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Tour Academy: Hires master instructor Anne Cain for its golf instruction staff.

Golf Media Network: Signs four contributing editors – Emily Kay, Susan Bairley, Gabe Garcia and Dodie Mazzuca.

U.S. Golf Association: To honor the accomplishments in the game of golf of three African-American athletes – Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson – with a special exhibit at the USGA Museum that opens Feb. 17.

Loudmouth Golf: Signs LPGA player Amelia Lewis to an endorsement agreement that calls for her to wear the apparel brand on tour.

Mitchell Golf: Announces Jeff Jordan, of Mountain Brook Club in Birmingham, Ala., as winner of its TourGauge Digital Spec Gauge giveaway at the PGA Merchandise Show.

LPGA: Leslie E. Greis, founder of Perennial Capital Advisors, LLC in Boston, Mass., is named chair of the LPGA Board of Directors.

Middle Atlantic PGA: Names its 12 2011 AHEAD/APA Scholarship recipients – David Holmes, Herndon, Va.; Troy Thorne, Warsaw, Va.; Derek Wingo, Penhook, Va.; Jimmy Kowalski, Arlington, Va.; Jimmy Flippen Jr., Danville, Va.; Jordan Muirhead, Warrenton, Va.; Kevin Bales, Arnold, Md.; Michael Dreyer, Nottingham, Md.; Arthur Shih, Middletown, Md.; Tom Michaels, Perryville, Md.; David Saunders, Rockville, Md.; and Geoff Montross, Fairfax, Va.

AboutGolf: Names world No. 1 Luke Donald and mechanical and sports engineer John McPhee to its board of innovation.

U.S. Golf Association: Elects Glen D. Nager, of Washington, D.C., to serve a one-year term as the association’s 62nd president.

AboutGolf: Names world No. 1 Luke Donald and mechanical and sports engineer John McPhee to its board of innovation.

Titleist: Names Bill Kent and Dewitt Miles as 2011 Sales Representatives of the Year.

National Golf Course Owners Association: To posthumously honor Ronald A. Schiavone, co-owner of Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster Township, N.J., with the association’s Award of Merit.

SeeMore Putter Co.: Certified 75 PGA professionals as SeeMore Putter Institute instructors at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla.

National Golf Course Owners Association: To posthumously honor Ronald A. Schiavone, co-owner of Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster Township, N.J., with the association’s Award of Merit.

Bermuda Sands Apparel Co.: Signs Thomas Campbell to a one-year endorsement agreement to wear the brand on the NGA Tour.

Ashworth Golf: Re-signs Fred Couples to an endorsement agreement for the 24th year, and announces the signing of more than 30 new brand ambassadors from the PGA, Nationwide and Champions tours, including Justin Leonard, Rory Sabbatini and Johnson Wagner.

Somerby Golf Club (Byron, Minn.): General manager and COO Kurtis Pitcher receives the Certified Chief Executive designation from the Club Managers Association of America.

Club Managers Association of America: Club Foundation announces the recipients of the 2012 Willmoore H. Kendall Scholarships – David Banks (The Club at Natomas Park, Sacramento, Calif.), Andrew Cornesky (San Diego Yacht Club, San Diego, Calif.), Alexandra Dixon (Lake Toxaway Country Club, Lake Toxaway, N.C.) and Robert A. Parody (Sea Pines Country Club, Hilton Head Island, S.C.).

Tifosi Optics: Names Erin Dahlquist the company’s director of marketing.

Russell Athletic Brands: Signs Kenny Perry and Josh Teater to endorsement agreements. Perry and Teater will wear apparel from the Russell Athletic Dri-Power performance line.