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SMT Golf Sponsors The International Clubmakers Guild
SMT Golf becomes a sponsor of the International Clubmakers Guild.
Nike Golf Introduces New DYMO Fairway Woods – Less is More
Nike Golf adds to its SasQuatch family by introducing the new SQ DYMO and DYMO” fairway woods.
Cybergolf adds Stow Acres Country Club in Stow, MA. as its newest client
Cybergolf adds Stow Acres Country Club in Stow, Mass., as its newest client and will custom design and host its Web site and e-mail marketing system for the facility.
Pride Golf Tees & Professional Tee System™ (PTS) Dominate At PGA TOUR’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship & Mayakoba Golf Classic
PrideSports reports that the Pride golf tees, led by the Professional Tee System, dominated the fields at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the Mayakoba Golf Classic. More than 90 percent of the players used the company’s tees in competition.
Epoch Tee Played by Top-5 Finishers at PGA, LPGA Tour Events
Evolve Golf reports that top-five finishers at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Mayakoba Golf Classic and Honda LPGA Thailand played its Epoch tee.
Grafalloy Wins Mayakoba Golf Classic
True Temper Sports reports that the winner of the Mayakoba Golf Classic played the Grafalloy Tour shafts in his driver.
The Putting Arc
Putting Arc reports on Mark Wilson, winner of the Mayakoba Golf Classic, who uses the company’s putting aid and received a putting lesson prior to winning last week.
EWGA Donations to LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Near $400,000
The EWGA and EWGA Foundation present a check for $35,053.30 to LPGA-USGA Girls Golf during the association’s annual conference in Palm Desert, Calif. The check represents funds raised in 2008 by EWGA chapters and the EWGA Foundation.
PGA Honorary President Brian Whitcomb, PGA Golf Professionals Of The Year Brent Krause And Jim Manthis Head Inductees Into Pga Golf Professional Hall Of Fame
The PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame announces an eight-member 2009 class of inductees. To be inducted on May 5 are PGA honorary president Brian Whitcomb, past PGA Professionals of the Year Jim Manthis and Brent Krause, former Masters champion Claude Harmon Sr., legendary teaching professional Harvey Penick, former UCLA coach and renowned teaching professional Eddie Merrins, former PGA of America Rules Committee chairman Don Essig III and Harry “Cotton” Berrier, a three-time PGA of America board member and one of the founders of the Tennessee PGA Section.
USGA Announces Advance Opportunity To Members For 2010 U.S. Open Tickets
The U.S. Golf Association offers USGA members a limited-time advance opportunity to enter a random drawing to purchase tickets for the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif. Applications are available online through April 15.
Crescent Systems
Crescent Systems announces that The Club at Strawberry Creek in Kenosha, Wisc., completes construction of its 37,000-square-foot clubhouse and installs more of the company’s software programs.
Geoff Ogilvy Captures WGC Accenture Match Play Championship For Second Victory In 2009 With Cobra
Cobra brand ambassador Geoff Ogilvy wins the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship playing the new King Cobra S9-1 driver, S9-1 fairway metals and King Cobra Pro MB irons.
GolfAchiever to Exhibit at the Bay Area’s largest Golf Show
GolfAchiever will exhibit at Bay Area Golf Show in San Jose, Calif., March 6-8.
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Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club, located in Federal Way, Wash., moves to ClubTec‘s SQL club management solutions. … Puma appoints Klaus Bauer as a member of the board of management, effective Aug. 1, and will assume the newly-created position of chief operating officer. Chief financial officer Dieter Bock, who has been with Puma, will resign from the board for personal reasons. … Methodist University Golf Club in Fayetteville, N.C., will host a PGA Play Golf America Day, March 28 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Highlighting the day will be free instruction and golf clinics conducted by more than 20 PGA Professionals from throughout the Carolinas. … Ken Schofield, former executive director of the European Tour, will chair the inaugural two-day London Golf Conference, May 1-2 in London, England. The conference will focus on the impact of the recession across various areas of the golf industry.
The Winner of the Mayakoba Golf Classic Played Graphite Design's YS+ Hybrid Shaft in His Hybrid 5-Wood
Graphite Design reports that, according to Darrell Survey, its YS+ Hybrid shaft was used by the winner of the Mayakoba Golf Classic in his second career PGA Tour victory.
Pride Golf Tees & Professional Tee System™ (PTS) Dominate At PGA TOUR's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship & Mayakoba Golf Classic
PrideSports reports that the Pride golf tees, led by the Professional Tee System, dominated the fields at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the Mayakoba Golf Classic. More than 90 percent of the players used the company’s tees in competition.
GolfAchiever to Exhibit at the Bay Area's largest Golf Show
GolfAchiever will exhibit at Bay Area Golf Show in San Jose, Calif., March 6-8.
Acushnet Acts To Protect Intellectual Property
Acushnet filed a patent infringement lawsuit today against Callaway Golf in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. In its complaint, Acushnet asserts that Callaway’s Tour i and Tour ix golf balls infringe nine United States patents from Acushnet’s extensive golf ball patent portfolio covering multi-piece, solid core technology.
Martin Hall Endorses the Explanar Golf Training System
Explanar Golf reports that PGA Teacher of the Year Martin Hall installs its golf training and fitness system at his academy at the Ibis Golf and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.
