Timacuan Names Ben Knapp As Director Of Golf Timacuan Golf And Country Club, a semi-private club in Lake Mary, FL, has named Ben Knapp as Director Of Golf. Knapp comes to Timacuan from Disney Golf, where he worked in everything from outside operations team to Head Golf Pro at the Palm, Magnolia and Oak Trail […]
Sacks Parente taps Mike Ferris as strategist
Sacks Parente Golf Company Welcomes Golf Industry Veteran, Mike Ferris, as Chief Strategy Officer CAMARILLO, CA, January 7, 2020 – Sacks Parente Golf Company, builders of exceptional putting instruments that defy convention, announces that Mike Ferris has joined the company as Chief Strategy Officer. Ferris is a veteran in the golf industry, with over 20 years […]
Tour Edge extends deals with Lehman, McCarron, Petrovic and Waldorf
Tour Edge Announces Extensions with Tour Staffers Tom Lehman, Scott McCarron, Tim Petrovic and Duffy Waldorf for 2020 Rising Golf Club Manufacturer filmed TV Spots Featuring Tour Staff for 2020 Tour Edge Golf has announced that it has come to terms to extend all four of its logo tour professional staff players for 2020. The […]
Peter Gorman earns Excellence in Government Affairs Award from GCSAA
Peter Gorman earns Excellence in Government Affairs Award from GCSAA A focus on water issues advocacy making an impact in Connecticut Lawrence, Kan. (Dec. 17, 2019) – Peter Gorman, technical representative for Atlantic Golf and Turf, has earned the 2020 Excellence in Government Affairs Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) […]
Tway and Sabbatini triumph at the QBE Shootout
Malcolm DeMille Congratulates Kevin Tway and Rory Sabbatini on their Victory at the QBE Shootout On Sunday at Tiburón Golf Club in Florida Kevin Tway and Rory Sabbatini were on fire in the better ball format catapulting them to triumph at the QBE Shootout. The pair received stunning sterling silver Palm Tree Trophies mounted to […]
Former LPGA Star Turns Pickleball Pro
Former LPGA Star Turned Pickleball Professional Sherri Steinhauer – Special Guest on Selkirk On Serve, A Pickleball Podcast 2-Time Major Champion & 4-Time United States Solheim Cup Winner Discusses Her Transition from Professional Golf to Pickleball Hayden, ID, December 12, 2019 – Pickleball, one of the fastest growing sports in the USA is surging in popularity […]
Operation 36 Announces Top 50 Golf Coaches
Operation 36 Announces Top 50 Golf Coaches Garner, NC—Garner-based golf player development program, Operation 36, announces their 2019 Top 50 Golf Coaches List. The Operation 36 Top 50 Golf Coach list is the only one of its kind that uses quantitative measures to determine who is making the biggest impact on golf through their program. […]
Waymire to receive 2019 Leo Feser Award from GCSAA
Waymire to receive 2019 Leo Feser Award from GCSAA Winning article was featured in the July 2018 issue of GCM magazine Lawrence, Kan. — Dave Waymire, the regional vice president of agronomy for American Golf Corp. based in San Diego, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Leo Feser Award from the Golf […]
Patriots Point Links Celebrates Achievement of Longtime Team Member Brandon Ray
Brandon Ray of Patriots Point Links Recognized as the 2019 Hilton Head Chapter PGA Teacher of the Year Patriots Point Links on Charleston Harbor Celebrates Achievement of Longtime Team Member Brandon Ray, golf PGA teaching professional with Patriots Point Links on Charleston Harbor, has been honored with the 2019 Hilton Head Chapter PGA Teacher of […]
Junior Golf Hub’s Rick Dowling Named Player of The Year
JUNIOR GOLF HUB’S RICK DOWLING NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR BY THE CONNECTICUT STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Dec. 5 – Rick Dowling III, an integral member of the team at The Junior Golf Hub in Ridgefield, was named Connecticut State Golf Association Player (CSGA) of the Year. Dowling finished 253 points ahead of the second […]
IJGA Director of Golf Jonathan Yarwood Named to Golf Digest’s “Best In State” List.
