Taiwan's Lin Wen-ko moved into seventh place on the Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit following his victory in the Mercuries Masters Sunday. ...

Ballantrae Golf Club in Ontario is the first golf course in Canada to be designated an Audubon International Signature Sanctuary. ...

"Extreme golfer" Peter Schory will defend his back-to-back U.X. Open Championships on September 21 at Snowmass Mountain as the 5-year-old U.X. Open tour culminates in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. ...

Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando is chosen as the Florida Golf Course Owners Association Course of the Year and has been submitted to the National Golf Course Owners Association as the official nomination of the Florida Chapter for the NGCOA Course of the Year Award. ...

Record prize money of 3.5 million euros has been confirmed for the Volvo Masters Andalucia at Club de Golf Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain, from October 30 - November 2. ...

Kansas banker Kirk Wyckoff and Ron Whitten, a senior editor of Golf Digest magazine, are the new owners of Chisholm Trail Golf Course in Abilene, Kan. The sale price was not disclosed. ...

The PGA Tour selects MYCON | Golf, a division of MYCON General Contractors, to build the Tournament Players Club at Craig Ranch clubhouse in McKinney, Texas. ...

Golfweek magazine will present its Orlando Golfest, Orlando's first and only outdoor golf demo days and festival, January 17-18 at Orange County National Golf Center. ...

The Golf Channel and the Nationwide Tour are teaming up for a national sweepstakes that will register viewers for a chance at a golf vacation for two at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla. The QUEST FOR THE CARD SWEEPSTAKES begins with The Golf Channel's coverage of the Albertson's Boise Open, September 18-21. ...

Myrtle Beach Trips.com and Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management offers its "Birdie Golf-Parr Value" special to Canadian visitors, where the Canadian dollar will be accepted as equal to that of the U.S. dollar when booking reservations. ...

Women's golf apparel maker Athena Golf names Nancy Roberts as the sales representative for North Carolina and Virginia. ...

The Women's World Long Drive Invitational will be held as a part of the LPGA Tour's Safeway Classic, at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Ore., September 25. ...

Gary Player is the guest on The Golf Channel's GOLF TALK airing Monday, September 22 at 8 p.m. ...

Bid A Round, Inc., a newly formed on-line tee time auction, commits 2 percent of all auction revenue to The First Tee, a division of the World Golf Foundation. ...

Day two of the 2003 Special Olympics Golf National Invitational Tournament saw Kevin Erickson, age 20, from Green Bay, Wis., shoot a Special Olympics record low round of 76 which included a hole in one on the sixth hole of the South Course at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. ...

Matrix Marketing Group, Inc., signs an agreement with Itinerations, LLC, to create a product launch strategy and deliver product launch implementation services for its new ToThePin Personal Pro product. ...

Notah Begay continued his recent strong play on the PGA TOUR with a top-10 finish at the John Deere Classic on September 15, using MCC/Apache shafts in his woods and irons.

PGA TOUR
84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania
Dates: Sept. 18-21
Site: Farmington, Pa.
Course: Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa, Mystic Rock Golf Course (par 72, 7,329 yards)
Purse: $4 million. Winner's Share: $720,000.
Television: ESPN (Thurs.-Sat., 4-6 p.m., Sun., 3-6 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Dan Forsman (73-68-64-65--270, 14 under)

EUROPEAN TOUR
Linde German Masters
Dates: Sept. 18-21
Site: Cologne, Germany
Course: Gut Larchenhof (par 72, 7,289 yards)
Purse: $3,389,843. Winner's Share: $564,973.
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Sun., 9 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Internet: www.europeantour.com
2002 Champion: Stephen Leaney (64-69-66-67--266, 22 under)

CHAMPIONS TOUR
SAS Championship
Dates: Sept. 19-21
Site: Cary, N.C.
Course: Prestonwood Country Club (par 72, 7,137 yards)
Purse: $1.8 million. Winner's Share: $270,000.
Television: TGC (Fri.-Sun., 1:30-4 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Bruce Lietzke (72-63-67--202, 14 under)

NATIONWIDE TOUR
Albertsons Boise Open
Dates: Sept. 18-21
Site: Boise, Idaho
Course: Hillcrest Country Club (par 71, 6,698)
Purse: $600,000. Winner's Share: $108,000.
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Sun., 5-7:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Jason Gore (66-68-66-73--273, 11 under)

OTHER TOURNAMENTS

European Challenge Tour: Telia Grand Prix, Sept. 18-21, Ljunghusens GC, Ljunghusen, Sweden.

European Seniors Tour: Daily Telegraph/Turismo Andaluz Seniors Match Play, Sept. 17-20, Los Flamingos, Cancelada, Spain.

Japan PGA Tour: Ana Open, Sept. 18-21, Sapporo GC, Hokkaido, Japan.

Japan LPGA Tour: Munsingwear Tokai Classic, Sept. 19-21, Ryosen GC, Mie, Japan.

Davidoff Tour: Nations Cup (World Cup Qualifer), Sept. 18-21, Laguna National G&CC, Singapore.

Canadian Tour: Fall Qualifying School, Sept. 15-19, Royal Ashburn GC, Ashburn, Ont., Canada.

USGA: Men's State Team Matches, Sept. 16-18, Wellesley CC, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

USGA: Women's State Team Matches, Sept. 16-18, Wellesley CC, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

NGA/Hooters Tour: Daiken America Pro Challenge, Sept. 18-21, Canebrake GC, Athens, Ala.

Tight Lies Tour: Sprint PCS Open, Sept. 18-21, Oak Forest GC, Longview, Texas.