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Jacob Singer, 26, made history on July 8 when he made the first hole-in Special Olympics Missouri history. Singer used an 18-degree 3-wood to ace the 122-yard hole at Hodge Park Golf Course in Kansas City, Mo. … Gerry Edwards and Michael Murray, two long-time members and playing partners at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., pulled off a rare accomplishment on Thursday. Each player made holes-in-one in the same round – Edwards acing the 147-yard eighth hole with a 7-iron; Murray the 178-yard, 14th hole with a 4-iron. Dr. George Tirone and Arnold Ciaccio witnessed the feat, which is believed to be the first in the club’s history. … Notah Begay III, a four-time PGA Tour winner, announces that Tiger Woods, Camilo Villegas and Mike Weir will play in the second Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge, Aug. 24 at Turning Stone Resort’s Atunyote Golf Club on Oneida Indian Nation near Vernon, N.Y. … The Eastern Golf Club, Australia selects the Greg Norman Golf Course Design Co. to design its new golf club in the Yarra Valley, just outside of Melbourne. … Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club in Carmel, Calif., now features the Motion Analysis Technology by Taylormade system. The MAT-T system gathers swing information and statistics using multiple high-speed cameras and develops a data-driven personal club recommendation. … Tehama introduces men’s cashmere sweaters in time for the 2009 holiday season. The Class Act line offers v-neck sweaters in cashmere-blended fabrics that can worn alone or layered. For information, visit tehamainc.com. … Japan’s Ai Miyazato wins the Evian Masters playing Bridgestone‘s Tour Stage X-01G+ ball. … The Nationwide Tour announces Nos. 13 and 14 of its 20 Greatest Moments program. At No. 13 is Chip Beck‘s ace of the 315-yard, par-4 ninth hole during the first round of the 2003 Cox Classic. No. 14 is Jason Gore‘s 2005 summer in which he contended at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, and won back-to-back Nationwide Tour events in West Virginia and Wisconsin. Three weeks later, Gore shot a second-round 59 en route to winning the Cox Classic and earning a three-win promotion to the PGA Tour. … The inaugural Gene Upshaw Memorial Classic on Saturday, July 25, at The Golf Club at Gray’s Crossing in Truckee, Calif., raised an estimated $100,000 for the Tahoe Forest Health System. Upshaw was a Hall of Famer lineman for the Oakland Raiders and the long-time head of the NFL Players Association who died of pancreatic cancer in 2008.

LPGA rookies Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis , along with reigning Women’s British Open champion Jiyai Shin, commit to play the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, Sept. 11-13 in Rogers, Ark. … Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., is named the site of the 72nd Senior PGA Championship in 2011 and the 96th PGA Championship in August 2014. … Nationwide, The Ohio State University, the PGA Tour and Nationwide Children’s Hospital announce today that the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational will be played through 2012 at The Ohio State University Golf Club Scarlet Course. … The revamped Egyptian Open is set for Nov. 5-8 at Mirage City Golf Course in Cairo, Egypt, and though it’s not part of the official European Challenge Tour’s 2009 calendar, the event will become an official tour stop in 2010 and 2011.