The Executive Women’s Golf Association names M.G. Orender, honorary president of the PGA of America, as recipient of its 2006 Leadership Award.
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Wyndham Worldwide to Sponsor PGA TOUR Event in Greensboro
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. signs a four-year agreement to become the title sponsor of the PGA Tour‘s event in Greensboro, N.C. The inaugural Wyndham Championship will be played Aug. 16-19, 2007, and will culminate the tour’s new season-long FedExCup points competition.
Rebirth at Holiday Valley, says BuffaloGolfer’s Travelin’ Duff
BuffaloGolfer.com profiles Holiday Valley Golf Club in Ellicottville, N.Y.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open to be held at En-Joie Golf Course
Broome County Community Charities Inc. announces that it will host a Champions Tour event, the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, at the En-Joie Golf Course in Endicott, N.Y., July 9-15. The tournament will feature a purse of $1.6 million.
SAS Championship Draws Elite Field to the Triangle
The Champions Tour’s SAS Championship, to be played Oct. 5-8 at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C., will feature the top 10 players on the official money list.
Kawartha Golf & CC Chooses DevStudios Leapfrog Golf Software
Kawartha Golf and Country Club in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, chooses DevStudios International‘s Leapfrog Business Operating System software for its golf operation.
Rounds Dip In August
The National Golf Foundation reports that rounds played dropped 0.8 percent in August 2006 vs. the same period in 2005, based on same-store sales.
The Third Annual Divine 9 Open Raises a Record $192,000 For Blood Cancer Research
The Divine 9 Open executive committee reports that the celebrity pro-am golf tournament, held May 19 at White Manor Country Club in Malvern, Pa., raised $192,000 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
The 8th PCA Worldwide Caddie Hall Of Fame needs your input
The Professional Caddies Association Worldwide Foundation is now accepting worldwide nominees for those deserving induction into the 2006 PCA Worldwide Caddie Hall of Fame.
Six Selected For USGA Fellowship
Six recent college graduates, representing a wide variety of interests and academic backgrounds, joined the U.S. Golf Association‘s Fellowship in Leadership and Service program this past June.
The six new Fellows are: Blair Bodine (Columbia University) of Philadelphia, Pa.; Josh Gelfand (University of Pennsylvania) of DuBois, Pa.; Erica Goodman (Middlebury College) of Fort Ann, N.Y.; Gennessa Guzman (University of Kentucky) of Covina, Calif.; Matt Keys (Dickinson College) of Carlisle, Pa..; and Amanda Wilson (Michigan State University) of Portage, Mich.
AccuFLEX Golf’s CREATION Shaft Captures Its 3rd Victory in 4 Weeks On The Sunbelt Senior Tour
AccuFlex Golf reports that Gene Jones won the Sunbelt Senior Tour’s G.W. Rockett Memorial Championship while using a Creation shaft in his driver.
PGA of America Approves Education Points For Attendees at ING Regional Seminar
The PGA of America approves education points for its members who attend the International Network of Golf‘s regional golf seminar in Atlantic City, N.J., Oct. 25-26.
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The Eric Dickerson Celebrity Challenge, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 30, at Empire Lakes Golf Course in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., will feature Julius Erving and Jim Brown in its field. … Cutter & Buck adds two new regional golf sales representatives — Mark Dillard and Bryan Kennedy. Dillard will be responsible for golf accounts in Alabama and the Florida panhandle; Kennedy will be responsible for south Texas and Louisiana. … Billy Casper Golf announces that Travis Kane is the new general manager of the Everett, Wash., municipal golf courses — Walter Hall and Legion Memorial. … Armadillo Golf Players, Austin, Texas’ Co-Ed golf league, will host the first "Walk Fore Your Heart" tournament, Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Harvey Penick Golf Campus to raise money for the American Heart Association. … Hidden Links, a golf tour operator to the British Isles and based in Atlanta, Ga., reports that handled the arrangements to the recent Ryder Cup for the official Kentucky delegation as the Ryder Cup hosts in 2008. … PGA European Tour Courses announces that Macreddin Golf Club in County Wicklow, Ireland, is to become a member of its group of championship golf venues. … The Britteny Sage Lindt Charity Golf Tournament will be held at the Lantana Golf Club in Lantana, Texas, Monday, Oct. 30. This tournament hopes to raise awareness toward the fight of drinking and boating laws. Funds raised will go toward fighting drinking and boating laws and scholarships in Lindt’s name. She was killed in a boating accident in 2006.
AccuFLEX Golf Reports on "What's in the Bag" for Rocky Rockett of the Big Break VI
AccuFlex Golf reports on what’s in Rocky Rockett‘s bag during The Golf Channel‘s "The Big Break VI – Trump National."
Rebirth at Holiday Valley, says BuffaloGolfer's Travelin' Duff
BuffaloGolfer.com profiles Holiday Valley Golf Club in Ellicottville, N.Y.
Dick's Sporting Goods Open to be held at En-Joie Golf Course
Broome County Community Charities Inc. announces that it will host a Champions Tour event, the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, at the En-Joie Golf Course in Endicott, N.Y., July 9-15. The tournament will feature a purse of $1.6 million.
Kawartha Golf & CC Chooses DevStudios Leapfrog Golf Software
Kawartha Golf and Country Club in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, chooses DevStudios International‘s Leapfrog Business Operating System software for its golf operation.
AccuFLEX Golf's CREATION Shaft Captures Its 3rd Victory in 4 Weeks On The Sunbelt Senior Tour
AccuFlex Golf reports that Gene Jones won the Sunbelt Senior Tour’s G.W. Rockett Memorial Championship while using a Creation shaft in his driver.
The Bag Boy Company Names Robin Agrella Sales & Marketing Manager
The Bag Boy Co. names Robin Agrella as sales and marketing manager.
Former Masters Champion Mike Weir To Make A Return Trip To The PGA Grand Slam Of Golf
Mike Weir will replace Masters champion Phil Mickelson in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Nov. 21-22 in Hawaii. Mickelson withdrew after telling the PGA of America that following the Ryder Cup he would not compete for the remainder of 2006.
