Robert O. Farren Jr., a Golf Course Superintendents Association of America certified golf course superintendent and grounds and golf course manager at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, in Pinehurst, N.C., will become the 2008 host of Green Links, a monthly feature on the Environmental Institute for Golf‘s website.
People
Dr. David Chu, Chairman, Mission Hills Group, Debuts at #16 On List of "Most Powerful People in Golf"
Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, reports that Dr. David Chu, chairman of the Mission Hills Group, makes his debut at No. 16 on Golf Inc. Magazine‘s annual list of the "Most Powerful People in Golf" appearing in the publication’s October issue.
KemperSports Appoints Paul Malonson as General Manager of Country Club of the North in Suburban Dayton
KemperSports names Paul Malonson as general manager of Country Club of North, located just outside of Dayton, Ohio.
KemperSports Names Mike Connaughton Membership Director of Newly Opened Vellano Country Club
KemperSports names Mike Connaughton as membership director of the newly-opened Vellano Country Club, a Greg Norman signature course in Chino Hills, Calif.
World-Renowned Sports Photographer Walter Iooss Joins Golf Digest Staff
Walter Iooss Jr. has been named photographer-at-large for Golf Digest. Iooss will be shooting golf and golfers exclusively for the magazine.
Excel Golf Products Acquires Marketing Manager
Excel Golf Products Inc. hires Arin Gullett as its marketing manager.
Mission Hills Golf Club Announces the Hiring of Andy Leadbetter As Director of Instructor Training
Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, hires Andy Leadbetter as director of instructor training at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy.
Wheeler Stewart Named Head Golf Professional of Soon-to-Open Binks Forest Golf Club
KemperSports announces the naming of longtime PGA professional and golf industry veteran Wheeler Stewart as head golf professional of Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington, Fla.
Hi-Tec Golf Appoints New Global Sales Director
Hi-Tec Sports announces Jeff Street as its global golf sales director.
Peter Millar Announces the Addition of a New Sales Representative
Peter Millar names Charlie Schenck as the new sales representative for the majority of the Midwest region.
GolfTEC Announces New Vice President Of Marketing
GolfTEC names Peter Reese as its new vice president of marketing.
Osprey Meadows at Tamarack Resort Associate Qualifies for PGA Apprenticeship
Tamarack Resort in Tamarack, Idaho, announces that Osprey Meadows golf shop assistant Dustin Simons has passed his Playing Ability Test in qualification for apprenticeship with the PGA of America.
Rob Arluna Joins Nike Golf as Director of Marketing
Nike Golf appoints Rob Arluna to the position of director of marketing, effective Oct. 1.
K-Motion Interactive Promotes John Scheffler To Director Of K-Vest Education
K-Motion Interactive announces that John Scheffler has been promoted to director of golf swing training and education.
Buffalo Communications Names Stephen Reynolds PR Specialist
Buffalo Communications, the golf-lifestyle and travel publicity, media-relations and marketing-communications firm that is a division of Billy Casper Golf, names Stephen Reynolds as public relations specialist.
Nike pledges continued support for The Environmental Institute for Golf Wood selected to Advisory Council
Bob Wood, president of Nike Golf, has been selected to join the Environmental Institute for Golf‘s advisory council. The Institute is the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
GPS Industries Welcomes New Board Member And New Executive Vice President
GPS Industries Inc. announces that Geoff Hunter has been added to the company’s board of directors and Marc Potter has been transferred to the corporate head office in Vancouver to assume the role of executive vice president.
Chris Kager Named Executive Vice President of ProLink Media
ProLink Solutions announces that Chris Kager has been named executive vice president of its ProLink Media division.
William Kupper Named President Of Turnstile Publishing Company
Turnstile Publishing Co. names William P. Kupper Jr. as president, effective Sept. 5.
Sonartec Appoints New President
Sonartec, Inc. names Andrew Tarlow as company president.
