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Gogie Girl Grabs spotlight in apparel at 2008 PGA Merchandise Show
Gogie Girl launches its line of female headwear at the PGA Merchandise Show. There are four lines available, the signature line being the Dottie, which is available in a base brown with a choice from four different colored polka dots.
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Sells Maxfli Trademark to Dick’s Sporting Goods
TaylorMade-adidas Golf sells its Maxfli and related trademarks to Dick’s Sporting Goods. The Noodle trademark and all golf ball patents will remain with TaylorMade-adidas Golf.
Putt.com Users Get Fit With Corey Taylor
Putt introduces a new section, "Golf Fitness with Corey Taylor," to its site, www.putt.com.
Cobra Golf Introduces New 2008 King Cobra FP Irons
Cobra Golf delivers optimal forgiveness and playability with enhanced feel in the new, re-engineered King Cobra FP irons.
Milesapalooza Tees off for its Third Season
With calloused hands from snow shoveling, Michigan’s winter-wracked golfers will get a chance to grip and swing the newest clubs during Miles of Golf‘s third Milesapalooza will be held Feb. 20-24 in Ypsilanti, Mich. Representatives of Callaway, Cobra, Nike, TaylorMade, Titleist and Ping will be included among the heated tee shelters for the event’s Demo Days, Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 23-24.
Element 21 Scandium Technology Places 2nd and 6th at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Element 21 Golf Co. reports that two players using Element 21 Scandium technology placed second and sixth, respectively, at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Mitchell® Golf Publishes First Edition 20th Anniversary Catalog
Mitchell Golf Equipment Co. publishes the first edition of its 20th anniversary catalog for 2008. The new catalog offers more 300 club repair and club making products, supplies and tools.
Scratch Wedge Earns Top Ten At Pebble Beach PGA Event
Scratch Golf reports that a ninth-place finisher at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am used its Custom Studio “DOG” grind 48-degree wedge.
Fujikura Wins Driver, All Woods Count at LPGA’s First Tournament
Fujikura won the driver and all woods shaft brand count, which includes hybrids at the SBS Open in Hawaii, the LPGA’s first tournament of the 2008 season.
2007 Teaching, Training & Instructional Aids
Golf Datatech completes its independent study on the topics of golf instruction, schools, training aids, books, videos and DVDs. Golf Datatech surveyed 1,692 golfers from its exclusive database.
GreenFix Golf appoints UK Distributor
GreenFix Golf and Q1 Golf announce PR Golf of Ireland as the official distributor of the GreenFix Ball Mark Elimination System in the United Kingdom.
Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute Publishes Full 2008 Schedule Of Classes
Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute publishes its 2008 schedule for all four of its club performance fitting and repair training schools.
Rocky Gap Resort Continues Enhancing Award-Winning Jack Nicklaus Design for 2008
Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort in Cumberland, Md., announces enhancements and additions for 2008. Rocky Gap, a AAA Four-Diamond award-winning resort, makes improvements to its championship golf course, pro shop and other resort amenities.
3 Top-10 Finishes for Zero Friction at AT&T Pebble Beach
Excel Golf Products Inc., manufacturer of the Zero Friction performance tee, reports that its three-pronged tee was used by three top-10 finishers at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Graphite Design Shafts Drive Champions Tour Winner to Second Straight Title
Graphite Design reports that it was the driver and 3-wood shaft of choice for the winner of the Champions Tour’s ACE Group Classic. The winner used Graphite Design’s YS-7 shaft model in his driver and Tour AD Quattro Tech in his 3-wood.
Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma Benefit When Adams Pro Golf Tour Series Visits The Territory
The Territory Golf and Country Club announces that the Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma will be the charitable beneficiaries when the club hosts the Halliburton Southwest Oklahoma Championship, an Adams Pro Tour Series event, May 22-25.
18th Annual ING Spring Conference To Be Hosted By Atlantic City CVA And Sheraton Hotel
The International Network of Golf reports that its 18th Spring Conference, May 27-31, will be hosted by the Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority at the Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel. The ACCVA has hosted the ING Mid-Atlantic Regional Seminar for three years.
Bradenton Yacht Club in Palmetto, FL selects TTA and Jonas Software
Bradenton Yacht Club in Palmetto, Fla., selects Technology Training Associates to provide and install the fully-integrated Jonas Software system to manage all aspects of the club operations.
PrideSports Sweeps On Men’s Professional Golf Tours
PrideSports, maker of Softspikes golf cleats, swept this week’s American-based professional golf events, as the respective winners of the Northern Trust Open, ACE Group Classic and Nationwide Tour’s HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship all used the company’s products.
