Business

KemperSports: Announces that four of its properties earned top honors in the National Golf Foundation’s eighth Customer Loyalty Awards.

CourseTrends: Reports on its client, Hidden Valley Golf Club, of Norco, CA, which was awarded both the 2010-2011 NGCOA National Golf Course of the Year and the 2010-2011 CGCOA Public Golf Course of the Year.

VCT Corp.: Selected as the member communications partner for The Commons Club in Bonita, FL.

CourseTrends: Introduces Mobile Websites for facilities looking to provide a higher level of convenience and accessibility for golfers. The solution provides quick and easy access to information such as rates, directions, contact information, booking tee times and more.

VGM Club: Unveils a redesigned website to provide easier access to the features that its members use most often.

TGA Premier Junior Golf: Temecula, CA, franchise acquired by PGA Professional Jeff Sampson.

Body Balance for Performance: Becomes a sponsor for the Golf Association of Philadelphia in 2011. The company will offer educational articles for the association’s website and golf fitness information to all GAP members.

Dawgs Golf: Introduces its new Dawgs Partners collegiate and scholastic fund-raising program. A high school, college or university that becomes a Dawgs Partner can raise funds for its programs through the online sale of Dawgs shoes, including footwear customized for the school.

Kentwool: Signs Peter Jacobsen, a two-time Champions Tour major winner, to an endorsement agreement. Jacobsen will wear the company’s socks in competition.

GolfTEC: Extends its free franchise webinars through April, expanding the schedule by seven between March 3 and April 28.

CourseTrends: To design and host the website, email marketing and e-commerce for Elleair Maui Golf Club in Kihei, HI.

LebanonTurf: Will donate $3,000 to the Western Ontario Golf Superintendents’ Association, $500 to Aldo Bortolon and $500 to the Niagara Falls Humane Society after Bronson, an 11-month-old chocolate Labrador retriever, was selected Dog of the Year at the 2011 Golf Industry Show. Bronson is owned by Bortolon, golf course superintendent at the Lookout Point Country Club in Fonthill, Ontario.

Body Balance for Performance: Becomes a sponsor for the Golf Association of Philadelphia in 2011. The company will offer educational articles for the association’s website and golf fitness information to all GAP members.

Dawgs Golf: Introduces its new Dawgs Partners collegiate and scholastic fund-raising program. A high school, college or university that becomes a Dawgs Partner can raise funds for its programs through the online sale of Dawgs shoes, including footwear customized for the school.

OB Sports Management: Announces a merger with Lyon Golf that will take effect immediately. The new entity will operate under the OB Sports banner, and as part of the transaction, Mike Conner, managing partner of Lyon Golf, will join the executive team at OB Sports as senior vice president of operations.

Bridgestone: Reports on its golf ball market share, which, according to Golf Datatech, has experienced an increase of more than 50 percent in on- and off-course golf ball dollar share since 2008. This figure represents greater overall category-share growth than any other golf ball manufacturer.