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Trinidad Resort and Club LLC, the new owner of Shanty Creek Resort and Club in Bellaire, Mich., appoints a new management team, headed by Jack Eslick, COO and general manager.

Orange County National Golf and Lodge in Winter Gardner, Fla., names Ben Tharp as director of food and beverage.

Orange County National Golf and Lodge in Winter Gardner, Fla., names Ben Tharp as director of food and beverage.

Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., names David Schutzenhofer as general manager.

ProLink Solutions names Jeffrey Cline as vice president of institutional sales.

The LPGA names William F. Susetka as the LPGA’s chief marketing officer. He will assume the role on Jan. 2.

Eagle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., names Kimberly Rice as its new executive chef.

Fairway & Greene‘s board of directors names Todd Martin as its president, effective Nov. 16, 2006.

Richard Brucki joins Maggie Valley Club, in Maggie Valley, N.C., as general manager.

Fairway & Greene‘s board of directors names Todd Martin as its president, effective Nov. 16, 2006.

LPGA Tour player Laura Diaz has been named the 2007 honorary chair of the Executive Women’s Golf Association‘s Member-Get-A-Member program.

The Teaching Network reports on Chris Knobloch, who is the director of instruction at the Trophy Club of Apalachee in Georgia.

Karen Moraghan, president of Hunter Public Relations/Special Events, has been elected to the Executive Women’s Golf Association board of directors.

Brian Whitcomb of Bend, Ore., was elected the 35th president of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America today by delegates at the association’s 90th Annual Meeting in Kiawah Island, S.C.

Six new members of the PGA of America‘s board of directors were sworn in Saturday at the association’s 90th Annual Meeting in Kiawah Island, S.C. Ted Bishop of Franklin, Ind., Frank Gumpert of Baton Rouge, La., Randy Hunt of Lenexa, Kan., Mary Bea Porter-King of Lihue, Hawaii, Dennis Rose of Kamuela, Hawaii, and Alan Wooley of Kyle, Texas, will each serve three-year terms.

GolfTEC Enterprises LLC hires Mike McDonald as director of recruiting to find PGA professionals for new and existing improvement centers.

The Professional Clubmakers’ Society names Jerry Hoefling Jr. as its director of technical services.

Six new members of the PGA of America‘s board of directors were sworn in Saturday at the association’s 90th Annual Meeting in Kiawah Island, S.C. Ted Bishop of Franklin, Ind., Frank Gumpert of Baton Rouge, La., Randy Hunt of Lenexa, Kan., Mary Bea Porter-King of Lihue, Hawaii, Dennis Rose of Kamuela, Hawaii, and Alan Wooley of Kyle, Texas, will each serve three-year terms.

The Professional Clubmakers’ Society names Jerry Hoefling Jr. as its director of technical services.

Michele Szynal joins Callaway Golf Co. as vice president, public relations.