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Golf Channel adds sports broadcaster Scott Walker to its on-air team. Walker will serve as an anchor and reporter for “Golf Central,” the network’s nightly news program, and will contribute to the network’s news reporting team at PGA Tour and LPGA events. … Marilyn Weinshel, president and founder of Parsnips, a new online women’s golf accessories retail site, launches www.parsnipsgolf.com. … Divots Golf Apparel debuts its new bamboo/charcoal performance line of polos. Available in stripes and solids, the polos will be in golf shops in December. … Crocs Inc. lost $148 million, or $1.79 per share, in the third quarter after non-cash charges totaling $104.1 million in restructuring, impairment and inventory writedowns. Revenues dropped 32 percent to $174.2 million from $256.3 million. … The Northern California Golf Association and Poppy Holding Inc. announce Lyn Nelson as its chief executive officer. For the last six years, Nelson has served as general manager of Half Moon Bay Golf Links. … Brian Higgins of Bellingham, Mass., is honored as the Massachusetts Golf Association Player of the Year. Also, Joe Keller of Osterville, Mass., and Bradley Kushner of Mendham, N.J., earn MGA Senior and Junior Player of the Year honors, respectively. … Mike McCoy of West Des Moines, Iowa, wins the Iowa Golf Association‘s Player of the Year honors. Bill Manske and Mike Slavin of Urbandale, Iowa also won Senior and Junior Player of the Year honors, respectively. … Adams Golf Inc.‘s revenues decreased 6 percent in the third quarter ending Sept. 30, to $17.7 million from $18.9 million a year ago. The company reported a net loss of $1.2 million, or 18 cents a share, for the third quarter compared to net loss of $0.3 million, or 5 cents, for the comparable period of 2007. … Trophy Golf and Resorts, a consulting, development and management company, signs a long-term agreement with Dolphin Capital Investors to exclusively manage and operate the planned 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Kilada Hills Golf Resort in Peloponnesus, Greece. … Travel + Leisure Golf names The Castle Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, as its 2008 Course of the Year. The top 10 list is featured in Travel + Leisure Golf’s November/December issue.

PGA Golf de Catalunya in Girona, Spain, is selected to host the European Tour’s Reale Open de Espana. The resort, which previously hosted the event in 2000, will hold the event April 30-May 3. … The Wyndham Championship is honored by the PGA Tour’s Tournament Advisory Council as the Most Improved Event for its seamless transition to Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.