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Clear Creek Tahoe in Tahoe, Calif., hires Colin Campbell as its director of golf. … Forgan of St. Andrews launches an online custom fit club service alongside its new 2009 product range. Along with the Ian Woosnam Design collection of woods, irons and putters, Forgan offers a maximum five-day turnaround in the United Kingdom for a fully custom fit set of clubs ordered online. … Waterville Valley Golf Club in Waterville Valley, N.H., names Jim Wall as club manager. … PowerPlay Golf, a two-flag, risk-and-reward nine-hole game, announces its intention to distribute the innovative format more widely in the United States. … The Junior Golf Association of Arizona announces its new officers for 2009 – Hugh Smith, executive director of the First Tee of Phoenix, as vice president, and Charlie Shoemake, chief operating officer of Equiant Financial Services, as treasurer. … Rain Bird Corp. partners with the American Society of Golf Course Architects to create educational programming and other resources aimed at better understanding golf course water management issues among golf course architects, their clients and the golf industry. … Cleveland Golf/Srixon Canada increases its commitment to the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour with the introduction of a Srixon-sponsored series of high-level junior tournaments across Canada. … Filmmaker Jon Fitzgerald, 42, announces plans for the independent film “The Back Nine”, which chronicles his own pursuit to become a professional golfer. … CBS Sports‘ Jim Nantz is named the 2008 National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. This marks the fourth time that Nantz has won the honor. … West Coast Trends, maker of the Club Glove, creates its YouTube channel, which includes video of its new luggage hauling system, Train Reaction. Also, West Coast Trends announces its 2008 co-sales representatives of the year – Linda Jacobsen of Evergreen, Colo., and Gill Barnett of Houston, Texas. … BeBetterGolf.com announces the launch of six unique golf art creations by Jay Thomas Munson, who is also developing several new products, such as a fully swingable golf club using only tees and signage of humorous golf quotes. … India’s Jeev Milkha Singh is named the 2008 Johnnie Walker Asian Player of the Year, Korean teenager Noh Seung-yul the Johnnie Walker Asian Rising Star and Camilo Villegas the Johnnie Walker Young Player of the Year. … Shaft Skinz introduces light-weight, printed sleeves that fit over clubs and shrink onto the shaft. There are a variety of designs and colors.

The World Golf Championships-CA Championship announces special youth ticket offers for its event, March 12-15 in Miami, Fla. All college students who show valid I.D. at the entrance gate can purchase a daily grounds pass for $10. Youths 12 and under will be admitted free of charge to the grounds along with a paying adult, and youths 13-18 may purchase a daily grounds pass for $10 when accompanied by a paying adult.