On Saturday, Aug. 22, CBS will air “Lady Liberty Awaits, the Story of Liberty National,” a one-hour special that tells the story of Liberty National, which is 1,000 yards from the Statue of Liberty and is host to The Barclays, the first event of the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup. The special airs at 5 p.m. ET. … Turner Sports, which provided extensive multi-platform coverage of the PGA Championship, reports high ratings, households and key demo growth for TNT‘s 18 hours of television coverage and earned record-setting numbers with PGA.com‘s comprehensive online coverage. TNT’s numbers include a averaged 1.3 U.S. Household rating (an 86 percent increase over last year) for the opening two rounds, while PGA.com had a record number 1.4 million average daily unique users for the PGA Championship (a 94 percent increase from 2008).

The Aloha Section PGA will conduct its second major championship, the Kapalua Hall of Fame Championship, Aug. 22-24 at The Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort on Maui. … The Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open begins today, Friday, at the redesigned Torrance Course at The Fairmont St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland. … Lucy Nunn, a former University of Arkansas golfer, and Ladies European Tour member Maria Verchenova receive sponsor’s exemptions to the LPGA’s P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, Sept. 11-13 in Rogers, Ark. … King Golf will host its first tournament Oct. 6 at Evansville Country Club in Evansville, Ind., to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. King Golf will also donate funds for every sale made at KingGolf.net. … U.S Senior Open champion Fred Funk and Senior Open Championship winner Loren Roberts commit to play the Champions Tour’s SAS Championship, Sept. 25-27 at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C. … The Champions Tour’s Administaff Small Business Classic, Oct. 16-18 at The Woodlands, Texas, will offer free grounds admission, parking and shuttle service to the public. For information, visit AdministaffClassic.com. … The fifth Tee it Up for the Troops tournament is scheduled for National Golf Day, Sept. 14 at Vista Valley Country Club in San Diego, Calif. The tournament supports fallen and disabled members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.