Business

The San Diego Golf Academy will now be known as the Golf Academy of America.

CCM Marketing Inc. announces the merger of its firm with Competitive Edge Media Management Inc., an innovative full-service advertising agency. The combined entity will retain the Competitive Edge Media Mgt. Inc. name and will be based in San Luis Obispo, Calif. CCM Marketing will operate as a division of Competitive Edge.

Action Media Group, the producers of Golf Life, reports on its 2008 in terms of production and distribution.

Dynamic Brands introduces its new 2009 products for Bag Boy, AMF and the all-new Slotline Golf brands to its sales representatives.

ForeFront Group Inc., a leading supplier of golf accessories, opens its new global distribution center in Baldwyn, Miss.

Feel Golf Co. enters into a strategic investment and advisory agreement with Criterion Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based financial services firm.

Dream Shot Golf signs a distribution partnership agreement with the Leaderboard Radio Corporation to represent and distribute the Dream Shot programs in central Florida.

Dream Shot Golf signs a distribution partnership agreement with Golf Solutions Ltd. for representation and distribution in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal.

The Michigan Golf Alliance reports on the economic impact that the PGA Championship is having on the state’s economy.

The Michigan Golf Alliance reports on the economic impact that the PGA Championship is having on the state’s economy.

Keri Golf and Adams Golf announce an exclusive partnership that includes collaboration in the areas of design, sales, finance and marketing.

VCT Corporation announces that Rolling Hills Country Club in Golden, Colo., has implemented MemberReach to manage membership sales and referral programs.

VCT Corporation announces that Rolling Hills Country Club in Golden, Colo., has implemented MemberReach to manage membership sales and referral programs.

Hot Stix Golf, an independent custom club fitting and equipment testing lab, will open a state-of-the-art club-fitting facility at Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora, Ore., just south of Portland.

Total Golf Adventures announces that Sherman Leland, the owner of TGA of Marin, has purchased the rights to Sonoma County and the expanded territory will be named TGA of The North Bay. TGA is an at-school, after-school golf enrichment program for students in K-8.

FlightScope relocates its worldwide sales and marketing division to the Orlando, Fla., area from its company headquarters in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

FlightScope relocates its worldwide sales and marketing division to the Orlando, Fla., area from its company headquarters in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Feel Golf Co. announces growth in excess of 30 percent for the first half of 2008, over the same time period last year. Increased demand for the company’s new 73-degree wedge and the Pro Release performance grip are cited as two reasons for the growth.

Alejandro Ochoa and the partners at Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates form a collaborative course architecture firm, Ochoa/Hills Golf Design, which will design golf projects primarily in Mexico beginning immediately.

VCT Corp. announces that Lake San Marcos Country Club, located just north of San Diego, has signed on for VCT’s LoyaltyBuilder e-publishing service.