Even though they may not understand exactly what it is, most people are aware that there is something called theoretical physics, the branch of physics that . . . . You get the idea. (A complete explanation of theoretical physics is more likely to produce a headache than any clear understanding.)

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Recent record rains throughout the United States demonstrate how many communities rely upon golf courses to help handle torrential rain and subsequent flooding. A properly designed course provides a home for storm water, allowing for water filtration while keeping groundwater clean. The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) puts course owners in contact with golf course architects who can help maximize the storm water management capabilities of golf courses.

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Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) today announced the October 15 retail launch of its Spring 2011 apparel line for men and women. To showcase the new clothing line, Callaway is hosting an interactive poll on the Company's Facebook page that allows the public to determine which outfits Callaway Staff Professional Alvaro Quiros wears while competing in the upcoming PGA Championship. Professional golf's fourth and final major tournament of the season, the PGA Championship will be held from August 12-15 at Whistling Straits G.C. in Kohler, Wisconsin.

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Scottsdale’s Philip Francis, Anthem’s Scott Pinckney, Nogales’ Alberto Sanchez, Phoenix’s Charlie Marusiak and Chandler’s Garrett Iverson will compete in the 44th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship, one of the nation’s premiere amateur golf events, July 27 through 30 at Eugene Country Club in Oregon.

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In a tense final match, Nicholas Losole III prevailed over Jake Golembiewski to win the 86th Arizona Amateur Championship at Pinnacle Peak Country Club. Golembiewski led almost the entire match, but it was Losole who prevailed at the end on the 19th hole.

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Experience San Antonio's newest golf destination - the TPC San Antonio, a private PGA Tour golf resort in the rolling Texas Hill Country. Play 18 holes of golf, designed by the game's most iconic legends, for a great cause.

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Fairhaven, MA (May 3, 2010) - In a brilliant display of talent and confidence in himself and his equipment, Titleist Brand Ambassador Rory McIlroytrusted the Pro V1x golf ball and a complete bag of Titleist clubs to win the Quail Hollow Championship for his first career PGA Tour victory. Just days shy of his 21st birthday, McIlroy went 5-under over the final five holes to close with a course record 10-under 62, topping the nearest competitor and Masters champion by four shots. He capped the magical round by converting a 40-foot putt on the final hole to finish at 15-under 273. McIlroy turns 21 on May 4. This marks the second consecutive week a Titleist Brand Ambassador has joined the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour. Last week, Jason Bohn, who was also celebrating a birthday, went wire-to-wire to win the Zurich Classic. He also trusted the Pro V1x golf ball and 14 Titleist golf clubs for his success.

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Many of the world's best female golfers will be heading to Singapore to take part in the HSBC Women's Champions next month.

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There will be a field of the world’s top 10 golfers who will battle it out at January’s 2010 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship giving the fans a fantastic four days.
England’s Paul Casey who is number four in the World and two-time winner of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship will again be a firm favourite, behind Lee Westwood and Rory Mcilroy.
Another popular player who will be competing is the fiery Spaniard and world number eight - Sergio Garcia.

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As season openers go, this performance could not have been scripted any better. Trusting the Pro V1 golf ball, and for the first time, a bag of Titleist equipment, Geoff Ogilvy successfully defended his SBS Championship on the Plantation Course at Kapalua. Ogilvy posted a one-shot win at the winners-only tournament, rallying from a two-shot deficit with 10 holes to play. He closed with a 6-under par 67 to finish at 22-under 270. Displaying focus, determination and consistency, Ogilvy fired four consecutive rounds in the 60's for the second year in a row en route to his seventh career PGA Tour title. It marked another great start for the #1 ball in golf and an even better one for Titleist's newest brand ambassador.

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Stanford Who's Who welcomes Dale Wagner to the ranks of premier professionals for his outstanding leadership and commitment to excellence. In his position as Owner of Hardwood Hills LLC, he routinely demonstrates the hard work and dedication necessary to succeed.
 

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Buying golf equipment can be challenging at times. There are a wide range of equipment out there, and they include electric golf trolleys from popular brands such as Motocaddy, Powerhouse, Powakaddy, etc. Sometimes, it is not easy to make a buying decision due to the wide range of products available in the market.

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Plans to build a prestigious new multi-million pound links course on the west coast of Scotland close to Turnberry, Prestwick and Troon have taken a major step forward.

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Brunston Castle Golf Course in Dailly, South Ayrshire has announced a special "Twilight Round" offer for the autumn.

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The two Jeffrey D. Brauer-designed courses at the Giants Ridge Golf & Ski Resort in Biwabik, Minnesota highlight the resort's placement as one of North America's top golf resorts by Golf Digest magazine, as released in its Oct. 2009 issue.

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Black Diamond Ranch, a highly acclaimed private golf community located in Lecanto, Fla., is pleased to announce it has been named one of the "50 Greatest Courses of the Last 50 Years" by Golf Magazine. The greatest courses list was published in the magazine's recent 50th Anniversary Issue, which featured a look back on the last half century of golf.

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The Inn at Bay Harbor - A Renaissance Golf Resort located in Bay Harbor, Michigan has earned the #41 ranking on Golf Digest's prestigious 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America list. The rankings appear in the October 2009 issue currently on newsstands and can also be viewed online at www.golfdigest.com.

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The Best Western Scores Hotel, overlooking St Andrews world-famous Old Course, has appointed a new general manager to oversee a £200,000 refurbishment ahead of the 150th anniversary Open Championship next year.

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Camp Creek Golf Club - the award-winning Tom Fazio design developed by The St. Joe Company and located along Northwest Florida's stunning Gulf Coast - will host the PGA Dixie Section Team Championship, October 26-27, and the Anchorage Children's Home Tournament on November 2.

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Callawassie Island residents will celebrate the eagerly awaited finale of their $4 million Tom Fazio golf course renovation with a ribbon cutting and champagne toast on the 9th green of the club's Dogwood nine at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3. An Oktoberfest party will follow the toast and ribbon cutting.

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Half Moon Bay Golf Links - the world-class, 36-hole golf resort set against the dramatic cliffs of the Pacific Ocean just minutes from San Francisco and San Jose - is ranked No. 18 in Golf Digest's prestigious list of "The 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America."

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Canadian Rockies Golf (CRG) - a collection of seven courses and three resorts which comprise the popular, upscale lifestyle destination - announces that Golf Digest magazine has named The Fairmont Banff Springs No. 5 in the magazine's biennial rankings list "75 Best Golf Resorts in North America."

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CordeValle, one of Northern California's celebrated resort destinations and featuring what renowned golf architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. calls perhaps the finest creation of his career, has been selected to host the 25th PGA Cup, the premier international showcase for PGA Professionals, Sept. 16-18, 2011.

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KemperSports has announced the KemperSports Kids Fore Kids™ Art Contest to benefit The First Tee of San Francisco. The philanthropic program, sponsored by KemperSports, is a partnership between The First Tee West Region and The Presidents Cup, which takes place Oct. 6-11 at Harding Park Golf Course, a KemperSports-managed facility since 2004.

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The Wharf is pleased to announce the opening of The Hank Johnson School of Golf at The Golf Club of The Wharf.

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Pristine Bay Resort, home of The Black Pearl Golf Course designed by Perry and Pete Dye, is continuing to exceed construction benchmarks as it moves toward completion.

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Schmidt-Curley Design - the full-service golf-course architecture, master-planning and construction-management solution - announces its renovation of the Donald Ross Course at French Lick Resort was recognized in the October issue of Golf Digest.

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With pomp, circumstance and plenty of good old fashioned patriotism, the 3rd Annual Patriot Golf Day Weekend at PGA Village in Port St. Lucie was a stunning show, as nearly $17,000 was raised for the Folds of Honor Foundation. Patriot Golf Day events, held throughout Labor Day weekend, raise funds for the Folds of Honor Foundation which provides scholarships to the families of those military veterans who have become disabled or lost their lives while serving our great nation.

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Jack Barber, PGA head professional at Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis, Ind., whose leadership efforts for more than three decades have been a study in inspiring youth and aspiring PGA Professionals, has been named the 56th recipient of the PGA Golf Professional of the Year Award, the highest annual honor bestowed by The PGA of America on a PGA Professional.

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The Glens Golf Group, located along the Grand Strand of Myrtle Beach, S.C. is offering golfers the chance to play free with the purchase of at least three rounds of golf at any of their award-winning golf courses.

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It happens every day on every golf course in every state. Golfers, with the cooperation of their playing partners, actually hit two shots but count only one. The practice is called a mulligan, and for weekend hackers it’s as much part of the bag as a seven iron. On October 17, this somewhat unofficial rule will be somewhat officially recognized by National Mulligan Day.

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Pebble Beach Resort has been ranked No. 1 in the 2009 edition of Golf Digest's 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America. The resort, which will host the 2010 U.S. Open, regains the top spot after having dropped to third place in the previous ranking in 2006. Pebble Beach was also ranked No. 1 in 2004 and in 2002.

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Greg Norman, winner of more than 90 tournaments worldwide, recently visited 12-course Mission Hills Golf Club and shared his thoughts on the World Cup and golf's bright future in China.

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The Territory Golf and Country Club, an award-winning residential community near the town of Duncan, will play host to some of the region's top collegiate golfers at The Territory Classic Sept. 21 and 22.

