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Jacob Singer, 26, made history on July 8 when he made the first hole-in Special Olympics Missouri history. Singer used an 18-degree 3-wood to ace the 122-yard hole at Hodge Park Golf Course in Kansas City, Mo. … Gerry Edwards and Michael Murray, two long-time members and playing partners at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., pulled off a rare accomplishment on Thursday. Each player made holes-in-one in the same round – Edwards acing the 147-yard eighth hole with a 7-iron; Murray the 178-yard, 14th hole with a 4-iron. Dr. George Tirone and Arnold Ciaccio witnessed the feat, which is believed to be the first in the club’s history. … Notah Begay III, a four-time PGA Tour winner, announces that Tiger Woods, Camilo Villegas and Mike Weir will play in the second Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge, Aug. 24 at Turning Stone Resort’s Atunyote Golf Club on Oneida Indian Nation near Vernon, N.Y. … The Eastern Golf Club, Australia selects the Greg Norman Golf Course Design Co. to design its new golf club in the Yarra Valley, just outside of Melbourne. … Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club in Carmel, Calif., now features the Motion Analysis Technology by Taylormade system. The MAT-T system gathers swing information and statistics using multiple high-speed cameras and develops a data-driven personal club recommendation. … Tehama introduces men’s cashmere sweaters in time for the 2009 holiday season. The Class Act line offers v-neck sweaters in cashmere-blended fabrics that can worn alone or layered. For information, visit tehamainc.com. … Japan’s Ai Miyazato wins the Evian Masters playing Bridgestone‘s Tour Stage X-01G+ ball. … The Nationwide Tour announces Nos. 13 and 14 of its 20 Greatest Moments program. At No. 13 is Chip Beck‘s ace of the 315-yard, par-4 ninth hole during the first round of the 2003 Cox Classic. No. 14 is Jason Gore‘s 2005 summer in which he contended at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, and won back-to-back Nationwide Tour events in West Virginia and Wisconsin. Three weeks later, Gore shot a second-round 59 en route to winning the Cox Classic and earning a three-win promotion to the PGA Tour. … The inaugural Gene Upshaw Memorial Classic on Saturday, July 25, at The Golf Club at Gray’s Crossing in Truckee, Calif., raised an estimated $100,000 for the Tahoe Forest Health System. Upshaw was a Hall of Famer lineman for the Oakland Raiders and the long-time head of the NFL Players Association who died of pancreatic cancer in 2008.

LPGA rookies Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis , along with reigning Women’s British Open champion Jiyai Shin, commit to play the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, Sept. 11-13 in Rogers, Ark. … Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., is named the site of the 72nd Senior PGA Championship in 2011 and the 96th PGA Championship in August 2014. … Nationwide, The Ohio State University, the PGA Tour and Nationwide Children’s Hospital announce today that the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational will be played through 2012 at The Ohio State University Golf Club Scarlet Course. … The revamped Egyptian Open is set for Nov. 5-8 at Mirage City Golf Course in Cairo, Egypt, and though it’s not part of the official European Challenge Tour’s 2009 calendar, the event will become an official tour stop in 2010 and 2011.

Rick Applewhite joins ClubTec as a sales representative in Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and North and South Carolina. … The Ventura County Junior Golf Association will host the inaugural Mike Andonian Scholarship Fund Tournament, Monday, Oct. 26, at Las Posas Country Club in Camarillo, Calif. Entry fee is $200 per person or $750 per foursome. For information, contact Bruce Beck at 805.777.7971 or bruce@dbrpr.com. … Rosewood Sand Hill, a recently opened 123-room hotel, spa and restaurant located near Stanford University in Menlo Park, Calif., now offers stay-and-play packages to Stanford University Golf Course. The packages, which start at $599, include a one-night stay and two rounds at the university course. For information, visit www.rosewoodsandhill.com. … Warrior Custom Golf announces support of the second Take a Swing at Diabetes Charity Classic, Sept. 14, at the Andover Golf and Country Club in Lexington, Ky. The event benefits the American Diabetes Association. For information, call 800.574.9790 or visit www.warriorcustomgolf.com. … The Lynd Company will host the Fairways at Wilson Creek Benefit, Sunday, Aug. 23, at the The Golf Club at McKinney in McKinney, Texas. For information, call 972.540.6880 or visit www.golfclubatmckinney.com. … The Titleist Performance Institute partners with The Grand Del Mar in San Diego, Calif., to launch the TPI Junior Performance Center, a groundbreaking 38-week program designed to maximize the potential of junior golfers of all ages, from kindergarten through 9th grade. For information, visit www.thegranddelmar.com. … Golf Etc. of America Inc. promotes Jeremy Glanzer to co-CEO, partnering with president and CEO Shane Hunt. … The American Society of Golf Course Architects updates its Membership List and Patron Directory, which is now available from the ASGCA. … Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience is only a month old, but adds Woodlands Hotel and Resort and Woodlands Suites as part of its lodgings. The experience matches Thailand’s top courses and hotels. For more, visit www.golfinakingdom.com. … Sonrisas Community Dental Center in Half Moon Bay, Callif., hosts its inaugural Share A Smile tournament, dinner, and fundraising auction on Monday, Oct. 19, at Half Moon Bay Golf Links and The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay. … John Daly partners with Druh Belts & Buckles to launch a range of John Daly belts that will feature his recognizable lion logo on the buckle. … Becky Brewerton won the Ladies European Tour’s Ladies Spanish Open on July 19 playing a GEL Groove Paul Hurrion Rego putter. … Robert Trent Jones II reports that it’s finishing work on courses in Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, and Vanuatu; and recently signed new projects in Asia, Northern Europe and Central America. The firm also expects to open several new courses in the U.S. through 2010, including The Patriot Course, in Oklahoma; Sequoyah National, for the Eastern Band Cherokee Indians, in North Carolina; and Hickory Stick in Niagara Falls, N.Y. … GolfChannel.com experiences record traffic numbers in June, exceeding 2 million unique users for the first time during the month of June. According to comScore, GolfChannel.com also has been the No. 1 golf Web site for four of the first six months of 2009.

CBS Sports will air third- and final-round coverage of the Buick Open, Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 1-2, 3-6 p.m. ET.

Carnoustie and the Old Course at St. Andrews are confirmed as the venues for the 2011 and 2013 Ricoh Women’s British Open. Also, Ricoh signs an agreement with the Ladies Golf Union and IMG to continue as title sponsor of the championship through 2013. … The LPGA and Sports Management Group agree in principal to a two-year deal to conduct the Acapulco LPGA Classic starting in 2010. The 72-hole event will feature a $1.3 million purse. … Carya Golf Club, a Thomson Perrett & Lobb design in Belek, Antalya, is selected as the venue for Turkey’s first European Challenge Tour event in 11 years. The Turkish Challenge will be the tour’s 2010 opening event, April 26-29.