Evolve Golf reports that the winner of the Deutsche Bank Championship used its Epoch tee to win his second consecutive FedEx Cup playoff event.
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Penultimate Regionals On Tap For 2008 Re/Max World Long Drive Championship
Long Drivers of America announce the sites of Re/Max World Long Drive Championship regional finals, Sept. 6-7.
LIJA by Linda Hipp Launches Active, Leisure and Tennis Collections for Spring 2009
Lija announces the launch of three entirely new, style-conscious collections in the active, leisure and tennis categories for spring 2009.
Jacobson To Design His First European Course In Italy
Architect Rick Jacobson is expanding his international golf course design practice into the European market, having been retained to design an 18-hole golf course in the southernmost Italian province of Calabria.
Aldila #1 wood, hybrid shaft at back-to-back FedExCup events
Aldila reports that it was the leading wood and hybrid shaft brand at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
ALLGOLFTV Has Formed A New Partnership With Flying Sensors To Offer High Quality Video Coverage Of Golf Courses Throughout The World.
AllGolfTV forms a new partnership with Flying Sensors. AllGolfTV will feature coverage filmed and produced by Flying Sensors of the 2008 PGA Fall Expo.
Steve Thomas Outdrives Everyone at the Walmart First Tee Open Champions Tour
Alpha Golf reports on Steve Thomas achieving the longest drive at the Walmart First Tee Open while using the Alpha V5 LX driver.
Golf Pride Has Strong Presence At Second Round Of FedEx Cup
Eaton Corp. reports that 88 percent of the top-30 finishers at the Deutsche Bank Championship played Golf Pride grips.
BRIEFLY
» Etcetera
Dan Scavino is promoted to executive vice president and general manager of Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, N.Y. … Brackett’s Crossing Country Club in Lakeville, Minn., selects ClubTec‘s SQL Club Management Solutions. … Golf Channel announces a new agreement with Dish Network Corp., the nation’s third largest TV provider, which provides the cable network with an immediate boost and puts its domestic distribution total past the 80-million milestone. Golf Channel now will be included in Dish Network’s America’s Top 200 programming package and higher. … Ginn Resorts announces that Community Charities Inc. will serve as the operating foundation of Palm Coast, Florida’s two professional golf tournaments -the Ginn sur Mer Classic and the Ginn Championship. … The Billy Mock Foundation announces that the Tug McGraw Foundation, founded in honor of the Philadelphia Phillies pitcher to fund quality of life research on behalf of brain tumor patients, will be a beneficiary charity and co-host for the first Billy Mock Foundation golf outing, dinner and auction, Sept. 25 at Edgmont Country Club in Philadelphia, Pa. … Minea Blomqvist, a member of Wilhelmina 7, won the Finnair Masters.
» Tournaments
The SAS Championship announces that all four 2008 Champions Tour major winners – Jay Haas, Fred Funk, Eduardo Romero and Bruce Vaughan – have committed to play in this year’s event.
"Play All Day" Golf Package Available This Fall at Hershey
Hershey Country Club in Hershey, Pa., will extend its “Play All Day Fall Golf Package” through Dec. 29. Golf can be played on the Hershey Country Club West Course, Hershey Links and the nine-hole Spring Creek Golf Course.
Victoria Hills Ranked No. 10 on GOLF Magazine's Best in State List
Victoria Hills Golf Club in Deland, Fla., is ranked No. 10 among Florida’s best public-access courses by Golf Magazine in the September issue.
CMAA Announces A Corporate Advantage Program Partner: Kopplin & Kuebler
The Club Managers Association of America announces that Kopplin & Kuebler has made a multi-year commitment to support CMAA and The Club Foundation as a bronze partner in the Corporate Advantage Program.
Evolve Golf's Epoch Tee Used by Winner of the Deutsche Bank Championship
Evolve Golf reports that the winner of the Deutsche Bank Championship used its Epoch tee to win his second consecutive FedEx Cup playoff event.
Black Squirrel Golf Club Enhances Amenities, Revenue with ProLink GPS
ProLink Solutions announces that Black Squirrel Golf Club in Goshen, Ind., now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system. Black Squirrel is a Tom Zimmerman-design that features water hazards, in the form of eight ponds, that must be negotiated on 12 holes.
Danny Lee Secures McCormack Medal Following US Amateur Win
New Zealand’s Danny Lee has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal, presented annually to the leading player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking following the U.S. and European amateur championships. Lee ensured his position by winning the U.S. Amateur and Western Amateur titles.
Golfpac Travel Offers “4th Night Free” At The Luxurious Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort& Club
Golfpac Travel is offering a “Fourth Night Free” package at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort and Club in Miami, Fla. Any traveler who books three nights through Golfpac, and travels before Sept. 30, will receive a fourth night free.
Wilson Staff Introduces Powerful and Forgiving Di9 Iron for 2009
Wilson Staff introduces the Wilson Staff Di9 irons, a technology-driven combination of power and forgiveness with a high MOI head design and urethane shock-traps, delivering softer feel and longer distance.
UCLA Men & Southern California Women Capture No.1 Spots in Division I Preseason Coaches’ Polls
Golf World publishes the results of its latest preseason College Coaches’ Polls and its list of the Top 50 male and female “Players to Watch.” The content, which is part of Golf World’s annual College Preview issue, will be featured in the Aug. 29 issue.
SMT Golf Welcomes Vulcan Golf as new Dealer and Master Clubfitter.
SMT Golf finalizes arrangements with Vulcan Golf of Geneva, Ill., to become SMT Golf’s newest dealer and Illinois master clubfitter.
World-Renowned Golf Architect, Robert Trent Jones, Jr. To Visit Newest Colorado Course: Brightwater, Vail Valley
Brightwater in Vail Valley, Colo., will officially open its back nine later this month. Architect Robert Trent “Bobby” Jones Jr. visited the course over the Labor Day weekend.
