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Mizuno: Selects Michael Bracy, of Garden City, MI, and Stephen Cox, of Orlando, FL, as the newest members of its Team JPX and both will be featured in the brand’s “Play Famously” campaign.

Golf Media Network: Appoints Jim Whittemore as its first chief operating officer, director of sales.

Black Knight International: Reports that Gary Player was a guest speaker at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley’s opening ceremony.

Fletcher: Reports on the 60th anniversary of Pat Fletcher’s win at the Canadian Open.

Fletcher: Reports on the 60th anniversary of Pat Fletcher’s win at the Canadian Open.

Old Palm Golf Club / Palm Beach Gardens, FL: Reports on resident and member Lee Westwood’s win at the European Tour’s Malaysian Open.

PowerBilt: Signs MMA athlete Cub Swanson to an endorsement agreement to promote the company’s new Air Force One DFX driver and latest golf equiment.

Freedom Golf Association: Announces the training of 14 new adaptive golf coaches during its recent workshop. The new coaches are Michael Wenzel, Ken Fron, Peter Donahue, Bruce Miller, Phil Bell, Cal Tyson, Dave Wisniewski, Victoria Well, Jerry Polanowski, Pat Noto, Bill Gilegoroff, Lee Miller, Len Sutter and Ben Mutz.

Tharanco Lifestyles: Hires Joe Westby for the newly-created eastern regional sales manager position for Greg Norman Collection and Dunning Golf.

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.