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The focus of The PGA of America has officially shifted to Whistling Straits, as one of the country's most unmistakable venues hosts the 92nd PGA Championship, Aug. 9-15, 2010.

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Pawleys Plantation in Pawleys Island, S.C., is offering golfers a new "stay and play" package that includes three premium golf courses at an extraordinarily affordable rate. "Timeless Tees and River Scenes" offers the ultimate golf experience and is available from September 9, 2009 through November 29, 2009 for as low as $399 per person, including tax. Golfers can enjoy luxury accommodations for three nights at Pawleys Plantation, plus golf on its Jack Nicklaus-designed course, The Heritage Club and River Club. As an added incentive, golfers who book the package before September 30th, will receive a fourth night free, plus an additional round at Pawleys Plantation, including cart.

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The ScoreGolf Magazine national panel of distinguished golf course rankers has named the Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club as the Best New Course in Canada for 2009.

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United States Golf Association (USGA) Executive Director David Fay announced that the U.S. Senior Open will be held at Oak Tree National in 2014. This announcement follows Oak Tree National's recent $6 million renovation to return the golf course back to its original nationally renowned condition.

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Hawk's Landing Golf Club at the Orlando World Center Marriott, located at 8701 World Center Drive in Orlando, will participate in the third annual Patriot Golf Day, a joint initiative of The PGA of America and the United States Golf Association. Golfers across the country and at Hawk's Landing have the unique opportunity to donate $1 or more to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation (FoldsofHonor.org), which provides post-secondary educational scholarships to families of those who have become disabled or lost their lives in the line of duty. Hawk's Landing Golf Club will request at least an additional $1 for each green fee that is processed Sept. 4-7.

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Big Break Disney Golf contestant Andrew Giuliani won the 94th Met Open Championship Aug. 27 to join the likes of golf legends Walter Hagen, Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen, as well as current PGA TOUR player Johnson Wagner, as a winner of the event.

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The birthplace of American golf - West Virginia's Oakhurst Links - is up for sale. The asking price for the nine-hole course and its museum is $4.5 million.

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On Saturday, August 22nd, First Baptist Church will be hosting their 4th Annual "In His Grip" Invitational golf tournament at Horse Creek Golf Course in Dora, AL. We have seen over 100 men inside and outside our church attend our annual golf tournament and they keep coming back says Jim Wilson, tournament director and chairman of the deacon board at First Baptist Church in Jasper, AL.

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Rock Manor Golf Course - owned by the City of Wilmington and leased by Billy Casper Golf (BCG) - will host "Customer Appreciation Day" on Saturday, August 22 featuring reduced greens fees, contests and discount merchandise.

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When it comes to golf destinations, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa is among the best in the Midwest and ready to welcome golfers with an assortment of fall packages. Home to the 2008 PGA Professional National Champion and six-time Michigan Open Champion, Scott Hebert and boasting three, distinguished 18-hole championship courses, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa is the perfect destination to get back into the swing of things.

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2009 U.S. Amateur The focus of the golf world will be on Tulsa and two of its high-quality golf courses for the 109th U.S. Amateur, Aug. 24-30.

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Victoria Hills Golf Club - an award-winning, Ron Garl designed course owned by The St. Joe Company and managed by Billy Casper Golf - announces an enhanced version of its 2009 "Summer Card Club Program," offering unlimited, discounted golf through September 30th.

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Legendary golfer Billy Casper will conduct putting and short-game clinics and relate stories about the PGA TOUR, his Hall-of-Fame career and golf in general at The Village Golf Club on Friday, August 14 from noon to 3 p.m.

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Mystic Dunes would like to invite golfers to kickoff the football season at the "Kickoff Golf Classic" on August 29th, 2009. This fun, two-man team scramble golf tournament is sure to offer some exciting plays. Bring your clubs, teammate, and favorite team gear while Mystic Dunes supplies all the football fun!

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Only one of a handful of courses to host final stage qualifying for the 2009 U.S. Open earlier this season, Stonewall Orchard Golf Club will host the 87th Illinois PGA Section Championship August 31 thru September 2. A daily fee facility that is open to the public, this will be the fourth time that Stonewall Orchard has hosted the Illinois PGA's most prestigious event and one that is currently on rotation with renowned private facilities Medinah and Olympia Fields.

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Imaging Healthcare Specialists, a medical imaging company with 15 outpatient imaging centers in the greater San Diego area, is hosting its 6th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Wednesday, September 16, 2008 at the Coronado Municipal Golf Course.

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Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks - located an hour west of Denver in the scenic "Front Range" of the Colorado Rockies - announces its accommodation partners for the 2009 golf season, including: Main Street Station; Grand Timber Lodge; Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center; and Resort Quest, Breckenridge.

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Princeville's top-ranked Prince Golf Course, located on Kauai's spectacular north shore, is now offering substantial savings for visitors who want to play the course more than once plus avoid the airline baggage fees to bring their own clubs along. The Prince has announced a 50% discount off rental clubs for golfers who purchase one of the course's two- or three-round packages.

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Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J., has been selected to host the 2012 USGA Senior Amateur Championship, Sept. 29-Oct. 4.

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The Territory Golf and Country Club, an award-winning residential community just outside the town of Duncan, continues impressive membership growth despite the troubled economy.

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Golf Professional Glen Coombe, "The Putting Doctor" will hold his next putting clinic at Catawba Country Club located in Newton, NC on Friday August 14th. The host for this clinic is PGA Golf Professional Ted Brewer.

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Victoria will welcome golfers and visitors from around the globe when it hosts the Telus World Skins Game at The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa in June, 2010.

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Excel Golf, a family partnership operated by Bruce Cassidy Sr., today announced a tentative agreement to buy a majority interest in The Concession Golf Club and bring financial stability to the golf side of the golf and residential development.

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The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau - overseeing the storied, four-county region in Northeast Pennsylvania with more than 25 courses and award-winning designs by Jack Nicklaus, Donald Ross and A.W. Tillinghast - has extended its partnership with Buffalo Communications as its golf-destination public-relations agency.

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Want a chance to play Bay Harbor Golf Club for only $49? Now through the end of August, add 18 of Bay Harbor Golf Club's stunning 27 holes for only $49 when staying on a Boyne Unlimited Golf package, which starts at the ultra low price of $88 per person, per night.

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The Hacker's Guide to Twin Cities Golf Courses, recently introduced in the Twin Cities, is the first in a planned series of golf course guides that have gotten the attention of rank-and-file golfers across the Upper Midwest. Average golfers, those that represent 80% of the golfing public and are fondly referred to as "hackers", have flocked to join the growing army of golf course raters that are instrumental to the success of Hacker's Guide (www.hackersguides.com).

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Jack Holmgren, who played on Wayzta's state Class AAA championship team this spring, shot a 1-over-par 73 on Monday at St. Cloud Country Club and then won a three-hole playoff to claim medalist honors in the Boys Division at the Minnesota PGA Junior Players' Cup for the 13-15 Age Group.

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The Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owner's Association (MBAGCOA) has named Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club the 2009 Myrtle Beach Golf Course of the Year.

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Tom Jenkins, who graduated from Bemidji High School in 1996 and now lives in Maple Grove, returned to Bemidji this week and celebrated the occasion by winning the championship of the Birchmont resort tournament. Jenkins, who finished second in this tournament twice (2001 and '02), defeated Tim Skarperud 1 up in the final.

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Mike Christensen, the former Minnesota State Amateur, Minnesota Golf Champions and two-time state high school champ, spent the last couple of years caddying for Kevin Streelman, one of the rising stars on the PGA Tour. It was a fairly profitable arrangement, because Streelman has made more than $2.1 million since becoming fully exempt on the tour in January of 2008.

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Wintonbury Hills Golf Course - managed by Billy Casper Golf (BCG) - has been named the best municipal golf course in Connecticut by Golf Digest in the magazine's "Best Muny in All 50 States" rankings.

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Nearly 1,000 Special Olympics athletes, coaches, volunteers, plus national sports governing body officials will gather on Friday, July 31, for Opening Ceremonies of the Special Olympics National Invitational Tournament. The 2009 invitational event will host national golf and softball tournaments for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, in Lincoln, Nebraska, August 1-3, 2009.

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Legendary golfer Billy Casper will conduct putting and short-game clinics and relate stories about the PGA Tour, his Hall-of-Fame career and golf in general at The Golf Club of Florissant on Saturday, August 1 from 8 a.m. to Noon.

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Wentworth Hills Golf Club will host a charity golf tournament on Aug. 10 in partnership with Birdies for Charity, an initiative of the Deutsche Bank Championship. The tournament, hosted by Baseball Hall of Famer and former Red Sox star Jim Rice, will benefit the Norton/Attleboro YMCA and the Hockomock Area YMCA, both participants in the Birdies for Charity program.

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They say a picture says a thousand words and seldom has that truism rung more clear than in a streaming video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0WniiMK0Gw) about (www.circlingraven.com), the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and its casino resort hotel (www.cdacasino.com) on YouTube.com - the iconic social media site which allows people worldwide to "see, touch, feel and listen" to things around the globe they wouldn't otherwise.

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Michael Casey, Managing Director of Rosewood Sand Hill, has announced that the recently opened 123-room hotel, spa and restaurant, located just one mile west of the Stanford University campus, will now offer stay-and-play packages that allow guests access to the acclaimed Stanford University Golf Course. The renowned course had previously been open only to Stanford students, faculty, alumni and their guests.

