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Nike Golf: Signs China’s Hao-Tong Li and Xin-Jun Zhang to multi-year agreements to represent the company in clubs, ball, footwear, glove, apparel, headwear and accessories.

Impact Zone Golf: Certifies Cameron Windjack of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada, as an instructor for the Impact Zone Training System.

Women’s Golf Week: Announces that Katherine Roberts, founder of Yoga For Golfers and a Nike Golf Swoosh Elite Staff member, will be a featured presenter during the annual event, June 10-14 at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento, Calif.

Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs: President Raymond Hearn selected by Golf Inc. magazine as one of the golf industry’s top innovators. The list is published in the magazine’s spring 2013 issue.

Golfsmith: Announces that instructor Hank Haney will host a free clinic today, Friday, at the new New York City store on Fifth Avenue.

Golfsmith: Announces that instructor Hank Haney will host a free clinic on Saturday, June 8, at the new Myrtle Beach, S.C., store.

Impact Zone Golf: Certifies Cameron Windjack of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada, as an instructor for the Impact Zone Training System.

Women’s Golf Week: Announces that Katherine Roberts, founder of Yoga For Golfers and a Nike Golf Swoosh Elite Staff member, will be a featured presenter during the annual event, June 10-14 at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento, Calif.

Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs: President Raymond Hearn selected by Golf Inc. magazine as one of the golf industry’s top innovators. The list is published in the magazine’s spring 2013 issue.

Golfsmith: Announces that instructor Hank Haney will host a free clinic on Saturday, June 8, at the new Myrtle Beach, S.C., store.

Ping: Signs South African Brandon Stone, who tied for second at the 2013 NCAA Championships before turning pro, to an agreement to play Ping equipment.

Annika Sorenstam: Will be honored at the 2014 Memorial Tournament. Each year the Memorial Tournament is themed around a person, living or dead, who has contributed to the game of golf. Tournament founder and host Jack Nicklaus established the tradition as a way to celebrate the achievements of the sport’s greats.

Digital Caddies: Reports that Allan Kaplan, managing partner and founder of KG Investments, has invested in Digital Caddies Inc. and been named to the company’s advisory board.

Club Managers Association of America: Announces the following recently completed their Certified Club Managers requirements – Brett Draper (Canterwood Golf and Country Club, Gig Harbor, Wash.), Timothy H. Eldridge (The Landings Club, Savannah, Ga.), Bradley W. Ladik (Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.) and Jason Murphy (Redlands County Club, Redlands, Calif.).

GolfSwitch: Names Michael Read vice president of marketing and business development. Read will assume responsibility for the company’s corporate communications, branding and channel development efforts.

Cripple Creek Golf & Country Club / Dagsboro, Del.: Hires Tim Foran, a certified Impact Zone Golf instructor, to its teaching staff.

Cripple Creek Golf & Country Club / Dagsboro, Del.: Hires Tim Foran, a certified Impact Zone Golf instructor, to its teaching staff.

BogeyPro: Hires Kraig Kesner as its green grass sales representative for the Ohio territory.

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Impact Zone Golf: Certifies Will Taylor, a Florida golf professional from Jersey, England, as an instructor.

Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design: Reports that Jason Straka led the Education Committee sessions at the 67th American Association of Golf Course Architects annual meeting, April 21-24 at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Ga.