Alejandro Ochoa and the partners at Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates form a collaborative course architecture firm, Ochoa/Hills Golf Design, which will design golf projects primarily in Mexico beginning immediately.
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Nike Golf Announces National Sales Award Recipients for Fiscal Year 2008
Nike Golf completed its fiscal year 2008 with another record performance, announcing its national sales award recipients.
Graphite Design’s Tour AD YSQ Shaft Helps Professionals Excel at Travelers Championship
Graphite Design reports that its Tour AD YSQ shaft was used by a pair of top-six finishers at the Travelers Championship, and that, according to Darrell Survey, it won the graphite wood shaft brand count on the Japan Tour.
Noodle+ Runs for Office of “America’s Ball” with Gary McCord as Spokesman
Noodle+ seeks to become “America’s Ball” with Gary McCord serving as the national spokesman to push the virtual campaign platform of long distance, soft feel and reasonable price.
Mission Hills Golf Club Offers Aid to Sichuan Earthquake Victims
Mission Hills Golf Club, located in Shenzhen, China, donated more than $3 million and hosted a charity tournament to benefit orphans of the May 12 Sichuan earthquake disaster.
ACCRA AXIV posts another victory at the Travelers Championship
PGMC reports that its Accra shafts were used by the winner of the Travelers Championship. The winner used a Nike Sumo SQD 9.5 driver and Nike Sumo fairway woods custom fit with Accra XE80 shafts.
Cybergolf welcomes Tumwater Valley Golf Club in Olympia, WA. as its newest client
Cybergolf welcomes Tumwater Valley Golf Club in Olympia, Wash., as its newest client and will custom design and host the property’s website
YES! Wins On Duramed Futures Tour And Records Three Top-Tens On LPGA Tour
Yes! Golf reports on the success of its putters on the Duramed Futures Tour, where Stephanie Otteson won playing a Tiffany putter, and on the LPGA where three players finished in the top 10 at the Wegmans LPGA using its putters.
Meadowlands CC Members Come out in Record Numbers In Support of Armed Forces Members and Families
Meadowlands Country Club in Blue Bell, Pa., reports on 115 club members turning out in support of the second Armed Forces Appreciation Day.
Kenny Perry Continues Solid Run Using Zero Friction Performance Golf Tee at the Travelers Championship
Excel Golf staff player Kenny Perry used the Zero Friction performance golf tee en route to a sixth-place finish at the Travelers Championship, his fourth best finish this season.
KZG Introduces the GF U-Wood
KZG releases its new hybrid, GF U-Wood, which containes KZG’s Gravitational Force Technology. The hybrid contains two weight ports and seven weight options to allow the professional clubfitter to aid in properly fitting the player.
Success of Heavy Putter on PGA European TOUR Leads to Players’ Requests for Custom Fittings from Boccieri Golf Founder
Boccieri Golf reports that a number of European Tour players have made requests for Stephen Boccieri, inventor of the Heavy Putter and the company’s president and CEO, to custom-fit players at the European Open, July 3-6.
Scott Hebert Captures 2008 PGA Professional National Championship Trusting Titleist From Tee-To-Green
Titleist reports that Scott Hebert won the 41st PGA Professional National Championship using a full complement of the company’s clubs and balls. Hebert played the 907D4 driver, 906F2 3-wood, 585.H utility metal, AP2 irons (3-P), Vokey Design gap wedge, Spin Milled lob wedge and a Scotty Cameron Newport putter, along with the Pro V1x golf ball.
SuperStroke™ Users Putt Their Ways To Success on Three Pro Tours
ProLine Sports reports on the success of its SuperStroke putter grip, including by a player who finished sixth at the Travelers Championship, as well as on the Nationwide and Champions tours.
AccuSport Hires Rich Fernandes as Manager of Training
AccuSport hires Rich Fernandes as manager of training.
Stewart Cink’s Victory Produces a Third Straight Win for the Swoosh and Ninth of the Season
Nike Golf reports on Stewart Cink‘s first win of the 2008 season, coming at Travelers Championship.
PrideSports & Softspikes Command 80% Of Golf Cleats & Spike Field At The PGA TOUR’s Traveler’s Championship
PrideSports, maker of Softspikes cleats, reports that nearly 80 percent of the players wearing either plastic cleats or metal spikes at the Travelers Championship chose PrideSports and Softspikes products.
