Nike Golf tour staff member Carl Pettersson won the Memorial Tournament and brought to seven the number of PGA Tour titles won by Nike Golf tour staff members.
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Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings: As of 6-05-2006
Annika Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb and Cristie Kerr hold the top five spots in this week’s Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings.
Suncadia Celebrates Debut Of Doak Layout
Golf architect Tom Doak on hand for opening of the Tumble Creek Golf Course at the 6,300-acre resort community in Roslyn, Wash.
AccuSport’s Vector Pro Launch System Chosen by Golf Magazine for Monthly Equipment Testing
AccuSport International announces that its Vector and Vector Pro Launch systems have been chosen by Golf Magazine to be used in the publication’s monthly equipment testing section.
Feel Golf Continues European Expansion in Italy, France and Spain
Feel Golf reports that its Italian distributor, Golf Trust Performance SRL, has added one of the country’s largest retailers to the growing list of outlets for the Feel Golf product line.
Element 21 Golf Company Shafts Place Third On The PGA Tour At The FedEx St. Jude Classic
Element 21 Golf Co. reports on the performance of its Eagle One iron shafts at the FedEx St. Jude Classic.
Tickets To 2007 PGA Championship At Southern Hills Country Club On Sale June 5
Tickets for the 2007 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., will go on sale today, Monday. PGA Championship ticket prices will range from $30 for a daily practice round ticket to $415 for a Wanamaker Club ticket, good for all seven days of the Championship.
Safeway Classic Amateur Open Will Provide Guaranteed Spot in LPGA Tournament to Winner
Tournament Golf Foundation announces the Safeway Classic Amateur Open, set for Aug. 4 in Aurora, Ore., Any woman amateur golfer with an established USGA handicap of 2.0 or less is eligible to compete and the winner will earn a guaranteed spot in the 54-hole Safeway Classic, held Aug. 18-20 in Portland, Ore.
Spirit Airlines To Offer Direct Flights Between Myrtle Beach, S.C. And Boston, Mass., Beginning August 15
Spirit Airlines plans to start daily flights between Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Boston, Mass., beginning Aug. 15. The Boston to Myrtle Beach flight will depart Logan International Airport each day at 10:05 a.m. with a 12:20 p.m. arrival in Myrtle Beach, just in time for an afternoon round of golf. The Myrtle Beach to Boston flight will leave Myrtle Beach International Airport daily at 1:15 p.m. and arrive in Boston at 3:30 p.m.
USGA Accepts 2,729 Entries For 2006 U.S. Senior Open, Includes 13 Past Champions
The U.S. Golf Association has accepted 2,729 entries, including those from 13 past champions, for the 2006 U.S. Senior Open, which will be played July 6-9 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.
AccuFLEX Golf’s Icon HL Hybrid Shaft Takes Top Spot On The Nationwide Tour
AccuFlex Golf reports that its Icon HL was the No. 1 hybrid shaft model in play at the Nationwide Tour’s Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh, N.C.
Lexus Cup Returns Bigger Than Ever: Ladies Professional Golf Association Sanctions Prestigious Tournament
Toyota Motor Asia Pacific and IMG announced the return of the Lexus Cup to Singapore this December. The LPGA will officially sanction the event.
BRIEFLY
Virginia Oaks Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., will host for Washington Redskins All-Pro Darrell Green’s charity golf tournament today, Monday, to benefit Green’s Youth Life Foundation. … Raycom Sports hires Jim Johnson as tournament director for the Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions and names Sherri Jacobi as director of sales. … Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan, Ray Romano, Charles Barkley and Donald Trump will be among the 80 stars scheduled to compete in the 17th American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Lake Tahoe, Nev., July 11-16. … Camden Country Club in Camden, S.C., which has played host to more Carolinas Golf Association championships than any of the association’s member clubs, will welcome its first South Carolina Match Play Championship, June 14-18.
AccuSport's Vector Pro Launch System Chosen by Golf Magazine for Monthly Equipment Testing
AccuSport International announces that its Vector and Vector Pro Launch systems have been chosen by Golf Magazine to be used in the publication’s monthly equipment testing section.
AccuFLEX Golf's Icon HL Hybrid Shaft Takes Top Spot On The Nationwide Tour
AccuFlex Golf reports that its Icon HL was the No. 1 hybrid shaft model in play at the Nationwide Tour’s Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh, N.C.
The Heavy Putter Helps Adrien Mork to Record-Breaking 59 on European Challenge Tour
Adrien Mork used a Heavy Putter en route to a record-breaking 59 at the Challenge Tour’s Tikida Hotels Agadir Moroccan Classic.
EWGA Naples Chapter Ladies’ PRO-AM At Tiburon and the Ritz Carlton
The third EWGA Naples (Fla.) Chapter Ladies’ Pro-Am will be held at Tiburon Golf Course and the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort on Saturday, June 10.
GolfOrlando Drives Vacationers with Extreme Golf Makeover
Golf Orlando, a golf marketing co-op comprised of 25 courses in Central Florida, announces a contest for its customers and prospects called the Extreme Golf Makeover contest.
YES! Golf Wins On Three Tours
Yes! Golf reports that the winners on the European, LPGA and Japan LPGA tours used its C-Groove putter last week.
Lamkin Donates Quarter Million to Fight Prostate Cancer
Lamkin announces that the company’s "Grips for Life" program has surpassed $250,000 in donations to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
