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Monday, May 5, 2008 Volume 10 Issue 86

Correction

The site for the Dick's Sporting Goods Open was incorrectly identified in the Friday, May 2, issue of The Wire. The Champions Tour event will be played in Endicott, N.Y.

Courses

Architect Stephen Kay's renovation helps Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pa., celebrate its 50th anniversary.
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Angel Park Golf Club is named “Best Golf Course” in the 27th "Best of Las Vegas" Reader’s Poll conducted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Equipment

» Drivers

Honma Golf Co. introduces the third generation of Beres MG713 this month.
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» Shafts

Fujikura reports that it won the driver shaft brand count at this week’s Wachovia Championship, SemGroup Championship and South Georgia Classic.
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Events

Seaview Resort and Spa in Galloway, N.J., will hold a "Pretty in Pink" Mother's Day event to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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The Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Colonial Williamsburg, Va., will host the Jones Cup, July 14-15. The 36-hole twosome tournament is open to teams of (natural or adopted) father and son, grandfather and grandson, as well as stepfather and stepson, or father-in-law with a son-in-law.
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The first First Golf and Guitars Celebrity-Am Tournament and Concert is set for May 20th at the Alister MacKenzie Golf Course at Haggin Oaks in Sacramento, Calif.
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French Lick Resort in French Lick, Ind., will host the World Class Driving event, June 11-15.
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Radio

The nationally-syndicated "Where to Play Golf" radio show can now be heard on the internet Saturdays from 6-7 a.m. ET at www.wrnn.com and 11-Noon ET at www.wlip.com.
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Briefly

» Etcetera

Registration for the Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation’s Ewing Automotive Junior Tour is currently open. Online entries will be accepted at juniorgolf.ntpga.org. For information, go to the website or call 214.420.7421. ... The Park Hyatt Beaver Creek in Beaver Creek, Colo., is offering its summer and fall golf package, June 7-Oct. 31. The package includes overnight accommodations for two, and two 18-hole rounds of golf at Beaver Creek, Cotton Ranch, Eagle Ranch, or Eagle-Vail. Red Sky Golf Club is available for a surcharge of $150. For information, go to www.parkhyattbeavercreek.com or call 866.471.7658. ... John Hoffman has recently been named group sales associate for Orange County National Golf and Lodge in Winter Garden, Fla. ... Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, N.J., will host a four-day clinic featuring eight of the country’s top instructors, including short game instructor Stan Utley and top-50 teachers Brian Mogg and Mike Adams. Dates of the clinic have not been released. For information, go to www.hamiltonfarmgolfclub.com.

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