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The Kaua'i Visitors Bureau announces that Travel + Leisure magazine has named Kaua'i the fourth-best island in the world and island-rich Hawai'i's No. 1 island.

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Buege, Detlefsen Miss Cut in Callaway Junior World Championships

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A Victorian mansion once owned by the man who founded one of the greatest golfing tournaments in the world has been rescued from ruin and turned into the ultimate 'des res' for golfers.  Coodham House, near Symington in Ayrshire was the family home of James Ogilvy Fairlie, the creator of Prestwick Golf Course and the man who started the Open Championship 149 years ago.

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GCSAA Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Woodward, CGCS, called the efforts of Bethpage golf course superintendent Craig Currier, his staff and the more than 150 volunteers "amazing" and "inspirational" as they fought heavy rains to ensure the completion of the 2009 U.S. Open on Monday.

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"We are very excited to have Kris Chambrot as general manager of the Marion Oaks Country Club," stated Brendan Flaherty, Head Manager of Warrior Golf Development, which owns the Marion Oaks Country Club. "We welcome Kris Chambrot's new and innovative ideas to the Club."

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Representatives of Dataw Island Club announced that the Club has approved a renovation project that will involve both the Cotton Dike and Morgan River golf courses.

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After drinking at least 10 beers at a golf course on state Highway 167 and being left behind by the relatives who brought him there, a South Milwaukee man decided to drive himself the nearly 40 miles back to his home -- in a golf cart.

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Circling Raven Golf Club (www.circlingraven.com) and Director of Golf Tom Davidson has been named a finalist in the PGA of America's national "Merchandiser of the Year" contest which will be decided later this summer. Davidson was notified by the PGA last week that the operation here has made the final cut. (Photos of the pro shop and Davidson are available upon request.)

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Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sorenstam will serve as celebrity host, guest of honor and even the chef de partie at a special benefit for the ANNIKA Foundation to be held Oct. 14, 2009 at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club in Bedminster Township, N.J.

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Notah Begay III, the PGA Tour's only full-blooded Native American player, is joining forces with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to create Firekeeper, a golf course that will be part of the Prairie Band Casino and Resort north of Topeka, Kan.

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Tom Hyman defeated Mark Rubin 2 and 1 to win the 4th Senior Amateur Match Play Championship at Delray Dunes Golf & Country Club on June 14-18.

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After much deliberation the Indiana Golf Association, along with South Bend Country Club, have decided that it is in the best interest of the Championship to move the 2009 State Amateur to Rock Hollow Golf Club in Peru, Indiana.

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Never rest till good is better and better best aptly describes major renovation work recently completely at Cedar Hill Country Club in Livingston, New Jersey.

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The PGA Championship and its historic Wanamaker Trophy will return to Whistling Straits for the 92nd PGA Championship, Aug. 9-15, 2010. Tickets for this major championship, featuring the world's greatest golfers, officially went on sale May 29.

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Rivers Edge Golf Club in Shallotte, NC, closed June 1st, 2009 for two months to convert the putting surfaces to environmentally friendly SeaDwarf ® Seashore Paspalum turfgrass, Signature Golf Group, the Myrtle Beach, SC, based management company, announced.

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Pairings have been set for the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier at Stonewall Orchard Golf Club in Grayslake, a far north suburb of Chicago.

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Representatives of The Landings on Skidaway Island announced that the Deer Creek Course is currently undergoing a complete renovation project that will total $7.7 million when the course reopens October 2009.

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The results of the 2009 Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA) writing contest have been announced, and Golf Digest Publications received 20 awards across its multiple properties, the most of any publication group and tied for the most in company history.

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Ballyneal Golf and Hunt Club in Holyoke, CO has been ranked the 53rd best golf course in the world by Top 100 Golf Courses, the only independent website dedicated to the top golf courses of the world. The UK-based website's ranking system is derived from existing golf publication rankings coupled with ratings from reviewers who have played the courses. www.top100golfcourses.co.uk

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For the third consecutive year, Redlands Mesa Golf Course Community has been recognized by Travel and Leisure magazine as one of "America's Top 100 Golf Communities."

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The Shuswap Region has long been known as one of Canada's favorite recreational playgrounds. A new web-based marketing entity, www.GolfShuswap.com, has been created to further build global awareness of golf tourism in the British Columbia interior.

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The award-winning Territory Golf and Country Club announces the expansion of its popular stay-and-play packages for the 2009 season with the addition of a third on-site home to host visitors.

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Renowned former amateur golfer Steve Scott has been named the new head golf professional at The Ridge at Back Brook, a highly acclaimed, Tom Fazio-designed private club located in Ringoes, NJ, between Princeton and Flemington.

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ProLink Solutions -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising -- announces La Paloma Country Club (Tucson, Ariz.) now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity.

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The classic, rugged links of Ballybunion Golf Club in South West Ireland, will stage the 13th edition of the Irish Seniors Open in association with AIB and Fáilte Ireland from June 5-7, 2009.

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Bolingbrook Golf Club has been named as one of the 2009 Best Courses You Can Play, according to a listing created by Golfweek, a weekly golf periodical with over 1.3 million readers. The upscale municipal course, located in Chicago's southwest suburb, will be ranked as one of the top public-access layouts in the United States, as selected by the magazine's ranking system it was announced today.

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ProLink Solutions - a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising -- announces its exclusive distributor in Spain, Golf Consulting Services, has installed the ProLink GPS system at Dehesa Montenmedio Golf and Country Club (Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain).

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Golf aficionados, pack your clubs and get ready to experience one of "Hall of Fame" architect Pete Dye's greatest designs, as well as one of America's top golfing combinations. French Lick Resort, located in southern Indiana, announces that the new Pete Dye Golf Packages for the 2009 golf season are available for booking.

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How much golf can you play in a day? How about a full year? Pinehurst is challenging avid golfers to answer both - with an unprecedented grand prize to prove it.

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Europe's 2010 Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie has praised the impact of the Scottish Challenge which continues to play a vital developmental role in the build up to The 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

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Billy Casper Golf ("BCG") has been selected to manage Jennings Mill Country Club (Athens, GA), home of PGA Tour Qualifying School since 1997 and the Nationwide Tour's Athens Regional Foundation Classic since 2006.

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Discriminating golfers seeking more than just a few hours on the course will find their own little "slice" of heaven as the AAA Four Diamond Rosen Shingle Creek hotel and award-winning Shingle Creek Golf Club unveil two new luxurious golf, lodging, dining and spa packages: the "Stay and Play" one-night package and the even more indulgent "Stay and Play, Dine and Unwind" two-night package. Both packages are available through Dec. 2009, are inclusive of tax and subject to availability.

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Through a new promotion with Golfpac Travel, participating Fairmont resorts are offering free lodging and golf in 2009 to PGA Professionals. PGA Professionals who round up two foursomes, will receive lodging and golf at no charge, compliments of Fairmont Resorts.

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Marriott Golf, one of the world's premier golf operators, is pleased to announce that Grande Pines Golf Club, located in Orlando, Fla., has received the Chapter Award for Environmental Leadership in Golf for a Resort Facility from the prestigious Golf Course Superintendent's Association of America (GCSAA)/Golf Digest's Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards (ELGA). ELGA recognizes golf courses and superintendents worldwide for their commitment to environmental stewardship.

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TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, Naperville Country Club in Naperville, Ill., and Manila Country Club in Makati City, Philippines, are the winners in Golf Inc. magazine's annual Renovation of the Year competition.

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Coach Joey D will be at the Northern Trust Open working with his players on the PGA Tour during the week of February 16th. On Tuesday, Feb. 17th he will head over to Oak Creek Golf Club to meet local golfers and talk about how to train like the pros and his perspective on the importance of golf fitness. It will give golfers an opportunity to see what really goes on in a day in the life of a professional Tour player.

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When the PGA Tour comes to town, watching the world's best players perform up close and in person is always a "must have" ticket for golfers. Datrek, the golf industry's market share leader in golf bags, is now offering free tickets to PGA Tour events around the country, with the introduction of the Datrek 2009 PGA Tour Season Pass Promotion.

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Active duty military personnel and their families will receive free admission to the Northern Trust Open, Feb. 16-22, at Riviera Country Club, it was announced.

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Representatives of Dataw Island announced the addition of Ted Bartlett as general manager and chief operating officer of Dataw Island. In these roles, Bartlett's responsibilities include growing membership, improving and increasing club services, updating the club facilities at Dataw and coordinating all Dataw staff.

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Druids Glen Golf Resort, one of the leading golfing venues in Europe, has become the latest big name to join National County Card.

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The McGladrey Team Championship, the first nationwide grassroots best-ball amateur championship conducted by The PGA of America, marks its third year with a new title, an enhancement to its format and a third consecutive return for the National Championship at Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort.

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Located at the base of Spring Mountain and just minutes from the fabulous Las Vegas strip, it took no time for Rhodes Ranch to become a leader in golf in the Vegas Valley. The rolling fairways that spread out over 162 acres, a collection of water features, and varying elevations, made GPS an optimal choice for this property. Which is why, Escalante Golf didn't hesitate to add GolfLogix Systems Inc. GPS service. They realized that this added amenity would be a driving force to keeping Rhodes Ranch the leading choice in the Vegas Valley.