IJGA Director of Golf Jonathan Yarwood Named to Golf Digest’s “Best In State” List Bluffton, SC: The International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA), the oldest, independent junior golf academy in the nation, is proud to announce Director of Golf Jonathan Yarwood was recently named by Golf Digest as one of South Carolina’s best golf instructors in the annual […]
GCSAA Distinguished Service Awards honor certified golf course superintendent and retired USGA course consultant
GCSAA Distinguished Service Awards honor certified golf course superintendent and retired USGA course consultant Mark Kuhns, CGCS, and John Foy will be recognized at the 2020 Golf Industry Show Lawrence, Kan. (Dec. 3, 2019) – Longtime superintendent Mark Kuhns, CGCS, and John Foy, retired director of the USGA Green Section’s southeast region, have been selected […]
Jeff Spangler Inducted Into Arizona Golf Hall Of Fame
JEFF SPANGLER, TROON’S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SCIENCE AND AGRONOMY, INDUCTED INTO ARIZONA GOLF HALL OF FAME Scottsdale, Ariz. (December 2, 2019) – Jeff Spangler, Troon’s Senior Vice President of Science and Agronomy, was recently inducted into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame. Spangler was among five new inductees honored at the 2019 Hall of […]
Carole Clark awarded the 2019 LPGA Professionals National Professional of the Year
KemperSports’ Carole Clark Awarded LPGA Professional of the Year NORTHBROOK, Illinois, November 21, 2019 – KemperSports is proud to announce that Carole Clark, director of golf and assistant general manager at The Club at Grandézza – an 18-hole privately-owned club and gated community in Estero, Florida – has been awarded the 2019 LPGA Professionals National […]
Koepka withdraws from U.S. Presidents Cup Team, Woods names Fowler as replacement
Koepka withdraws from U.S. Presidents Cup Team, Woods names Fowler as replacement MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia – Brooks Koepka, who qualified as the No. 1-ranked player for the U.S. Presidents Cup Team, announced today that he has been forced to withdraw from the 2019 competition due to a knee injury. U.S. Team Playing Captain Tiger Woods […]
LPGA’s Carlota Ciganda, Brooks Koepka named winners of the Aon Risk Reward Challenge
LPGA’s Carlota Ciganda joins Brooks Koepka as inaugural winner of the Aon Risk Reward Challenge and takes home $1 million prize First-of-its-kind program awards equal prize money for LPGA and PGA TOUR winners Season-long competition recognizes players who consistently make the best decisions on the most strategically challenging holes in golf Watch highlights of the […]
COBRA Golf Signs Dufner to a multi-year partnership
COBRA GOLF INCREASES TOUR PRESENCE, SIGNING MAJOR CHAMPION AND FIVE-TIME PGA TOUR WINNER JASON DUFNER CARLSBAD, Calif. – COBRA Golf, a leader in golf club innovation, today announced the newest member to its tour team, five-time PGA TOUR winner and Major Champion, Jason Dufner. The brand signed Dufner to a multi-year partnership that will see […]
KemperSports’ Vince Juarez Achieves PGA Master Professional Status
KemperSports’ Vince Juarez Achieves PGA Master Professional Status NORTHBROOK, Illinois, – KemperSports is proud to announce that Vince Juarez, general manager of Deerpath Golf Course – an 18-hole municipal golf facility located in Lake Forest, Illinois – has achieved PGA Master Professional status in general management. This certification, which is held by fewer than 400 of […]
Tournament Host Tiger Woods To Play In 2020 Genesis Invitational
TOURNAMENT HOST TIGER WOODS TO PLAY IN 2020 GENESIS INVITATIONAL Tickets for the 2020 tournament are on sale now starting at $19.92 in recognition of the year Woods made his PGA TOUR debut at Riviera LOS ANGELES – Tournament host Tiger Woods confirmed today that he will play in the 2020 Genesis Invitational, to […]
Bernie Friedrich Inducted into Michigan PGA Hall of Fame
Boyne Golf – Bernie Friedrich Inducted into Michigan PGA Hall of Fame, Earns Bill Strausbaugh Award Petoskey, MI – Bernie Friedrich, Boyne Resorts long-time Senior Vice President of Golf and Resort Sales, has seen a lifetime career in golf come full circle this season as he recently followed up his election into the Michigan Golf Hall […]
Tour Edge Staff Player Scott McCarron Captures 2019 Charles Schwab Cup
Tour Edge Staff Player Scott McCarron Captures 2019 Charles Schwab Cup Tour Edge ranked as the No. 1 Most Played Utility Iron at Championship Event Three victories. Three runner-up finishes. 14 Top 10 finishes. Over $2.5 million dollars in prize money earned. It was an incredible season for Tour Edge staff professional Scott McCarron. He […]