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CHAMP® Spikes Enjoys Double Header

Champ, according to Darrell Survey, adds wins at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Legends Reno-Tahoe Open to the list of PGA Tour events won by golfers wearing its products. Also, Champ spikes were worn by nine of the top-10 finishers and 47 percent of the field at the WGC event.

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PGA.com announces that its PGA Championship application is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app, which is available for $1.99, offers customizable push notifications and live video streaming for the championship, Aug. 13-16. … Jim Nugent, a member of the American Junior Golf Association Board of Directors since 1997, is named vice president of the board. … Tidewater Golf Club and Plantation in Myrtle Beach, S.C.., re-opens after a five-week renovation project.

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U.K.-based Golf Lab TV announces it will test Rife putters, GolfLogix’s Garmin-powered GPS system, and Northwestern’s Plus 10 driver on the next edition of its 30-minute show that will air on Sky Sports and ESPN networks and the company’s Web site at GolfLab.tv. … Turner Sports and the PGA of America announce that all of TNT’s television announcers and PGA.com on-camera talent, as well as local PGA of America club professionals, will use Twitter to provide commentary leading up to and throughout the PGA Championship. The tweets will be featured on PGA.com’s @PGA_com Twitter feed and will be made available on the PGA.com homepage, the site’s new live video player and at twitter.com/PGA_com. PGA.com will also utilize Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. … Golf Channel will air more than 26 hours of live news reports, inside analysis and features of the PGA Championship. For a complete listing, visit GolfChannel.com.

» Tournaments

The Aloha PGA Section will host eight teams attempting to earn a berth in the McGladrey National Team Championship in October. The Hawaiian qualifier, one of 41 section championships being held, will be held at Kahili Golf Course in Wailuku, Hawaii, today, Monday. The Carolinas Section will also hold its qualifier Aug. 11-12 at Forest Creek Golf Club in Pinehurst, N.C. … The Aloha PGA Section will host the Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship qualifier, Aug. 11-12 at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii. The 36-hole event will qualify two players for the Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship, Oct. 1-4 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. … Tim Clark, Lee Janzen, Chris DiMarco, Corey Pavin, Steve Elkington, Todd Hamilton and Mark Calcavecchia commit to play the Wyndham Championship, Aug. 17-23 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Also, the Wyndham Championship will admit area public and private school teachers free for the third and fourth rounds. … The 84th Carolinas PGA Professional Championship will be held at The Point Lake and Golf Club, Sept. 1-3 in Mooresville, N.C.

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Fircrest Golf Club in Tacoma, Wash., moves to ClubTec‘s Web site, WebTec, which allows members to securely login to view statements, drill down on tickets and make online payments. … The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America selects Anthony L. Williams, GCSAA certified golf course superintendent at Stone Mountain Golf Club in Stone Mountain, Ga., to receive the 2010 GCSAA President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship.

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CBS Sports will air third- and final-round coverage of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 8-9, 2-6 p.m. ET.

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Joint Statement re: Buick and PGA TOUR Relationship

The PGA Tour and Buick jointly announce that as a result of the recent court-supervised restructuring of General Motors, all agreements between Buick and the PGA Tour have been withdrawn. This brings to an end the Buick Open and the Buick Invitational.