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The LPGA names Leslie Andrews to the position of executive director of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals. Andrews will assume the role on April 27.

Dr. Robert Grober, founder and acting CEO of Sonic Golf Inc., will be one of three speakers at the 2009 Northeast PGA Instructors Conference, today, Monday, at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.

Harris MacNeill, president and CEO of Champ, celebrates his 30th year with the company.

Harris MacNeill, president and CEO of Champ, celebrates his 30th year with the company.

KemperSports announces Mark Freemont as general manager of The Governors Club in Brentwood, Tenn.

World Golfers USA hires Ed Riordan of Wayne, Pa., as a sales representative for eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Golf Academy of America reports on Matt Picanso, a fourth-semester student at the GAA San Diego campus, who recently made a hole-in-one.

Heritage Golf Group appoints Scott Johnson as head golf professional of TPC Piper Glen in Charlotte, N.C.

Karen Palacios-Jansen, Golf Fitness Magazine and Golffitnessmagazine.com managing editor, is named to the Nike Golf advisory staff.

Louise Suggs, the first female inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame and one of the 13 founders of the LPGA in 1950, will receive the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association‘s Gold Tee Award at its 58th National Awards Dinner on June 16 in Old Greenwich, Conn.

Feel Golf Co. hires James Crane as the company’s chief financial officer.

Heritage Golf Group announces that Layne Ricks, general manager at Meadowbrook Farms Golf Club in Katy, Texas, as president of the eastern chapter of the Southern Texas Section of the PGA of America.

Heritage Golf Group announces that Layne Ricks, general manager at Meadowbrook Farms Golf Club in Katy, Texas, as president of the eastern chapter of the Southern Texas Section of the PGA of America.

Brandon Miller joins Mitchell Golf Equipment Co. as a sales manager.

Brandon Miller joins Mitchell Golf Equipment Co. as a sales manager.

David Sanderson returns to Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort in Cumberland, Md., to head the sales and marketing department. Sanderson previously served as director of sales and marketing, 2002-05.

David Sanderson returns to Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort in Cumberland, Md., to head the sales and marketing department. Sanderson previously served as director of sales and marketing, 2002-05.

The Territory Golf and Country Club in Southwest Oklahoma hires Stephen Thomas as its assistant golf professional.

OB Sports Golf Management appoints C.W. Woods as general manager for Stone Canyon Golf Club in Independence, Mo.

Ecco expands two senior sales positions to further retailer support and increase sell-through of its premium men’s and women’s golf collections. Joe Allen, regional field sales, Golf Division, and Pam Rossman, senior field sales, will manage national sales initiatives.