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Fujikura #1 Driver Shaft Brand At The Open Championship

Fujikura wins the driver shaft brand count at the British Open, extending its streak to every 2008 major tournament championship on the U.S. professional tours. The brand also has been the leading driver shaft brand at the Masters, U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, LPGA Championship, Kraft Nabisco Championship and the Senior PGA Championship.

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» Etcetera

Fantasi International, owner of both the Bette & Court and Swing brands, announces that the company will consolidate its ladies fashion and performance golf apparel under one name: SWING, which is an acronym for Sporting Women’s Innovative Gear. … Celebration Golf Club in Celebration, Fla., and the Spoon family of Orlando will host the Tournament of Hope Tournament on Aug. 27 to raise funds for 58-year-old liver transplant patient Cleo Spoon. For sponsorship information or to register, visit TournamentofHope.com. … Pawleys Plantation in Pawleys Island, S.C., is offering the “Gourmet Golf Package” through Sept. 3. The two-night “Gourmet Golf Package” is $219 per person, double occupancy. It includes a one-bedroom suite in one of Pawleys Plantation’s Weehawka Woods villas, one round of golf on Pawleys Plantation’s Jack Nicklaus course, one free replay, two plantation breakfasts, and dinner for two in the Sawgrass Room. … Former Major League Baseball player Ken Griffey Sr. and Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday will host the inaugural Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer Celebrity Tournament and World Amateur Championship 25th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, Aug. 23. Proceeds benefit the “Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer” campaign and “Zero – the Project to End Prostate Cancer.” The event will be held at The Long Bay Club in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. For information, visit KnowYourScoreMB.com or call 843.477.8833, ext. 296. … Ridge Country Club in Chicago, Ill., has selected to move to ClubTec‘s SQL Club Management Solutions. … Tee Time Magazine is offering a free issue to anyone who subscribed to Golf For Women. Many of the top LPGA T&CP professionals are writers for Tee Time Magazine, which has been publishing since 1995.

» Tournaments

Former Stanford All-American Rob Grube receives a sponsor’s exemption into the Legends at Sparks Marina Reno-Tahoe Open. This will be the first PGA Tour event for Grube, who graduated from Stanford in the spring.