November 12, 2004 • Volume 6, No. 221
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Today's News
Graphite Design International announces that its shafts were used by
an industry-leading 20 PGA Tour players en route to their tournament wins in
2004, and that its YS-6 model was the most-played driver shaft for the
second straight year according to the Darrell Survey.
Former U.S. Curtis Cup team member Meriam Bailey Leeke will receive her athletic letter from Northwestern University 47 years attending the university. Leeke will be presented her ‘N' at halftime of the Wildcats' football game on Nov. 20. For the first time this season, Georgia is the top ranked team in college golf according to the GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll. On the strength of back-to-back victories at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational and the Carpet Capital Collegiate, the Bulldogs captured 18 first-place votes to move up from third. Golf & Tennis Pro Shop Inc. announces that the first step in its national expansion of its PGA Tour Superstores began with the signing of its first lease outside the Myrtle Beach, S.C. area in Roswell, Ga. Circling Raven Golf Club and Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel in Worley, Idaho announces that sales and marketing director Marcy Morris was named Extraordinary Employee nationwide in a recent issue of Indian Gaming magazine. Award-winning radio and TV presenter D.J. Spoony is the latest to commit to the London Golf Show, April 21-24 at the ExCel Centre in London. The Phoenix Golf & Tennis Show will be held Nov. 13-14 at the indoor Rawhide Sports Pavilion in north Scottsdale, and will feature over 100 exhibitors. Former Miami Dolphin head coach Don Shula will appear on USA Network's PGA Tour Sunday at 11 a.m. ET, live from the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla.
No Casual Friday for this week.
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