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The Sun SafeTee, a non-profit sun protection and skin cancer awareness program, encourages golfers to schedule a skin exam this month, which is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. For information, visit www.sunsafetee.org. … Environmental Turf, the company responsible for marketing turfgrass brands SeaDwarf Seashore Pasaplum and UltimateFlora Zoysia, wins five national marketing awards at the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association‘s 20th annual conference, May 14 in Puerto Rico. From more than 400 entries, Environmental Turf won two first-place awards and three Merit awards. … Apparel brand Glenmuir introduces a 22-product men’s performance collection for autumn/winter 2009, highlighted by three new shirts and two new lined sweaters. … Dean Larsson, an assistant professional at Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas, Texas, who will compete in his second HP Byron Nelson Championship, will donate $100 to the Birdies for Kids for each birdie he records. … Colt Ford (a.k.a. Jason Brown), age 39, a former seven-year player on the PGA Tour, reports more than 50,000 plays each day on MySpace of his country song “Ride Through The Country.” … NYCA celebrates TaylorMade‘s eighth year as the No. 1 driver on tour with a new ad campaign simply titled “Again.” Print, online and TV ads feature tour pros including Sergio Garcia, Mike Weir and Retief Goosen relying on their TaylorMade drivers at that moment when it’s all on the line. … Sports Key launches the Course Keeper Kit, which features a lightweight folding tool rake that doubles as a ball retriever and includes a divot repair tool, ball marker and extra tees. The kit mounts to any cart with a custom bracket. For information, visit www.coursekeeperkit.com.

Golf Channel announces the addition of Charlie Rymer to the network’s on-air team as an analyst for “Golf Central, Live From” telecasts and live tournament coverage. Rymer spent more than 10 years playing professional golf, with a third place at the 1995 Shell Houston Open his best PGA Tour finish. Also, the network launches its second “Father’s Day Dream Trip” promotion in which one father and his child will win a trip to the 2010 U.S. Open and outfit them with the latest TaylorMade equipment. One hundred word or fewer essays will be accepted online through June 5 at GolfChannel.com/FathersDay.

Dick’s Sporting Goods renews its commitment as title sponsor of the Champions Tour’s Dick’s Sporting Goods Open through 2012.

The new St. Mellion International Resort in Cornwall, England, opens June 1 and is offering a 30 percent discount on golf at its Jack Nicklaus Signature Course and the Kernow Course.

Izzo Golf announces a new partnership with Hi-Tec to exclusively distribute its new golf shoe line in the U.S. market. Izzo Golf will begin selling a limited 2009 Hi-Tec collection and will start showing the complete 2010 collection to retailers by the end of June. … Desi Pal, a former PGA instructor with Symbiotic Golf, is now a sales representative for Professional Golf Car Corp. … Annika Sorenstam signs an agreement between Subic Neocove Corp. and Annika Course Design for a 27-hole golf course in the northwestern part of Subic Bay in the Philippines. … Christy O’Connor is selected for the World Golf Hall of Fame in the Veterans Category. O’Connor will be inducted in St. Augustine, Fla., on Nov. 2. … GolfBC announces that May is “Free Lesson Month” at all nine of its British Columbia courses. The lessons are held each Saturday, 4-6 p.m. … Medicus Swingology Golf Schools will give its students access to the TrackMan ball flight monitor at its Medicus Golf Institute headquarters in Destin, Fla. … The Fairmont Chateau Whistler in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, will allow junior golfers to play free of charge when accompanied by a paying adult. … Seven Myrtle Beach, S.C., area golf courses are named to Golf Digest‘s 2009-2010 “America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses” list – the Heritage Club (No. 33), Dunes Golf and Beach Club (No. 38), Tidewater Golf Club and Plantation (No. 41), Caledonia Golf and Fish Club (No. 66), The Resort Club at Grande Dunes (No. 77), and Barefoot Resort and Golf‘s Fazio Course (No. 96) and The Dye Club (No. 99). … Glen Dornoch and Heather Glen of the Glens Golf Group in Myrtle Beach, S.C., are ranked in Zagat‘s sixth “America’s Top Golf Courses” edition.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announces that Wake Forest’s Natalie Sheary and Duke’s Amanda Blumenherst are selected Co-Players of the Year, and Demon Deacons coach Dianne Dailey is Coach of the Year. Also selected to the all-conference team are Jennie Lee of Duke, Caroline Westrup of Florida State, Jessica Hollandsworth of Maryland, Catherine O’Donnell and Allie White of North Carolina, Lauren Doughtie of N.C. State, Calle Nielson, Jennie Arseneault and Whitney Neuhauser of Virginia and Nannette Hill of Wake Forest.

Club Car Inc. becomes the new title sponsor of the Ontario PGA Spring Championship, May 25-26.