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The PuttingZone: PuttingZone certified coach Chris Como, of Plano, Texas, is ranked among America’s Best Young Teachers listing in Golf Digest’s November issue.

PuttingZone: Reports on staffers Katie Burnett and Lanto Griffin and their respective showings at the LPGA Qualifying Tournament and the PGA Tour Q-School Stage 1.

Malcolm DeMille: Reports on Padraig Harrington’s win at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. The company provided the event with money clips and pendants.

PuttingZone: Reports on staffers Katie Burnett and Lanto Griffin and their respective showings at the LPGA Qualifying Tournament and the PGA Tour Q-School Stage 1.

Affiniti Golf Partners: Names Tony Branham as head golf professional at Cobblestone Park Golf Club in Columbia, S.C.

California Golf Course Owners Association: Announces that Bradley S. Klein, architecture editor for Golfweek, will be the keynote speaker at the CGCOA annual meeting, on Oct. 30 in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

California Golf Course Owners Association: Announces that Bradley S. Klein, architecture editor for Golfweek, will be the keynote speaker at the CGCOA annual meeting, on Oct. 30 in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

iGate Corp.: Announces that Hall of Fame player Gary Player will co-host the inaugural iGate CEO Cup charity golf tournament, Jan. 12-13 at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Player will also conduct a clinic for the participants.

KemperSports: Appoints Bob Swezey as general manager of Andover Golf and Country Club in Lexington, Ky.

GolfTEC: Nick Paez, owner of three GolfTEC improvement centers in the northern Ohio, has been named one of America’s Best Young Teachers by Golf Digest.

Eagle Golf: Names Ramon J. Muñoz to its board of director.

SeeMore Putter Co.: Company’s Ted Gallina and John Higgins will be featured speakers at the LPGA Regional Conference in Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 20-22.

GolfTEC: Nick Paez, owner of three GolfTEC improvement centers in the northern Ohio, has been named one of America’s Best Young Teachers by Golf Digest.

Eagle Golf: Names Ramon J. Muñoz to its board of director.

KemperSports: Appoints Brian Wagoner as sales and marketing director and Justin Cullimore as executive chef at The Crossings at Carlsbad in Carlsbad, Calif.

Golf to End Cancer: Marathon of Miracles’ program names Edmund Woronicz as its new executive director.

GolfTEC: Joe Assell, company CEO, president and co-founder, to receive the Bill Strausbaugh Award from the Colorado Section of the PGA of America.

Golfing Magazine: Hires Dick Gillespie as an associate publisher. Gillespie will publish the magazine’s Carolinas edition.

ScoreBand: Signs Shelly Haywood, the director of instruction at the Players Institute and the 2005 LPGA National Coach of the Year, to an endorsement agreement.

ProQuip USA: Hires Mike Warren as the company’s new territory sales manager in Wisconsin and southern Minnesota.