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KemperSports promotes Val D’Souza to general manager of the Butterfield Trail Golf Club in El Paso, Texas. D’Souza will oversee all daily operations.

KemperSports promotes Val D’Souza to general manager of the Butterfield Trail Golf Club in El Paso, Texas. D’Souza will oversee all daily operations.

Pine Hill Golf Club in Pine Hill, N.J., promote Steven George to general manager, and will oversee all primary operations for the club.

PortaPro Video announces that Rodney Brown of PackageYourGolf Lesson.com has joined the company to upgrade the instructional capabilities at golf schools and golf resorts across the country.

The International Golf Federation announces the creation of an Olympic Golf Committee to drive its effort for the sport’s inclusion in the 2016 Games. The IGF also introduced PGA Tour executive Ty Votaw as the person who will coordinate the Olympic golf movement on behalf of the IGF’s Olympic Golf Committee and other golf organisations around the world. Votaw will serve in a newly-created position as executive director, IGF Olympic Golf Committee and will work closely with the organisations involved.

Dynamic Brandsannounces the hiring of new staff that will strengthen key departments within the company. The Richmond, Va.-based company adds Michelle McLees as its new marketing coordinator, Preston Martin as a new IT Support Tech and Yvonne Asencio as its new credit manager.

Wisp Resort Development Inc. and OB Sports Golf Management announced the appointment of Karen Forsythe as the director of membership sales for Lodestone Golf Club and The Clubs at Wisp in McHenry, Md.

Karen Palacios-Jansen, Golf Fitness Magazine.com on-line editor and managing editor of Team Advice for Golf Fitness Magazine Inc., has been nominated for the LPGA Section Teacher of the Year Award.

Ashworth Inc. names Dick Gianferante as sales/product manager for the company’s Montreal-based Sunice Outerwear.

Pinehurst Resort promotes two of its golf staff members to head professionals – Chris Crouch as head golf professional position for the Pinehurst main clubhouse activities, including management of the staff at course Nos. 1-5, and Todd Camplin from first assistant to head golf professional at Pinehurst No. 7.

KemperSports names Jamie Fay as sales and marketing director of Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash.

Dixon Golf announces the addition of Glen Coombe to its staff of independent sales representatives.

Education Corporation of America, owner and operator of the San Diego Golf Academy appoints Jim Hart as director of the SDGA Myrtle Beach campus in South Carolina.

Maggie Valley Club in Maggie Valley, N.C., names Brian Oliver as assistant golf professional.

Micheal Hamrick joins the staff at the Embassy Suites Golf Resort and Spa in Concord, N.C. Hamrick will serve as head pro of the resort’s Rocky River Golf Club through the end of the year and on Jan. 1 will take over as director of golf, replacing Floyd Gragg.

KemperSports promotes Gary Binder to executive vice president. In his new assignment, Binder will continue to oversee the owned and member properties within KemperSports’ portfolio.

The LPGA names Carol Corcoran to the newly-created position of LPGA chief administrative officer. She will assume the role on Aug. 4.

MacNeill Engineering and Champ Spikes announces the hiring of Tom Chesters as its new OEM/Shoe brand sales manager for the european and International markets.

Assistant golf professionals Barry Wilkins and Greg Ward have been added to the staff at Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation in Charlotte, N.C.

KemperSports promotes Doug Hellman to vice president of business development.