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Six acclaimed golf and/or resort properties - The Fairmont Banff Springs, Silvertip Resort, Canmore Golf & Curling Club, Kananaskis Country Golf Course, The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club and Stewart Creek Golf and Country Club - offering 135 holes of golf throughout Western Canada's Rocky Mountains, have combined to offer visitors convenient access to a world-class collection.

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The Number One Ultralite Shaft on Tour, Grafalloy, continued its winning legacy by taking the first-, second- and third-place money positions at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters on the European Tour.

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Mission Hills Golf Club - the world's largest collection of premier golf courses with 12 layouts designed by many of the greatest golfers and golf course architects from five continents - announces its recent recognition as the "World's Largest Golf Club" by the Guinness World Records for the fifth straight year.

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Butterfield Trail Golf Club in El Paso, Texas, and The Castle Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, have been honored as the 2008 winners in Golf Inc. magazine's annual Development of the Year contest.

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KemperSports recently named John Vest general manager of Chuck Corica Golf Complex in Alameda, Calif. Vest brings to the position 20 years of experience in the golf industry and has been a Class "A" member of the PGA since 2001.

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Orange County National is kicking off Super Bowl weekend with Golf Extravaganza on Saturday, Jan. 31. Golf, food and fun are all packaged for a perfect afternoon on its two championship golf courses, Panther Lake and Crooked Cat. Orange County National was recently ranked No. 8 in the country and No. 1 in Florida in Golf World's "Readers Choice Awards" of the nation's top public facilities.

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The awards keep coming for West Baden Springs Hotel and French Lick Resort! Already recognized by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler as 21st in the "Top 75 U.S. Mainland Resorts", the southern Indiana destination has now made the magazine's ultra-exclusive Gold List for 2009.

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Join the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort and Casino on February 9th, 2009 for an exciting weekend of golf! This Scottsdale golf resort is the premier lodging choice in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, with a fabulous spa, 24-hour fitness center, and casino onsite.

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A new year, a new season and another impressive start for Titleist, as Geoff Ogilvy trusted his Pro V1 golf ball to capture the Mercedes-Benz Championship in wire-to-wire fashion. It marked the fifth career PGA Tour title for the 2006 U.S. Open champion, who advanced to No. 6 in the world ranking following the win. In fact, it was a 1-2 finish for Titleist golf ball loyalists, as Davis Love III relied upon the new 2009 Pro V1x and a full bag of Titleist golf clubs for his success. Twenty players in the winners-only event relied upon Titleist, ten of whom put the new 2009 Pro V1 or Pro V1x into play during the first week it was available for competition.

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Cobra Brand Ambassador Geoff Ogilvy burst out of the gates at Kapalua Resort's Plantation Course and outclassed an elite field of 2008 PGA Tour champions to win the first event of the 2009 PGA Tour season, the prestigious Mercedes-Benz Championship. Ogilvy took the outright lead on the 14th hole of the opening round and never trailed the remainder of the tournament. He birdied four straight holes on the back nine and posted a final round 5-under 68 for a 24-under 268 total, six shots clear of his closest competitors.

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Spring Island in Okatie, SC has been ranked the 17th best golf community in America by Travel + Leisure Golf. Each year the magazine compiles a list of America's top 100 golf communities in which each property is reviewed in six categories: golf amenity; residential architecture and style; location; management, service and programming options; nongolf amenities; and environmental stewardship. In 2007, Travel + Leisure Golf ranked Spring Island 23rd. Currently, the community is constructing a new sports complex complete with fitness center, multiple pools, tennis courts and a new croquet pitch.

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The Irish Open, one of the most enduring and prestigious championships on The European Tour International Schedule, will return to the classic links of County Louth Golf Club, Baltray, from May 14-17 this year.

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The PGA TOUR will head to Honolulu next week for the Sony Open in Hawaii, the first full-field event of the 2009 season, Thursday – Sunday (Jan. 15-18) live at 6 p.m. ET starting with Golf Central Pre Game. GOLF CHANNEL’s team of anchors, reporters and analysts will prepare viewers for tournament coverage with interviews and analysis, followed by live action at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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Mild climate and excellent course conditions make the Georgia coast a great winter golf escape. Jekyll Island, Georgia, on the Georgia coast, offers 4 courses for golfers to choose from and excellent hotel packages so they can stay and play. Tee times are numerous and rates are low. This is the perfect time and place for a winter weekend getaway.

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Marriott Golf, one of the world's premier golf operators, today announced the successful completion of the Company's 2008 environmental program, as Camelback Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ - the original Marriott Golf managed property - became Marriott's 25th golf property to become a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

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PGA tour player Stewart Cink, ranked #16 worldwide and number 10 on the money list, took in not just one, but two rounds of golf at Old Corkscrew Golf Club last week.

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Mission Hills Golf Club - the world's largest collection of premier golf courses with 12 layouts designed by many of the greatest golfers and golf course architects from five continents - announces its Jack Nicklaus-designed World Cup Course will host Asia's most significant amateur tournament, the Asia-Pacific Open Amateur Championship, January 13-16.

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The 16th hole at the TPC Scottsdale, the PGA Tour's loudest and most enthusiastic golf hole, will also become the Tour's first-ever true Stadium Golf Hole when the 2009 FBR Open tees off January 26th - February 1st. Tournament hosts The Thunderbirds have added close to 3,000 new general admission bleacher seats behind and to the right of the green on the 162-yard, par 3. The 16th is now fully enclosed by bleachers and skyboxes and has capacity for between 15,000 to 20,000 golf fans.

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Rich Beem, winner of the 2002 PGA Championship and a three-time winner on the PGA TOUR, has been selected as a sponsor's exemption for the 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer. Joining Beem as sponsor's exemptions for the Classic will be Jason Gore, Billy Andrade, Olin Browne, Robert Gamez, Bobby Clampett, Troy Kelly and D. A. Points.

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Kodak is teeing off the new year with the inaugural Kodak Challenge, a first-of-its-kind competition for PGA Tour players and fans, begins January 8th at the Mercedes-Benz Championship at The Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii. An Advisory Board of leading golf experts and influentials selected Hole #18 as one of 24 Kodak Challenge holes in the U.S. and Canada.

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Phil Bundy, age 43, begins his official quest to play on the PGA Tour. And his son, Charlie (aged 5), is his inspiration. "He also loves golf," Bundy explains, "and if I don't do this, someday he will ask why."

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Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, which hosts the annual PGA Tour Transitions Championship, has named Rodney Green as its new director of golf.

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The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel celebrated a soft opening marking the return of the Laurance Rockefeller-built beachfront hotel and one of the world's most revered resorts on the Big Island's Kohala Coast.

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The Callaway Golf Foundation will host the second professional/celebrity golf tournament, the Callaway Golf Foundation Challenge, at the historic Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles on December 15. The tournament will benefit groundbreaking cancer research projects supported by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).

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Two new golf courses are planned on the Portuguese island of Madeira, bringing the total number of courses on the island to four. Madeira has the perfect climate for golf with warm weather throughout the year and minimal rainfall.

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In a dramatic conclusion on the back nine of Sunday's final round, Jay Mitchell from Palestine, Texas overcame a seven shot deficit to capture the Champion's Trophy for the 2008 IPT Tour Championship. For his efforts, Jay earned in excess of $25,000, including winnings in the Scratch, Open Net, and Net Championship Divisions of the IPT's season ending event at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay, TX held November 20-23, 2008.

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Marriott Golf, one of the world's premier golf operators, announced that Crane's Landing Golf Club, in Lincolnshire, Ill., is the latest property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. This marks the 15th Marriott Golf managed property to achieve Audubon Certification, as part of the Company's green initiatives. By the end of 2008, 25 managed golf properties in North America and the Caribbean will become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries.

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With a climate that encourages year round play, the Andalusia region's newest luxury hotel and golf resort, Finca Cortesin, is arguably the best in all of Spain. Only 40 minutes west along the coastline from Malaga, Finca Cortesin Golf Club, is quickly showing why it is becoming a must-play course destination. Finished in 2006, the course was recently named the new home of the Volvo World Match Play Championship in 2009.

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Marriott Golf, one of the world's premier golf operators, today announced the most recent property to become Audubon Certified, as part of the Company's efforts to ensure that all managed golf properties in North America and the Caribbean become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries by the end of 2008. Seaview Golf Resort, one of the premier resort destinations in the Northeast located just outside of Atlantic City, N.J., has become the 16th Marriott Golf managed property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for golf courses.

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The International Players Tour (IPT) announced today that the IPT 2008 Tour Championship at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Marble Falls, TX November 20-23, 2008, will be televised for the first time in its history. IPT has partnered with Flying Sensors Productions of Salt Lake City, Utah to cover the 2008 Tour Championship and several IPT tournaments in 2009. The inaugural production will feature highlights of the Tour Championship, personal interest stories, and destination vistas of Horseshoe Bay Resort. The show will appear on several internet web sites including AllGolfTV, as well as the IPT and Flying Sensors sites. Ron Beaman, IPT Founder and CEO, offered, "Our linkage with Flying Sensors is a great first step in video production for the IPT. Golfers from around the world will now have the opportunity to view the excitement of our Tour Championship on the internet, where the winner's share in 2008 is $20,000!" And Beaman added, "The simple presence of the TV cameras and crew will add a new dimension to the experience for the players and their fans - making those three foot putts a little longer!"

