The PGA Fall Expo, Sept. 12-14 in Las Vegas, Nev., reports a sell-out for its inaugural PGA Fall Expo Golf Outing and Testing Day, an 18 percent increase in PGA Professional pre-registration and the growth of exhibitor participation to 336 golf companies.
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SMT Golf Wins in South Africa
SMT Golf reports that the Women’s Open and Senior division winners of the South African Re/Max Long Drive Championships used its club shafts.
Volvik Crystal Golf Ball Success Stories
Volvik Golf Balls reports on holes-in-one made with its Crystal golf ball.
Champions Tour 2007 Schedule Firming Up Following Recent Title Sponsor Extensions
The Champions Tour reports that 28 tournaments are in place for 2007, with 24 of them committed through at least 2008 and some extended as far out as 2010 and 2011. The Tour will soon announce the complete schedule.
Golf Galaxy Chooses AboutGolf Simulators
Golf Galaxy chooses AboutGolf as the retailer’s exclusive game-improvement golf simulator technology.
Jon Scott returns to Nicklaus Design to lead agronomic consulting efforts
Jon Scott returns to Nicklaus Design as vice president in charge of agronomic services, serving as a consultant and advisor to Nicklaus Design clients on agronomy and irrigation issues.
eGolfScore Extends Reach of Real-Time Wireless Scoring to United Kingdom at Multiple HSBC Regional Days and 2006 Gary Player Invitational
eGolfScore, a provider of wireless scoring for individual golfers and corporate, celebrity and charity golf events, establishes eGolfScore UK to provide support for an aggressive European expansion.
Pioneer for civil rights in golf recognized by GCSAA
Charles L. Sifford, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and the first African-American to play on the PGA Tour, has been selected to receive the 2007 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
The South Dakota Golf Association selects Cybergolf to design and host a web site and online marketing e-blast newsletter system for the organization
The South Dakota Golf Association selects Cybergolf to design and host a web site and online marketing e-blast newsletter system for its organization.
Aldila sets record shaft counts on 2006 Nationwide Tour
Aldila Inc. reports the second-highest count total of any shaft company on the Nationwide Tour this year during the Legend Financial Group Classic, Aug. 31-Sept. 3.
Rife Putters Capture A Top 5 Finish At The Deutsche Bank Championship And Again Rank 2nd On The Darrell Survey On The Champions Tour
Rife Putters reports a top-five finish with its new Island Series Barbados putter at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Pima Direct debuts spring ’07 line at PGA Fall Expo
Pima Direct will debut its spring 2007 line at PGA Fall Expo, Sept. 13-14 in Las Vegas, Nev.
45th Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship Rescheduled for November 14-16, 2006 at Cape Fear Country Club
The 45th Carolinas Senior Amateur Championship to be played at Cape Fear Country Club in Wilmington, N.C., has been rescheduled for Nov. 14-16. The CGA has moved the event from the previously rescheduled date of Oct. 24-26 to Nov. 14-16 due to a conflict with another senior amateur event in the area during the same time period.
SunBuster and GustBuster Set To Exhibit At The 2006 Fall PGA Expo
Innoventions Enterprises, makers of the GustBuster umbrella and SunBuster Sports Enhancement Eyewear, will exhibit at the PGA Fall Expo, Sept. 13-14 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Excel Golf Tee, Inc. Appoints Sellinger’s Power Golf As Exclusive Retailer Of The New 4" Zero Friction Golf Tee
The Excel Golf Tee Co. announces that the company has entered into an exclusive agreement with Sellinger’s Power Golf.
Versus Golf Adds Fairway Woods To "VS.1" Performance Line
Versus Golf announces that it now offers and has stock on its VS.1 fairway woods.
Entries Open For Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship; One Week Left to Enter Atlanta Amateur Match Play and Georgia Women’s Team
The Georgia State Golf Association is accepting entries for the 15th Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship, Nov. 15-17 at Lakes at Laura S. Walker in Waycross and Okefenokee Country Club in Blackshear.
Golf Digest Partners with Legendary Headwear on Exclusive License
Legendary Holdings Inc. announces an exclusive licensing agreement with Golf Digest, giving Legendary Holding’s headwear division the ability to design, manufacture and sell Golf Digest-branded headwear featuring the logos of the magazine’s authoritative golf course rankings.
BRIEFLY
Golf Yellow Pages will recycle old editions of its directory at the PGA Fall Expo, Sept. 13-14 in Las Vegas, Nev. Attendees or exhibitors may bring any one of 11 former Golf Yellow Pages editions (dated between 1994 and 2005) to booth 731 to receive a free copy of the 2006 edition. â?¦ Victoria Hills Golf Club in Deland, Fla., has been selected by the U.S. Golf Association and the Florida State Golf Association to host a U.S. Open local qualifier on May 21, 2007. â?¦ The SemperComm Foundation releases a list of sponsors for its SemperComm Golf Classic, set for Friday, Sept. 15, at the Fort Belvoir Golf Club in Alexandria, Va. â?¦ 3DEagleView, a maker of golf course yardage books, adds the Old, New and Jubilee courses at St. Andrews in Scotland to its client list. â?¦ CBS golf analysts Lanny Wadkins and Gary McCord will take on NBC golf analysts Johnny Miller and Roger Maltbie in a nine-hole, skins-format Kraft/Nabisco Shootout exhibition that will air on The Golf Channel, Monday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m. ET. â?¦ Nimbe Juarez and Aisha Smith, caddies at River Forest Country Club in Elmhurst, Ill., recently received Chick Evans Scholarships from the Western Golf Association. Juarez is attending the University of Illinois, while Smith, who graduated from Concord Academy in Massachusetts, is a freshman at Northwestern University. â?¦ The Golf Channel will air prime-time coverage of the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, Friday-Sunday, 7-9:30 p.m. ET.
CORRECTION
The Wire inadvertantly re-ran a commentary in its Wednesday, Sept. 6 issue.
Rankings Go To The Head
Legendary Holdings Inc. announces an exclusive licensing agreement with Golf Digest, giving Legendary Holding’s headwear division the ability to design, manufacture and sell Golf Digest-branded headwear featuring the logos of the magazine’s authoritative golf course rankings.
