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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.

» Tournaments

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.

Fujikura Makes Huge Impact at USGA Tournaments

Fujikura reports that the U.S. Open runner-up played its ZCom model in his driver, 3-wood and hybrid. Also, Fujikura won the driver shaft brand count at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Publinks Championship.