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Today's Feature Highlights
Acquisitions
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D.B. Temple, a San Francisco PGA professional and former director of golf at The Presidio Golf Course, acquires the San Francisco County rights to Total Golf Adventures, a national golf enrichment program conducted at-school, after-school environments throughout the country.
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Advertising
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Feel Golf Co. will begin airing 30- and 60-second ad spots of its reverse-taper Full Release performance grips on Golf Channel and other select sports networks beginning in May.
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Destinations
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The Kaua'i Visitors Bureau in Hawaii announces that the six courses that comprise the golf cooperative announces a new "Kaua'i Golf Swings and Things" promotion that offers multiple options.
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The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau in Pennsylvania announces that eight member golf courses of its cooperative have been named to GolfStyles Philadelphia magazine's "100 Must Play Courses of Greater Philadelphia" for 2008.
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Equipment
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Adams Golf introduces the latest offering of its Idea franchise with the new Pro Gold hybrid and hybrid irons.
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» Grips
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Lamkin reports that the winner of the LPGA Michelob Ultra Open played its Crossline grips.
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» Players
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SeeMore Putter Co. reports on Briny Baird, who finished fourth at The Players Championship. Baird has used his original SeeMore FGP while making 84 percent of the cuts (38/45) in the 2008 and 2007 season.
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» Shafts
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SMT Golf introduces its first steel golf shaft, available in both R/S and A/L combination flexes are 40.5-inches long raw length and .370 tip diameter to cover the wide array of flexes.
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» Tees
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Evolve Golf reports that three top-10 finishers at the Wachovia Championship used its Epoch tee.
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Events
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The New Golf Club of St. Andrews will celebrate the life of old Tom Morris with the Old Tom Morris Memorial Tournament on Wednesday, May 21, and a dinner on Saturday, May 24, which marks the 100th anniversary of Morris' passing.
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Internet
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The Aloha Section PGA Foundation, Hawaii's leading charitable organization, selects GolfSwitch Inc, to be its official online tee-time provider. The agreement also calls for GolfSwitch to design and develop TeeItUpHawaii.com.
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Cybergolf adds Vellano Country Club in Chino Hills, Calif., as its newest client and will custom design and host the property's website and e-mail marketing newsletter system.
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GolfLasVegasNow.com reports on how Tiger Woods could be moving to Las Vegas, and The Legacy Golf Club hosting a U.S. Open qualifier.
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Legal
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West Coast Trends Inc., makers of the Club Glove, files a lawsuit against Armor Gear LLC and its supplier Uneka Concepts Inc., in the Eastern District Court of Texas for patent infringement.
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Marketing
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Legendary Marketing adds Oak Terrace Resort in Pana, Ill., as its latest client.
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Programs
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The Course At Wente Vineyards in Livermore, Calif. announces its special "Women's Golf Month" for June.
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Promotions
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Orange County National in Winter Garden, Fla., kicks off the summer golf season with a five-month "Play Hard-Win Big" promotion with prizes up to $5,000 monthly.
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Victoria Hills Golf Club in Deland, Fla., announces a series of course promotions and special events at Mulligan's Tavern & Grille beginning this month.
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Publications
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The May issue of Golf Odyssey focuses on overseas golf vacation bargains.
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Rankings
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Alabama earns 20 of 22 first-place votes and finishes No. 1 in the final Golf World/Nike Golf Division I Coaches' Poll Alabama has won seven tournaments this season, including its first SEC Championship since 1979. Southern California is tied with Georgia for No. 2, followed by UCLA (No. 4) and Oklahoma State (No. 5).
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Technology
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GolfAchiever reports on amateur Lindy Duncan, who has qualified for an LPGA event.
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» GPS Systems
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ProLink Solutions announces that Grande Valley Ranch Golf Club in Eloy, Ariz., now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system.
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Training Aids
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EyeLine Golf releases MP3 training sessions for the NCAA Championship courses.
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Briefly
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Regions Financial Corp. announces the renewal of its commitment as title sponsor of the Champions Tour's Regions Charity Classic in Birmingham, Ala., through 2011. ... Daphne's Headcovers reports a 19 percent increase in global sales for the first quarter compared to the same period for 2007. ... The Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club in Durham, N.C., is a recipient of the 2009 AAA Four Diamond Award. This marks the Inn's ninth consecutive year and the Fairview Dining Room's 17th consecutive year receiving this coveted honor. ... CyberLinksGolf.com features Heritage Club in Pawleys Island, S.C., as its featured course of the week. ... Golf Event magazine partners with Eclipse Business Golf Academy to promote and grow the game of golf to corporations, charities and the collegiate sector. ... Representing the U.S. in the 2008 World Junior Golf Team Championship, June 18-21 in Toyota City, Japan are Bud Cauley of Jacksonville, Fla.; Wesley Graham of Port Orange, Fla.; and Cody Gribble of Dallas, Texas. ... Pat Holubetz joins Profile Products as Midwest regional sales manager. Holubetz replaces Dwight Johnson, who was promoted to Profile Golf business manager. ... Winning Edge Designs reports that Sergio Garcia chose it to design and manufacture his signature bull headcover.
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 | GolfBrief.com: Raking it in
GolfBrief columnist Jim McCabe has a peeve that was irritated at The Players Championship. No, it's not the quirky 17th island green - though that's for another day. Instead, it's the practice of bunker rakes, of all things, not being in bunkers. Story |
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