Business

CourseTrends: To design and host The Rock at Jocassee’s website, email marketing and e-commerce.

U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group: Reports that the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center have obtained court orders seizing the domain names of five websites that are accused of selling counterfeit golf equipment and violating U.S. copyright law.

GolfNow.com: Adds six Chicago Park District Golf courses to its online tee time platform.

Golfer’s Guide: Announces that Old Corkscrew Golf Club, located in Naples, Fla., will give away a free one-year membership to attendees of the Shark Shootout who enter at the tournament or enter online.

Mission Hills Group: Announces its Mission Hills Fantasy Golf Hole Contest, in which amateur golf-course architects are invited to submit plans for a par 3, 4 or 5. Winning submissions will be built on the soon-to-be-constructed Icon Course.

Ping: Signs Bubba Watson to a multi-year endorsement agreement. Watson, ranked No. 27 in the world, currently plays Ping’s G15 driver and fairway wood, the new S56 irons and Tour-S wedges.

AHEAD: Adds new features to its Account Information Portal in an effort to provide better customer service. Additions include the ability to have shipping notices, packing slips and tracking information emailed to customers, along with invoices and statements.

Mission Hills Group: Announces its Mission Hills Fantasy Golf Hole Contest, in which amateur golf-course architects are invited to submit plans for a par 3, 4 or 5. Winning submissions will be built on the soon-to-be-constructed Icon Course.

CourseTrends: To custom design and host the website, email marketing and e-commerce for The Cedars on Salmon Creek in Brush Prairie, Wash.

AboutGolf: Announces a distribution agreement with Golf Master, Ltd in Russia. Golf Master has already installed an AboutGolf simulator in a new, state-of-the-art indoor golf facility in Lotto-Plaza in Moscow.

Polara Golf: Announces the airing of a 2-minute infomercial on its new Polara Ultimate Straight self-correcting golf balls. The infomercial began airing in regional markets throughout the U.S. on Friday, Nov. 26.

Crescent Systems: Club management software chosen by Woodlake Country Club in Vass, N.C. The club will design and centralize its management processes around Crescent’s core financial accounting modules.

Boccieri Golf: Reports off-course sales for its Heavy Putter line as doubling in the third quarter of 2010 versus the previous year.