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Indian Wells Golf Resort's Players Course, an OB Sports-managed facility, received a 4 1/2 Stars rating for daily-fee courses in Golf Digest's 2008-2009 edition of Best Places You Can Play.  GPS Industries Inc. (GPSI) congratulates OB Sports and Indian Wells, CA for the "outstanding" recognition of the John Fought designed layout. Their Inova GPSI system is installed on golf carts at the resort.

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The Longaberger Golf Club today announces its award-winning course has garnered distinction in GolfWorld magazine's inaugural "Readers' Choice Rankings" in the category "Top 50 Public Courses."

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Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort - home to the state's only Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course - announces the Legendary Tees golf package. Through November, guests can play the award-winning resort course for only $25 per round with the purchase of a $119 double occupancy room.

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Poppy Hills launched a newly renovated website, www.poppyhillsgolf.com, last week. The enhanced site boasts a clean, fresh look with a modern design making it even easier to make an online starting time. Other features include a comprehensive virtual tour with audio commentary, updated pro shop and instruction news, a section on weddings and a photo gallery from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

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Schmidt-Curley Design - the full-service golf-course architecture, master-planning and construction-management firm - announces its Plantation Course at Siam Country Club in Pattaya, Thailand will host LPGA stars from around the globe, February 26 - March 1.

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Representatives of Dataw Island Club today announced that their Cotton Dike and Morgan River golf courses have achieved designation as a "Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary" through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses, an Audubon International program. Dataw Island Club is the 23rd club in South Carolina and the 663rd club in the world to receive the honor.

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Whether you're trying to escape to a warmer climate or are looking for the perfect holiday gift for your favorite golfer, Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando announces its Swing in the Holidays package for golfers looking to challenge themselves at one of the most beloved stops of the PGA Tour.

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Bird Golf Academy is proud to announce that The Diplomat Golf Resort & Spa, a world class resort located in Hallandale Beach, Florida, has become its East Coast Flagship site.

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Ludowici Roof Tile and KTM Roofing are proud to announce the completion of an historic clay tile roof preservation project for East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA. East Lake is the home of The Tour Championship, the final event in the FedEx Cup.

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Camp Creek and Shark's Tooth Golf Clubs -- award-winning Tom Fazio and Greg Norman designs located along Northwest Florida's stunning Gulf Coast - have been selected by the United States Golf Association ("USGA") and the Florida State Golf Association ("FSGA") to host qualifiers for the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in 2009.

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The decision by Lookaway Golf Club, in Buckingham, PA, to help a golf-related organization over other worthy charitable endeavors accomplished two things: it eliminated any prolonged debate about choosing a beneficiary, and more, it launched a model for fund raising by private golf clubs.

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ProLink Solutions -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising -- today announces Renditions Golf Course (Davidsonville, Md.) now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity.

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PGA of America President Brian Whitcomb has a blueprint that will play well in New Mexico tourism circles. "I've heard too often that New Mexico is a hidden gem," said Whitcomb, a featured guest for the 42nd PGA Professional National Championship Media Day at Twin Warriors Golf Club. "Well, one of the reasons our Association will bring this National Championship to New Mexico is to take the word 'hidden' out of the discussion.

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Gull Lake View Golf Club & Resort announces the grand opening of the new Bedford Valley Clubhouse. Recently opened in August, 2008, this 8,500 sq ft facility stands as a new centerpiece for one of Michigan's most popular golf courses. The purpose of the new clubhouse and banquet facility is to better cater to the needs of Gull Lake View clients and residents.

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Pete Schomin accomplishes a feat even more rare than a hole-in-one.  Recently Pete Schomin of Hollandtown, Wisconsin accomplished something far more rare than a hole-in-one at the Royal Saint Patrick’s Golf Course which is located in Wrightstown, Wisconsin, just 15 minutes south of Green Bay.

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As the peak foliage line moves south, it's scheduled to descend upon Maine's Old Marsh Country Club the second full week in October. These final few weeks of vibrant fall colors will provide a fitting, festive punctuation to the club's inaugural season of operation.

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KemperSports recently named J.W. West general manager of WingHaven Country Club, a private club in O'Fallon, Mo., situated less than 40 miles west of St. Louis. West has 16 years of experience in the golf industry, the last decade as a KemperSports staff member.

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In the next few weeks the golf season tapers off in many parts of the country, but keen golfers can continue to hone their game and take advantage of superb golfing conditions during the winter months with free golf! Check out the Jekyll Island Club Hotel's Golfers Heaven Package.

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The Resort at Pelican Hill, the long-awaited destination resort overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, will open its doors on November 26, 2008, offering guests a level of service and luxury that is unmatched in the resort world.

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 Amateurs continue their dominance in singles play at the 41st Annual SunTrust Tennessee Challenge Cup Matches (Presented by: Gentleman Jack). The Amateur team went into Sunday’s final play of singles matches with a comfortable 7 point lead. When it was all over they had increased their lead to 11 points which was the largest margin in recent years. The final score was Amateurs 21 ½ to Professionals 10 ½.

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 The Washington State Golf Association has selected five amateurs and five senior amateurs to represent the WSGA in the 60th Hudson Cup and 17th Senior Hudson Cup Matches being held at The Members Course at Aldarra in Fall City, Wash., October 22-24.

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The 2008 Caps Care Classic charity golf tournament at Springfield Golf & Country Club on Oct. 6 raised more than $175,000 for Children's National Medical Center and the Washington Capitals Charities, topping the $1 million mark for total money raised by the annual event.

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 English duo Lee Westwood and Paul Casey will join Australia's Greg Norman in the line-up for the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic when the event tees off from February 19 to 22 at The Vines Resort & Country Club in Perth, Western Australia.

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Mission Hills Golf Club - the world's largest collection of premier golf courses with 12 layouts designed by many of the greatest golfers and golf course architects from five continents - announces Ben Curtis and Brandt Snedecker will represent the United States at the 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup, held November 27-30 on the Olazabal Course.

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Seven Chicago-area clubs will take turns hosting the prestigious Western Amateur golf championship from 2009 through 2015, the Western Golf Association has announced.

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Marriott Golf, one of the world's premier golf operators, is reaching out to families all over the world and promoting "togetherness in golf." The Frog Golf Club at 1900 Georgian Pkwy Villa Rica, GA, announced that it will be hosting its Family Golf Festival on Sunday, Nov. 2nd from 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

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French Lick Resort, located in southern Indiana, is nearing the completion of its recent golf renaissance, as the new Pete Dye golf course is on schedule to be completed this fall. The course is scheduled to open to the public April 2009.

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 Skyline Country Club has once again joined the Wounded Warrior Project to host the third annual charity golf tournament, Tee It Up for the Troops. This year, an exciting addition allows tennis players to also get involved in the action - Serve It Up for the Troops. The event takes place Saturday, November 8, beginning at 7 a.m.

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Upon opening in May of 2006 the John Fought-designed Centennial Golf Club in Medford, Oregon immediately became a popular venue for golf tournaments, group outings and competitive events. The summer of 2008 was no different with Centennial hosting the 20th Oregon Mid Amateur Championship, the annual Chad Cota Golf Shootout, the Rogue Valley Manor Foundation Tournament and the popular Rogue Valley Stroke Play Championship.

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The City of Wilmington's Rock Manor Golf Course - managed by Billy Casper Golf ("BCG") - has opened its renovated, circa-1921, stone-façade clubhouse, the final piece of a major course and property overhaul completed over the past two years.

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 The United States Golf Association announced that Omaha (Neb.) Country Club has been selected as the site for the 2013 U.S. Senior Open. The dates of the championship will be Aug. 1-4.

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Representatives of Dataw Island Club announced that Dataw Island was recognized by Ideal Living magazine as one of the "Top 100 Amenity Communities in the Southeast" in the publication's summer 2008 edition.

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Schmidt-Curley Design -- the full-service golf-course architecture, master-planning and construction-management firm -- announces it has partnered with Nick Faldo, current captain of the European Ryder Cup team, on its first Canadian design project at British Columbia's Revelstoke Mountain Resort.

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ProLink Solutions -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising -- today announces Broad Run Golfer's Club (West Chester, Pa.) now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity.

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Hunters Ridge Golf Course (Marion) took home the IGA Club Team Title for the second time in three years on Monday at Sunnyside CC in Waterloo. Team members Nate Dunn, Mike Sawyer, George Gartelos and Todd Hingtgen combined to shoot a team total of 6-over 222. The host team of Sunnyside was the low Net team with a 4-under 212. In the gross competition the best three out of four 18-hole total scores counted while in the Net event, the best three of four net scores on each hole were counted. 

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Representatives of Burroughs and Chapin Company, Inc., owners and operators of Pine Lakes Country Club, announced that the Pine Lakes clubhouse restoration project is on schedule for a March 2009 grand opening. Burroughs & Chapin began an extensive, multi-million dollar project in November 2006 to bring the grandeur and regal stature of the once-great Ocean Forest Hotel to the Pine Lakes golf clubhouse. When the clubhouse opens after 20 months of renovations, the result will be a refurbishment of a Myrtle Beach icon, creating the ideal setting for golfers to relax with a 19th-hole cocktail, as well as host lavish weddings, receptions, birthday celebrations, holiday galas, family reunions and business or social functions.