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Stewart Cink moved to No. 2 on the U.S. Ryder Cup standings with his win at the Travelers Championship on Sunday. Cink now has 4,906.065 points. Tiger Woods has already clinched a spot, though, if he is unable to play, the No. 9 player after the PGA Championship would automatically qualify. Currently, Brandt Snedeker is No. 9 with 2,088.287 points. … Rain Bird announces the certification of its 5000 PRS Rotor by Australia’s Smart Approved WaterMark program. The pressure-regulated 5000 PRS Rotor was shown to deliver 15-45 percent water savings compared to non-pressure-regulated rotors currently available. Also, Rain Bird announces that Jeremiah Johnson is the recipient of its 2008 Intelligent Use of Water Scholarship. Rain Bird Corp. established the $2,500 scholarship to recognize an outstanding landscape architecture, horticulture or irrigation science student in the final two years of undergraduate study. … Hotel Concepts announces a strategic partnership with ClubTec in which it has successfully installed ClubTec’s Club Management Software Solution, and will give private club lodging operators the ability to create and manage member and guest profiles more efficiently. … Blue Giraffe Sports announces that golf instructor Mark Blackburn had two players finish in the top-10 at the U.S. Open – Robert Karlsson, who finished fourth, and Heath Slocum, who finished ninth. Blackburn also works with Boo Weekley, who finished 26th. … The Georgia State Park Golf Courses announces that golfers are now able to book tee times in advance at www.GeorgiaGolf.com and tee times may be booked up to 14 days in advance of the day of play. … King Golf signs Tom Garber of Bang Golf to an endorsement agreement. Garrber will use King Golf’s black cabretta leather gloves during exhibitions and competitions. … Hireko Golf introduces its new Power Play System Q2 irons. … Dynalign Golf that a new blog has been created at dynaligngolf.blogspot.com for discussion of issues relating to its Dynamic Pre-Shot Alignment technique. … Just in time for the launch of the third generation iPhone, GolfFlyover, www.GolfFlyover.com, will have more than 10,000 golf courses fully-mapped with 3-D flyovers. … Allen Gant Jr. of Burlington, N.C., has been named the honorary chairman of this year’s Wyndham Championship. Gant is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation Board, which oversees operation of the Wyndham Championship. … The Mike Strantz-designed Caledonia Golf and Fish Club and True Blue Plantation were recently named to GolfLink.com‘s 2008 “Top 100 Courses” ranking. Both are located in Pawley’s Island, S.C. … Sun Mountain, the official golf bag and outerwear supplier of the Duramed Futures Tour, introduces its 2008 Players Advisory Council, which features Rachel Bailey, Lisa Ferrero, Janell Howland, Anastasia Kostina, Meghan Little, Mo Martin, Cortney Reno and Kim Welch. Members of the team are carrying Sun Mountain bags and wearing Sun Mountain outerwear. … The TPC Sugarloaf in Sugarloaf, Ga., will conduct fundraising for six outstanding non-profit organizations that support U.S. troops and their families – Homes For Our Troops, Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Naval Special Warfare Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project and Operation Homefront – on Monday, June 30. … Trigelle, the contemporary women’s golf brand, names Nancy Dibble as its new director of sales and marketing.
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Officials for the Safeway Classic announce that the winner of the Safeway Classic Amateur Open will earn a guaranteed spot in the LPGA tournament. … The Wyndham Championship partners with the Piedmont Triad Chambers of Commerce to sell ticket packages throughout the region. Twenty-two area chambers of commerce will sell ticket packages to their membership for the PGA Tour event set Aug. 11-17 in Greensboro, N.C. For ticket information, go to www.wyndhamchampionship.com or call 336.379.1570. … Eagle Creek Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Fla., will host the Scott Mounce Memorial Tournament on Saturday, July 12. The charity event commemorates Mounce, who was killed in Iraq on March 17, 2004. For information, call 407.834.9560 or 407.644.4142. … Yani Tseng, the first Taiwanese winner of an LPGA major – the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, commits to play in the Ricoh Women’s British Open, July 31-Aug. 3. … CNL Lifestyle Co. will sponsor a 2008 American Junior Golf Association national junior golf tournament, the CNL Lifestyle Company Junior Championship, Aug. 18-21 at The Tradition Club at Royal New Kent in Providence Forge, Va. … Drew Weaver, the 2007 British Amateur champion of nearby High Point, N.C., has accepted a sponsor’s exemption to play the Wyndham Championship, Aug. 14-17 in Greensboro, N.C.
CordeValle, A Rosewood Resort Ranks 14th in Golf Digest Index's World's 50 Best Golf Hotels
CordeValle, located in San Martin, Calif., announces its ranking at No. 14 in Golf Digest Index‘s “World’s 50 Best Golf Hotels.”
Never-Search for Golf™ Has Officially Been Tested and Approved by the Independent Testing Group – PGA TOUR Partners Club
Never-Search Inc. reports that its Never-Search for Golf travel and trip planning software has received an overwhelming approval rating in PGA Tour Partners Club’s independent member testing.
