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KemperSports: Appoints Mark Mattingly and David Kupstas as regional operating executives in the east region. Mattingly will oversee operations at KemperSports properties in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee; Kupstas will oversee food and beverage in the east region as well as supervise several private club operations.

Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort: Reports on Robert Trent Jones Sr., who designed Palmetto Dunes’ course and is the subject of “A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf,” published by Gotham Books.

Galvin Green: Hires Richard Davison as sales representative for Northern California.

AHEAD: Hires three new sales representatives – John Hughes (southeast Florida territory), Bruce Rist (Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa), and Bryan Dickson (Pacific Northwest).

VGM Club: Hires Bill Ek as its director of member development in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Mizuno: Tour staffer Stacy Lewis appears in the video “Golf vs. Scoliosis,” which showcases Lewis’ drive to overcome the medical condition that nearly sidelined her career before it even started. The video is part of Mizuno’s Play Famously campaign.

Imperial Headwear: Announces the hiring of four sales representatives – Casey Jackson and Kim McAvoy (Arizona territory), Steve Summers (Iowa) and Tommy Scott (New Mexico).

Wolsey: Hires Jack Griffith and Nicole Meloeny as sales representatives, respectively servicing the Southwest (Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Utah) and Midwest regions.

International Network of Golf: Names Jay Sigel as recipient of its Dennis Walters Courage Award and will be presented at the 24th ING Spring Conference, June 1-4 in Atlantic City, NJ.

Tharanco Lifestyles: Hires Denise Grande as vice president, licensing. Grande will be responsible for the management and development of all domestic and international licensing for the company’s Greg Norman Collection and Dunning Golf brands.

Omega: Tour staffer Stacy Lewis entertained company clients, customers and guests at two exclusive events March 24-25 in San Diego, CA.

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Kaua’i Lagoons Golf Club / Kaua’i, HI: Introduces Paul Ito as its new director of golf operations.

Kaua’i Lagoons Golf Club / Kaua’i, HI: Introduces Paul Ito as its new director of golf operations.

Golf & Body NYC: Director of performance Ben Shear is named host of a new one-hour weekly golf fitness show debuting this week on SiriusXM’s PGA Tour Radio.

EWGA: Hunki Yun, the USGA’s director of strategic projects, will be a featured speaker at the association’s Empower ’14 conference, April 6-8.

International Network of Golf: Golf marketing seminar to be conducted by Jon Last, founder and president of Sports and Leisure Research Group, at the ING Spring Conference, June 1-4 in Atlantic City, NJ.

Dunning Golf: Signs five players to endorsement agreements – PGA Tour players Brendan Steele, Nicolas Colsaerts and David Hearn, and Web.com Tour players Franklin Corpening and Mackenzie Hughes.

FitGolf Performance Centers: CEO Dave Ostrow selected as a board member for Girls Golf Revolution.