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LoudMouth Golf reports that John Daly wore its pants during the pro-am segment of the Spanish Open in Girona, Spain. … Slotline unveils its new Web site, www.slotlinegolf.com, and celebrates the launch with a putter giveaway. … The PGA Tour selects Perform Sales, a subsidiary of digital sport and entertainment specialists Perform, to represent digital advertising for United Kingdom traffic to the www.pgatour.com Web site. Perform Sales will help the PGA Tour leverage its online inventory by selling both video and display space to advertisers wishing to target UK golf fans. … Page & Tuttle becomes the official volunteer uniform supplier for the Champions Tour 3M Championship, July 10-12 in Blaine, Minn. Along with outfitting more than 2000 volunteers, Page & Tuttle will be used for special on-site committee and corporate sponsor apparel needs. … Betsy Bro of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Ann Zahn of Minnetonka Beach, Minn., shot a final-round 65 to win the Women’s Trans National Golf Association’s Women’s Senior Four-Ball. … Larry Giebelhausen, a police lieutenant in the Phoenix, Ariz., police department, wins the online voting to determine which average American golfer will join Michael Jordan, Justin Timberlake and Ben Roethlisberger in the 2009 Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge at Bethpage Black. … The eGolf Amateur Tour collects more than 30,000 used golf balls from 27 events nationwide, April 18-25, as part of an Earth Day initiative. … The 22nd Mark Luczak Memorial Tournament, which benefits the American Diabetes Association, is set for May 11 at Ford’s Colony Country Club in Williamsburg, Va. For information, call 757.424.6662 (ext. 3281) or e-mail deldridge@diabetes.org. … The Raven Golf Club at Snowshoe Mountain in Snowshoe, W. Va., will open its Gary Player-designed course for 2009 on Monday, May 11. … Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster Township, N.J., becomes the home course for Seton Hall University’s men’s team. … The World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla., creates a display that celebrates this week’s The Players Championship and included are special moments made by Hall of Fame members. Recently announced 2009 Inductee Lanny Wadkins will have his first artifact on display – the driver he used to win the 1979 Players Championship. Other artifacts on display include Tom Kite‘s collection of Players Championship money clips from nearly 30 years and the commemorative Ping gold putter Greg Norman was given following his record-setting 1994 victory.

PerformanceTrak News – March 2009

PerformanceTrak, a publication from the PGA of America and the National Golf Course Owner’s Association, reports that March 2009 rounds were nearly flat at -0.2 percent and days open were up 6.7 percent to March 2008. Year To Date rounds played stand at 0.3 percent with YTD days open up 1.9 percent.

ForeTees

ForeTees, a provider of online tee times at private clubs, reports on the positive response to its notification system, which is intended for use by clubs that don’t take tee times.