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 The Hampton is a beautiful 9 hole course popular with many people since the 70's. Located in the center of apartments, condominiums and homes in Rochester Hills, the park like setting is a great escape for a quick 9 with family or friends. Rob Vargo, who changed Beaver Creek back to a functioning lush golf club now known as Myth Golf and Banquets, was chosen to breathe life back into this small loved course early this fall. Many problem areas have already been addressed and more positive changes are expected in the spring. Management wasted no time offering specials to the public and incentives for them to come back to see the changes made.

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Hurricane Ike dumped a lot of debris on the Moody Gardens Golf Course, but inflicted only minor damage which keeps the course from opening to the public at this time. Golf Course employees have been working since three days after the storm to get the course cleared of debris and back into operational condition.

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Annika Sorenstam and the American Junior Golf Association are combining efforts to create The ANNIKA Invitational, an invitation-only event featuring the top 60 girls from around the world. Held at Ginn Reunion Resort on the Independence (Watson) Course, the event will take place Jan. 16-19, 2009.

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2005 Mixed-Team Champions, Diane Lang and Doug Ritter, captured the 2008 Mixed-Team title at River Wilderness Country Club in Parrish, October 11-12.

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First of its kind mobile reservation application for iPhone, makes reservations for tee times at discounted rates for multiple players at over a thousand golf courses nationwide.  Todd McGregor, media contact of BallBound is excited to announce that iPhone mobile users can make reservations from anywhere in the world to more than a thousand golf courses nationwide at discounted rates. McGregor states, "iPhone users will save as much as 70% off tee times with the convenience of anywhere anytime tee time searching and purchasing." The application "Tee Times", available on the itunes Music Store, is unique to the iPhone and the first of its kind to deliver application specific tee time reservations. Users are not required to visit a web page typically not properly formatted for the mobile user. He continues, "We wanted the golfer to have the best experience possible when making a reservation by organizing the information in a concise and predictable manner in accordance to Apple's human user interface guidelines."

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Evolve Golf - maker of the No. 1 performance golf tee on Tour - confirms that the winner and four other top-10 finishers at the PGA Tour's Turning Stone Resort Championship relied on its patented Epoch tee. A part of 106 major Tour wins - including 33 PGA Tour victories - since its 2004 debut, Epoch is the only performance tee with radius posts that span the width of a golf ball dimple. This unique feature creates the lowest coefficient of friction of any tee, eliminating deflection at impact and increasing ball speed and control off the tee. The Epoch has been scientifically proven via a series of rigorous independent robotic tests combined with extensive player testing to provide improvements of up to 12 yards distance and 9 yards accuracy.

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Marriott Golf, one of the world's premier golf operators, announced that Kenny Pepper has been promoted to Golf Sales Manager for Camelback and Wildfire Golf Clubs, two of the leading golf facilities in the Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona region.

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Score Magazine's September issue (Canada's largest Golf Magazine) just published 'Canada's Crown Jewels'. This issue rated Canada's Top 100 Golf Courses, Best Resorts of Canada, and the Top 15 Modern Designs. Ron Garl has designed three golf courses in Canada: Taboo, Wooden Sticks and Heritage Pointe. We are proud to announce that all three courses were ranked in the Top 100 Golf Courses in Canada.

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Princeville at Hanalei's Prince Course is offering its "Tease for Two" - a special package for couples. It includes a round of golf on one of Golf Digest Magazine's "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" and a 50-minute massage. Deciding who enjoys the Prince's jungle golf brilliance and who takes the relaxing massage is the tough question. Or the easy answer is each can do both, that way there's no teasing later! $249 per package; all prices include sales tax and service charge and require an appointment. Inquire about blackout dates; prices subject to change without notice. For reservations, call 800.826.1105

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Circling Raven Golf Club - the highly decorated amenity of the Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort & Hotel - posted an impressive 10 percent increase in the numbers of rounds played month over month vs. September 2007. Furthermore, the acclaimed golf course, located 45 minutes east of Spokane Airport in the Idaho panhandle, achieved a 9 percent increase in overall revenue month over month.

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The renowned 27-hole Princeville Makai Golf Course, which opened in 1971 on Kauai's north shore, has begun a multi-million dollar renovation that will continue until late summer 2009. The course renovations are being implemented in conjunction with the renovation of The Princeville Hotel, which shares the same ownership as the Makai Golf Course. The hotel recently closed for renovation and will reopen in mid-2009 as the St. Regis Princeville Hotel. During the renovation period for the hotel and the Makai Course, Princeville's other golf course, the 18-hole Prince, will continue to operate as usual.

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The Longaberger Company has engaged Billy Casper Golf (BCG) to manage The Longaberger Golf Club and its award-winning, 18-hole championship golf course. Under the multi-year agreement that begins November 1, Longaberger will continue to own the golf club in Licking County, Ohio, near Nashport. BCG will direct all aspects of golf course and property maintenance, staffing and training, clubhouse operations (food and beverage, merchandising, etc.), golf instruction, marketing and public relations, special events and financial management. The 18 full-time employees of the golf club will have the opportunity to become BCG employees.

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The Prince Golf Course at Kauai's north shore Princeville Resort has received the only five-star rating in Hawaii in the new 2008/2009 rankings of Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play." The directory ranks golf courses around the world from one to five stars, based on players' reviews. The Prince, a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. masterpiece, is the only Hawaii golf course to receive the top 5-star rating.

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The unique Unlimited Golf Package at the Bedford Springs Resort in Bedford, Pennsylvania, has been selected as Product of the Month for October by the GolfTalk Live radio show. The Unlimted Golf Package is being displayed on the home page of the www.golftalklive.net website for the entire month of October.

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Those seeking to get away from it all to the Gulf Coast's white-sugar shores have an added incentive to do so. Vacationing guests at the Portofino Resort & Spa in Pensacola Beach, Florida will play the panhandle's new Emerald Coast Golf Trail as a complimentary part of their stay.

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Pawleys Plantation has been named "one of the most underrated golf resorts" in the Southeastern United States by readers of Travel + Leisure Golf magazine. Results of the magazine's annual reader survey on the "World's Best Golf Resorts" were reported in the 2008 September/October issue of the magazine and at www.tlgolf.com.

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Don Carlson, long-time handicap chairperson and original club delegate at Riviera Country Club, beloved golf ambassador, and a long-time educator, a man whom Peter Jacobsen once dubbed "Mr. Riviera", has passed away on September 28, 2008 just 48 days shy of his 95th birthday. "Although death was expected," said his son, Chris, "we thought we would have another month or two with him. Apparently, he had a previous tee time with Dean Martin, Ben Hogan, and Payne Stewart that we didn't know about."

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Daniel Island's master developer has announced a special incentive for those seeking to build a home within the golf and country club neighborhood of Daniel Island Park. For a limited time, the Daniel Island Company will fund a portion of the golf membership initiation deposit at the Daniel Island Club for those purchasing select homesites in Daniel Island Park. The offer applies exclusively to developer-owned homesites with a build requirement, and is contingent upon the purchaser fulfilling their building obligation. It will only be offered to the first ten purchasers to take advantage of the offer.

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Representatives of Dataw Island Club recognized Lori Murdaugh for her 25 years of service. Currently serving as controller of Dataw Island Club and Dataw Island Owners Association and the broker-in-charge for the Dataw Island Owners Association, Murdaugh began her career at Dataw in 1983 as an accounting specialist.

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The ownership of Maggie Valley Club has chosen East West Partners Club Management of Chapel Hill to oversee all management aspects of the club's resort and golf course community. East West Partners Club Management is a full-service hospitality club management firm that currently manages 24 club operations and more than 1,000 employees across five states. East West was chosen by MVC for its emphasis on elevating hospitality, customer service and the overall lifestyle experience at its properties. The company has a unique method of blending a club's resort and real estate development that enhances both aspects.

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ProLink Solutions -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising -- announces Callippe Preserve Golf Course (Pleasanton, Calif.) now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity.

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Saddle Creek Resort – the gated, 900-acre Castle & Cooke golf community in the scenic Sierra Nevada foothills - announces Geoff Podgorny has been named head golf professional. Podgorny previously served as first assistant golf professional at Winchester Country Club in Meadow Vista from 2000-2008. His duties and accomplishments at the private club included purchasing and managing golf shop inventory, restructuring the golf services operation, overseeing a fairway renovation project, and helping increase outside tournament rounds and revenue by 25 percent from 2005-2007. Podgorny has extensive experience as an instructor and is a certified Titleist custom club fitter.

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Owen Perry, a partner in the highly successful "Villa Group", has announced that it has broken ground for Villa del Palmar Loreto; the new 5 star resort is to be built as part of a spectacular 1800 acre resort development in Loreto, Baja Sur, Mexico. Loreto is located on the east coast of the Baja California Peninsula facing the Sea of Cortez in the largest protected sea park in the world. With practically no rain and a source of pure water coming from underground springs, Loreto is rapidly becoming one of Mexico's prime vacation and second home destinations. It is surrounded by the Sierra La Giganta, one of Baja's highest and most breathtaking mountain ranges.

