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Today's Feature Highlights
Apparel
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Fairway & Greene announces it will hold a series of regional Visual Merchandising seminars nationwide, including several affiliated with the Association of Golf Merchandisers.
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18th Couture designs shirts worn at PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
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» Eyewear
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Sundog Eyewear reports on Paula Creamer's win at the SemGroup Championship while wearing the Prowl sunglasses from her own 2008 Sundog Eyewear collection.
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Architecture
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Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects will create The Patriot, home course of the Folds of Honor Foundation (formerly the Fallen Heroes Foundation), in Owasso, Okla. Formal groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled for late May, with the golf course opening planned for July 4, 2009.
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Equipment
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Titleist reports its was the most played ball at the Wachovia Championship with 102 players. Also, Titleist was first in iron sets (T-36), wedges (140) and putters (55).
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» Putters
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Heavy Putter reports that the runner-up at the Spanish Open used its B1-M model.
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Yes! Golf reports that the winner of the Spanish Open used its Marilyn putter, and that 49 combined putters were in play on the European and LPGA tours.
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» Shafts
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KBS reports that the winner of the Spanish Open played Srixon 701 irons custom-fit with KBS Tour steel shafts.
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Aldila reports that it won the wood shaft manufacturer count at the South Georgia Classic and swept the hybrid shaft count on all four tours.
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Aldila advisory staff member Paula Creamer uses its new DVS shaft in her driver and Pink NVS in her 3-wood en route to winning the SemGroup Championship.
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» Spikes
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Champ Spikes reports that the respective winners of the Wachovia Championship and the SemGroup Championship both wore Scorpion Stinger spikes.
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Events
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BestCourses.com, Greenfees.com and AllGolfTv.com become the organizing founders for the first Randy Pausch Tournament benefiting the Alice Foundation. Dates of the fundraising event have not been announced.
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Internet
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Cybergolf adds Brook Valley Country Club in Greenville, N.C., as its newest client, and will custom design and host the property's website and e-mail marketing newsletter system.
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Partnerships
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AllGolfTV partners with BestCourses.com and GreenFees.com to cross promote and widen the level of service to courses and golfers.
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Players
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Nike Golf staff player Anthony Kim wins the Wachovia Championship to become the youngest winner on the PGA Tour in six years. Kim switched to the new Nike SQ Sumo 5000 driver and new One Platinum ball just more than two months ago.
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TaylorMade-adidas Golf tour staff professional Paula Creamer won a sudden-death playoff to capture the SemGroup Championship. Creamer played a full complement of TaylorMade-adidas equipment.
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Srixon staff professional Peter Lawrie birdied four of his last six holes to force a playoff at the European Tour’s Spanish Open and then won on the second playoff hole. Lawrie played Srixon's I-701 irons and Z-URS golf ball, along with Srixon wedges and No. 5 fairway wood.
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Programs
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The Royal & Ancient announces full support of China’s only officially-sanctioned junior golf development scheme, the HSBC China Junior Golf Program, contributing £100,000 of funding and its resources.
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Rankings
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Bernhard Langer continues to lead the Charles Schwab Cup point standings with 911. Scott Hoch is second with 820, followed by Jay Haas (692), Tom Watson (633) and Denis Watson (599).
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Technology
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Cypress Golf Solutions announces that Colony West Country Club in Tamarac, Fla., incorporates the Cypress technology suite into its operations.
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Training Aids
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Perfect Connextion reports on users of its training aids and their respective finishes at the South Georgia Classic and SemGroup Championship.
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 | GolfBrief.com: Pleading the fifth
The Players Championship is simply not the fifth major. A good tournament with a standout field, yes. But spare us the talk of it being in the same ballpark as the Grand Slam events. Story |
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