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PGA Tour's Nationwide Tour And Wayne Gretzky Announce Premiere Event In Canada

The Nationwide Tour and NHL Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky announce that the Wayne Gretzky Foundation will host a new tournament in Canada beginning in 2008. The Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic will be held June 23-29 at The Georgian Bay Club and the Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay, located northwest of Toronto.

Player's Pass Names Tony Vaught Ambassador in Central Texas

Player’s Pass, a national company that markets a discount golf membership program featuring half-price and reduced fee golf at golf courses nationwide, appoints Tony Vaught as ambassador of its Central Texas Region.

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The Golf Coaches Association of America names inductees for its 2007 Hall of Fame class — Rhode Island coach Tom Drennan, Virginia Tech coach Jay Hardwick and Guilford coach Jack Jensen. The trio will be honored at the GCAA Hall of Fame Reception and Awards banquet on Jan. 14 in Orlando, Fla. … Profile Products served as sponsor for the American Society of Golf Course Architects‘ first Idea Fair in Chicago, Ill. … Amelia River Golf Club in Amelia Island Plantation, Fla., opens its 3,700-square-foot clubhouse and officially announces the golf club’s new name. … ChampionsGate Resort in ChampionsGate, Fla., will host the 13th Del Webb Father/Son Challenge, Nov. 29-Dec. 2. … Rain Bird, a manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, has been awarded a patent for its "system and method for use in controlling irrigation and compensating for rain." This patent protects the design concept used in the company’s RainWatch feature, a component of Rain Bird’s central control software products, versions 4.0 and higher.

Nancy Lopez, the 2005 Solheim Cup U.S. team captain and a four-time Rolex Player of the Year on the LPGA, has been selected by Ping and the American Junior Golf Association to captain the 2009 Ping Junior Solheim Cup U.S. Team. Also, MacKinzie Kline of Encinitas, Calif., is the recipient of the AJGA’s Jerry Cole Sportsmanship Award. … Pat Carter, of Huntington, is awarded the West Virginia Player of the Year. It marks the 15th time Carter has won the George Cobb Player of the Year Trophy for amateur golf in West Virginia. Other honorees included Ben Palmer (Junior Player of the Year), Kimberly Eaton (Girls Player of the Year) and John Duty Sr. (Senior Player of the Year). … The Ricoh Women’s British Open will return to Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England, July 31-Aug. 3. … Harris Golf, a Maine-based course developer, contractor and operator, completes the purchase of Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono, Maine. Harris Golf will restore the Donald Ross-designed routing. … The PGA Tour’s Ginn sur Mer Classic is moving from the Tesoro Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla., to the Ginn Hammock Beach Conservatory Course in Palm Coast, Fla., for 2008. The tournament will be played Oct. 27-Nov. 2.