USGA: Roberta Bolduc is selected to captain the USA Team for the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship, to be played Oct. 20-23 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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IGF Commences Search For Full Time Executive Director
The International Golf Federation: Its Olympic Committee begins a search for a full time executive director, who will coordinate day-to-day operations from Lausanne, Switzerland, in advance of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Ty Votaw, PGA Tour executive vice president, communications and international affairs, has been serving as acting executive director.
Leading Golf Legend And Personality Lee Trevino Commits To Toshiba Classic, March 1-7 At Newport Beach Country Club
Toshiba Classic: Lee Trevino leads a list of players who commit to play the Champions Tour event, March 5-7 in Newport Beach, CA. Other commitments include Peter Jacobsen, Tom Lehman, Scott Simpson, Craig Stadler and Curtis Strange.
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Names Vice Presidents Of Brand And Product Marketing For TaylorMade And adidas Golf/Ashworth Brands
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Co.: Names Bob Maggiore vice president of brand and product marketing for the TaylorMade brand, and Harry Arnett vice president of brand and product marketing for the adidas Golf and Ashworth brands.
Utopia Golf Products Expands Sales Force
Utopia Golf Products: Expands its sales force throughout the United States in conjunction with the company’s growth.
Heritage Golf Group Names Ricky Weber As Tournament Sales Director At TPC Tampa Bay
Heritage Golf Group: Appoints Ricky Weber as tournament sales director at TPC Tampa Bay, which hosts the Champions Tour’s Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am.
Club Car President Gary Michel Named To Environmental Institute Advisory Council
Club Car: Gary Michel, company president and CEO, is named to the advisory council of The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
Ertl, Traub, Zylstra Elected To Michigan Golf Hall Of Fame
Michigan Golf Hall of Fame: Announces that Sue Ertl, John Traub and Bill Zylstra have been elected as the 2010 Class of inductees. Ertl starred at Michigan State and played on the LPGA; Zylstra also played at Michigan State, made the Michigan Public Links Golf Association Honor Roll 17 times; and Traub won the 1980 National Club Professional Championship and numerous Michigan PGA titles.
eGolfScore Promotes Laura Sappington To Director Of Sales And Marketing
eGolfScore: Promotes Laura Sappington to director of sales and marketing.
Mark Metzger Appointed To General Manager/Director Ì¢?å¬Of Golf At Palm Valley Golf Club
Palm Valley Golf Club: Names Mark Metzger as general manager/director of golf at the Goodyear, AZ, club. Metzger is responsible for all golf operations, food and beverage, marketing, merchandising, tournaments, budgeting and staff training for the facility.
GolfTalk Live Names Lou Guzzi Official Director Of Instruction
GolfTalk Live: Philadelphia-based radio show names Lou Guzzi as its official PGA Director of Instruction. Guzzi will be a frequent contributor to the weekly show and produce video tips for the show’s website.
TPC Piper Glen: Announces Jeff Gajewski as membership director for Charlotte, NC, course. Gajewski was previously membership director at TPC Michigan in in Dearborn, MI.
CMAA Elects 2010 Officers And Board Of Directors At World Conference On Club Management
Club Managers Association of America: Elects its 2010 officers and board of directors at its 83rd World Conference on Club Management, Feb. 8-13 in San Diego, CA. Allan S.U. Lum, general manager of Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, HI, was elected president.
Trion:Z Smokes The Competition!
Trion: Z: Dubai Desert Classic winner wore the Palette Mag Titan ionic/magnetic wristband en route to 16th European Tour victory.
Brian Curley, Schmidt-Curley Golf Design Co-Founder, Named To ASGCA Board Of Governors
Schmidt-Curley Golf Design: Co-founder Brian Curley named to American Society of Golf Course Architects’ Board of Governors. Curley will serve a three-year term.
Total Golf Adventures Franchise Owners Honored At TGA National Conference
Total Golf Adventures: Honors five of the company’s franchise operators with the 5 E’s for Excellence Awards during its recent national conference.
Three Experienced Editors Join Golf Inc.
Golf Inc. Announces Scott Kauffman, Bruce Buckley and Trevor Ledger as contributing editors for the magazine. “We have brought together the most knowledgeable and savviest reporters in the industry” said Jack Crittenden, editor in chief. “Golf Inc. will provide more depth, and insight than ever before.”
Actor, Philantrhopist Don Cheadle To Be Celebrity Spokesperson For Dixon Golf
Dixon Golf: Actor Don Cheadle becomes the company’s celebrity spokesman and will play its Earth golf balls during the upcoming AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Geek Golf: Signs Sandra Carlborg, the current International Long Drive Ladies and Re/Max European Ladies champion, to an endorsement agreement to play Geek drivers exclusively.
Club Car Introduces Visage At GIS
Club Car: To introduce golf’s first mobile information system, Visage, at the Golf Industry Show, Feb. 10-11 in San Diego, CA. The system utilizes a
combination of cellular, wireless and Global Positioning System technologies
to create what the company calls the “new face of customer experience.”
