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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.

Tom Santori joins Q-Roll Golf as the company’s director of market development.

Dr. David Wright, a Golf Magazine top 100 teacher, releases his new book, "Concentration," which is the second installment in the "Focus for Success" series.

Dan Scavino has been named general manager of Trump National Golf Club, Westchester in New York.

ProLink Solutions former Golf Magazine publisher Christopher P. Wightman as president of its newly-established ProLink Media division.

Bill Nestor has been named contributing editor for GolfStyles New Jersey magazine.

ProLink Solutions former Golf Magazine publisher Christopher P. Wightman as president of its newly-established ProLink Media division.

Thomson Perrett & Lobb employs the services of Chris Lomas, a golf course conditioning specialist, to assist TPL in the placement and management of heather at The Carya Golf Club in Antalya, Turkey.

The Professional Clubmakers’ Society announces that certificates of achievement were awarded to 11 individuals who completed the PCS Advanced Fitting School, Oct. 16-18 in Louisville, Ky.