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High Meadow Ranch Golf Club re-opened for play at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, September 24th, thirteen days after being forced to close from the damages and effects of Hurricane Ike. High winds and heavy rains from the storm uprooted and toppled several hundred trees on the property and power and utilities were knocked out for the past 12 days. Power was restored late Tuesday evening, and the staff at High Meadow Golf Club worked feverishly to get the property cleaned up and open for play.

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The Turning Stone Resort Championship announced additional player commitments for the PGA Tour tournament September 29 – October 5 at Turning Stone's Atunyote Golf Club. The field currently features 63 players who've won 184 PGA TOUR events as well as 14 players currently in the Top 50 of the PGA TOUR Money Leaders and six Major Championship winners.

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The Krakow Golf and Country Club is a year-round destination and recently hosted the 2008 Polish Seniors Championship, part of the European Seniors Tour, which was won by legendary Welsh golfer Ian Woosnam.
 

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Want to bore golfers? Give them the same old cookie-cutter holes, courses and destinations time and again. Then hit "SNOOZE." Want to jazz golfers? Send them to Mississippi where a number of distinctly different regions and terrain types jibe to offer fulfilling, memorable experiences. The blues may be Mississippi's indigenous art form, but a recent wave of new golf course openings has aficionados singing… and the tunes are all about the greens.

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CordeValle, A Rosewood Resort, proudly announces its ranking among the "Top 100 Courses You Can Play" in the September 2008 issue of Golf Magazine, the foremost publication for golf enthusiasts. This honor follows closely on the heels of CordeValle's recognition in Golf Digest Index as one of the "World's 50 Best Golf Hotels," including top rankings for service, rooms, and wine and drinks (Spring 2008).

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What's keeping golf course owners and operators awake at night? Declining participation? Water availability? Succession planning? Those are among the issues that will be addressed at the NGCOA's 2009 Annual Conference, Feb. 3-7 in New Orleans.

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GCSAA Certified Golf Course Superintendent Ralph Kepple reopens East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta for The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola, Sept. 25-28. A year-long renovation began immediately after last year's event that is highlighted by replacing the bentgrass greens with MiniVerde bermudagrass.

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Just off the coast of southern Spain, 40 minutes west of Malaga, Finca Cortesín is opening its doors in October of 2008. Bringing luxury and style to the Costa del Sol, Finca Cortesín is in Casares, one of the most picturesque villages of Andalucía. The region is famous for being the birthplace of flamenco and is world renowned for its sherry, tapas, and jamón ibérico de bellota.

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Golf Magazine, a leading national publication read by more than 6 million golf enthusiasts every month, has named Old Corkscrew Golf Club in Estero, Florida on its list of Best Courses Near You. It is the magazine's first ever ranking of the best courses you can play in every state. The list includes 30 courses in Florida, but only two courses from Southwest Florida made the list: Old Corkscrew and Tiburon.

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KemperSports recently named Steve Loomis general manager of Chalet Hills Golf Club, an award-winning public course in Cary, Ill. Loomis brings more than 15 years of management experience to his new assignment, having served as general manager and director of golf at several championship-caliber golf facilities.

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Sun Valley Resort continues its unprecedented year of exciting additions by unveiling the Sawtooths Putting Course. Joining a handful of similar quality that exist across the world – most notably the Himalayas at Scotland's St. Andrews, golf's hallowed birthplace – Sawtooths received its name and design inspiration from the nearby Sawtooth Mountains that rise thousands of feet above the headwaters of the Salmon River.

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Inner Banks Golf (IBX Golf), the premier golf vacation packager in eastern North Carolina, is rapidly expanding its golf course and accommodation vacation packages with the introduction of a new website http://www.IBXGolf.com featuring 13 of North Carolina's signature golf courses and area amenities.

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NC Beautiful has announced the dates for its annual golf event. The 24th NC Beautiful Golf Classic will be held July 24-26, 2009 at Pinehurst Resort, one of the world's finest golf resorts located among the Sandhills of North Carolina. Attendees will be playing the resort's No. 1 and 4 courses. Duke Energy, a leading energy company focused on electric power and gas distribution operations and other energy services in the Americas, will serve as the event's Grand Sponsor.

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SouthWood Golf Club – the award-winning public course managed by Billy Casper Golf at the heart of St. Joe's comprehensively designed SouthWood community – is ranked No. 30 among Florida's best public-access courses by GOLF Magazine in the September issue.

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Dan Scavino, General Manager of Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York has been promoted by Donald J. Trump, to Executive Vice President and General Manager of his New York based golf club, due to the overwhelming success the club has accomplished under his leadership.

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Mission Hills Golf Club – the world's largest collection of premier golf courses with 12 layouts designed by many of the greatest golfers and golf course architects from five continents – announces its Olazabal Course has been ranked the number one resort course in Asia by Golfing Magazine in the Summer 2008 issue. The club's Faldo Course was ranked number five.

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The newly-constructed Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course at Newport Beach and Golf, an 1,800-acre resort community on Texas' Mustang Island, will open its doors for play Sept. 4 and will host a grand opening event on Oct. 18. The 18-hole layout, named Newport Dunes, is part of the first phase of construction at the coastal destination, which will bring residential villages, multiple hotels, a marina, tennis and beach clubs, two golf courses and other premium amenities to Mustang Island, located on the south end of Port Aransas.

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The list of honors that Fallen Oak has earned for its beauty, playability and overall experience just increased with the golf course's debut inclusion in the prestigious Golf Magazine "Top-100 Courses You Can Play" list.

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It was a pleasant though not an unexpected surprise when Harbour Town Golf Links, the keystone golf course at The Sea Pines Resort and home of the popular PGA Tour event, Verizon Heritage, moved up from No. 15 to No. 14 in the national rankings of Golf Magazine's "Top 100 Best Courses You Can Play," published in the magazine's September 2008 issue.

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Tullymore Golf Club, the highly award winning Jim Engh design located at St. Ives Resort in Stanwood, Michigan opened its new $7 million clubhouse on August 22. The opening of this new clubhouse marks a major step in the development of the residential Villages of Tullymore.

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Gentleman Jack Rare Tennessee Whiskey and Golf Digest Publications are partnering to bring "Images of a Gentleman" to sixteen golf clubs throughout the country. Images of a Gentleman is a photo exhibit, developed by Golf Digest Publications in conjunction with Gentleman Jack, which displays unique golf images taken from Golf Digest and Golf World archives and their 55+ years of involvement within the PGA TOUR.

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Ann Finke, the Director of Golf Instruction at The Country Club of Colorado at Cheyenne Mountain Resort, has made history by achieving a dramatic milestone: On August 5, 2008, she became the first woman in the history of Colorado golf to serve for 25 years as a member of the Professional Golfers Association of America.

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The Club Managers Association of America has released its 2008 Club Operations and Financial Data Report.

The biennial report is the largest collection of operations and financial data in the club industry. Reported are results of a survey that addressed income and expense figures for each department and club type, initiation fees and dues, labor costs, rounds of golf and cost-per-hole maintenance expenses. This year's survey also featured expanded questions on club technology.

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Marriott Golf, one of the world's premier golf operators and the golf management organization of Marriott International, Inc., unveiled Marriott Golf Links (www.MarriottGolfLinks.com), a golfer loyalty program that enables Marriott Rewards members to both earn and redeem points for golf. Members can earn Marriott Rewards points for rounds of golf and golf retail merchandise purchases. In addition, members can redeem points for rounds of golf, hotel accommodations, spa experiences, golf instruction, and more. The new program, which does not require a hotel stay, is being offered at 20 Marriott managed golf clubs around the world.

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Sometimes, a name does say it all.  Bridging the gap between a picturesque, idyllic site in a town with a storybook name such as Prosper, Jim Williams Jr., the developer of a member-owned golf club in North Texas has chosen the greatest name in golf to design their golf course: Jack Nicklaus.

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Troon Golf, the leader in upscale golf course management, development and marketing is pleased to announce it has formed an alliance with the Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), Abu Dhabi's leading tourism developer. The technical and operational alliance has been formulated to drive a future "best-in-class" golf destinations network, which will encompass the entire emirate.

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Laser Link Golf is offering a new reflector program with the patented SmartStick reflective flagstick at the PGA Fall Expo Aug. 25-27 in Las Vegas.  Under the program, courses will be able to purchase SmartSticks for the same price as regular, non-reflective flagsticks.

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Golf Magazine recently featured its annual Top 100 Courses You Can Play rankings in its 2008 September issue, and for the first time Golf Magazine added a state-by-state ranking. OB Sports-managed We-Ko-Pa Golf Club debuted at No. 44 for its Saguaro course and No. 35 for its Cholla course in the Top 100 category. Five other OB-managed golf facilities were honored in the state-by-state rankings. Both courses, Players and Celebrity, at Indian Wells Golf Resort were ranked 13th and 16th respectively in California. Eagle Mountain Golf Club came in at No. 18 in Arizona. Three Crowns Golf Club earned the 4th spot in Wyoming. Longbow Golf Club made the 30th spot in Arizona, and Langdon Farms Golf Club was ranked No. 14 in Oregon.

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Fallen Oak has already drawn praise from golfers of all abilities and experiences for its inherent beauty and playability. Now, the Beau Rivage-owned golf course outside of Biloxi, Miss. drew praise for another element of its must-see venue when Golf Digest Magazine named Fallen Oak as having one of the "50 Best 19th Holes" in golf.

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Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links, located in Little River, S.C. has been named one of the best courses in South Carolina according to Golf Magazine's "first-ever" ranking of the best courses in each state. The list appears in the September issue of Golf Magazine.

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More than 125 future golfers attended the annual Give-A-Kid-A-Club evening staged by the Piedmont Golf Course Superintendents Association in early August. Kids received instruction at Deep River Driving Range, a hot dog dinner and a club to take home for more practice.

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We-Ko-Pa Golf Club Head Golf Professional Brett Trenter has been promoted to General Manager at the award-winning golf facility located just east of Scottsdale on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. Trenter replaces Jeff Lessig, who moved to the OB Sports-managed Indian Wells Golf Resort in Indian Wells, Calif. In addition, Derek Crawford has been promoted to director of golf operations after serving as director of sales and marketing at We-Ko-Pa since the club opened in December 2001. Finally, Matt Barr has been promoted from assistant golf professional to head golf professional.

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PrideSports, maker of Softspikes golf cleats - the world's best selling cleat brand, and Fast-Twist - the #1 insert system on the PGA Tour, captured the first leg of the PGA TOUR's FedEx Cup Playoffs, as the winner of the PGA's Barclays Championship wore Pulsar cleats, the #1 Cleat on Tour. In addition, nearly 70% of the field including 4 of the top 5 finishers at The Barclays Championship utilized PrideSports products.

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Thirty-three! That's the number of awards as of today that Coeur d'Alene Tribe-owned and -operated Circling Raven Golf Club has garnered since opening in August 2003. The latest honor comes from Golf Magazine, which named Circling Raven to the national publication's "Best Courses Near You" list.

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OB Sports Golf Management has been selected to manage Stone Canyon Golf Club in Independence, Missouri. Stone Canyon, located just east of Kansas City, will be a private club featuring an 18-hole Greg Norman Signature Design. The course is in the final stages of grow-in and will open to its members and guests in the spring of 2009. The course is an integral part of a quaint residential community also named Stone Canyon.

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Michigan State University students Manuel Ángel González Loma and José Antonio Martín Quirós have each won $10,000 scholarships from the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, funded by The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).

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Saddle Creek Resort – the gated, 900-acre Castle & Cooke golf community in the scenic Sierra Nevada foothills – today announces that its Carter Morrish-designed golf course is ranked No. 12 among California's best public-access courses by Golf Magazine in the September issue.

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Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort – an amenity-rich AAA Four-Diamond Resort – announces its Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course appears in GOLF Magazine’s “Best Courses Near You” rankings.

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Montgomerie Links Vietnam, the most anticipated project in the country’s brief-but-blooming golf history, christened its practice facility with an invitation-only event that gave guests a sneak preview of the club’s first nine holes.

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VeriShot announces a $10,000 hole-in-one sponsorship of hole number eight of the Desperado course at its client, The Badlands Golf Club, during the PGA Fall Expo Golf Outing on Monday, August 25. Complimentary hole-in-one tickets will be given to PGA Fall Expo attendees. A live video feed of swings taken at the hole will be played during the day. VeriShot is attending the PGA Fall Expo, booth #849, to expand awareness and respond to continued growing demand for its daily monitoring system.

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ProLink Solutions -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising -- announces the Battleground at Deer Park Golf Course (Deer Park, Tex.) now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity.

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Eagerly awaited by fans of desert golf, the Jack Nicklaus Signature courses at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain will open on January 17, 2009. Construction and grassing have been completed at The Golf Club, which will host the 2009 Accenture Match Play Championship in February.

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Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort in Miami, Florida, has launched a multimillion-dollar redesign of the 18-hole Silver Course by acclaimed designer Jim McLean. Set to debut January 2009, all greens and holes on the Silver Course will be remodeled and reshaped to ensure improved playability and a greater challenge for players at every skill level. The most significant changes include widened fairways and enhanced visuals of inspiring water features. These improvements greatly increase course length and expand it from 6,557 yards to over 7,100 yards. The greens on the new par-70 course will be conformed to United States Golf Association specifications. Cementing this fruitful partnership, McLean signed a 10-year contract with the famed {url=http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/miadl-doral-golf-resort-and-spa-a-marriott-resort/[Florida golf and spa resort]/url[, to retain the flagship location of the renowned Jim McLean Golf School at the resort where it has been since 1990.

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Brandon Hartzell didn't make a bogey -- or any other score over par -- at Detroit Country Club on Sunday afternoon in the Pine to Palm final. But being bogeyless wasn't enough. His opponent, Ben Freeman, who will be a sophomore at Drake University this fall, made two eagles and was 8 under par for 16 holes as he beat Hartzell 3&2 and claimed the tournament championship.

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John Long, 56, of Centreville, Va., shot 4-under-par 68 at Spring Creek Golf Club to lead three golfers who qualified for the 2008 United States Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship today in sectional qualifying. The USGA Senior Amateur Championship is scheduled for Sept. 20-25 at Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Lucky thirteen appears to be the number when you are talking about course rating in Montana.
Last year the three Montana State Golf Association rating teams rated 13 state courses and this year another 13 are on the slate. The number could increase this year if there are requested updates from member clubs but considering the short season and the fact that the three captains have to obtain sufficient number of team members who need, in most cases, to free up work time that number will keep the teams busy. Additionally some of the teams, notably the east where Helen Ryan of Laurel is the captain, have a short supply of volunteers to begin with. Steve Sherburne of Browning in the West and John Frankino of Helena in the Central zone currently have sufficient numbers but are always looking for new volunteers.

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Golf America, the nationally syndicated television show, will feature Lake Toxaway Country Club Aug. 19 through Aug. 25. Completely re-designed by Kris Spence, this par 71 layout sits at an elevation of 3,000 feet in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Spence has gaimed a reputation for his restoration work on Donald Ross designs completley revamped this layout that orignally opened in 1962.

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Dixon Golf announced today that Haggin Oaks GC, located in Sacramento, is the first golf course in Northern California to “Get On The Green” and carry their 100% Eco-Friendly Earth golf balls. "With the world taking notice of the impact humans are having on resources and the environment, it's great to see the golf industry address the "green" concerns of our customers,” said Ken Morton of Haggin Oaks. “The Dixon Earth ball hits this concern directly. We're excited to bring this environmentally friendly product into the Haggin Oaks Golf Super Shop and our online storefront at www.MortonGolfSales.com.”

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Beginning with its flagship TPC Sawgrass, the PGA TOUR's TPC Network of clubs introduced everyday golfers with the opportunity to "Play Where the PGA TOUR Players Play." And now, thanks to a one-of-a-kind contest announced by the TOUR, one talented amateur golf course architect will have the opportunity to "Design Where the PGA TOUR Players Play" by designing a hole at TPC San Antonio, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 2010.

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Philip Ahn of Potomac, MD and Tyler Koch of Issue, MD took the two championship trophies in the 2nd Charley Ridgway Junior conducted today at Bowie Golf & Country Club. Ahn recorded 41-39--80 for a three shot margin over Brendan Peel (42-41--83) of Potomac, MD and Jonathan Carr (44-39) of Rockville, MD in the 12-13 age group. Koch registered a nine-hole tally of 41 to edge Mason Short (44) of Waldorf, MD in the 10-11 category.

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Sun Valley Resort’s new nine-hole addition, which joins the acclaimed, 18-hole Trail Creek Course, has opened to the public on Monday, August 11. Reserve your tee times at (208) 622-2251 and take advantage of fabulous fall golf packages!  Breathtaking views atop a stunning ridgeback on the new nine promise to rival any course in the country.

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Seven Chicago-area clubs will take turns hosting the prestigious Western Amateur golf championship from 2009 through 2015, the Western Golf Association has announced.

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The course has closed and the clock is ticking here on an aggressive, three-month greens-renovation project overseen by Lohmann Golf Designs at Jefferson City Country Club. Plans are to rebuild all 18 existing "push-up" greens to United States Golf Association (USGA) specifications, then replace the aged Penncross bentgrass and poa annua turf with modern A-series bentgrass, the current state-of-the-art. At least nine greens will also be relocated and recontoured to improve playability and increase cupping space.

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ProLink Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising, announced that the United States Air Force has awarded ProLink a contract, valued at $3.7 million, to install the ProLink Solutions GPS system, used at many of the world's leading golf courses, at seven golf courses located at Air Force bases throughout the Pacific region. The installations are expected to occur over the next sixty to ninety days.

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Mississippi is increasingly being recognized as the nation's best golf-and-gaming destination thanks to top-notch courses at value-laden prices and casually elegant resort casino accommodations.  Five Mississippi Courses Voted “2008 Golfweek America’s Best Courses You Can Play” by State :  Fallen Oak, Grand Bear, Both Courses at Pearl River Resort’s Dancing Rabbit Golf Club (Oaks and Azaleas), and Shell Landing are Cited for Elite Quality

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Four western North Dakota golf courses will be rated by Golfweek magazine's course raters in July 2007.  Sixty independent golf course raters will evaluate the courses chosen by the magazine: Hawktree Golf Course, Bismarck; Links of North Dakota, Williston; Bully Pulpit, Medora; and the Heart River Golf Course in Dickinson. Golfweek uses these ratings for their annual "America's Best Courses" special issue and other features articles in their print and online publications.

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