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December 1, 2004 • Volume 6, No. 232
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Today's News
Equipment
Aerotech introduces its new SteelFiber hybrid shaft to help optimize performance in hybrid clubs. For more...

The GolfWorks announces its Maltby Xtreme Utility line has expanded to include a new 20-degree model, as well as new left-handed models in 24- and 28-degree options. For more...

Golf instructor Jim McLean, owner of the Jim McLean Golf Schools, announces that he has selected The Media Agency to provide direct marketing and retail services for his new X-Factor II Instructional DVD. For more...

Cleveland Golf introduces the new Launcher Driving Iron. For more...

Peter Lonard uses Rifle steel shafts en route to winning the centennial Australian Open. For more...

People
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem will receive the 2005 National Golf Course Owners Association Award of Merit in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the game of golf. For more...

Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort located in Miami, Fla., names Jean-Claude Lanchais as Executive Chef. For more...

Nickent Golf announces the addition of 32 new territory managers. For more...

Courses
Highland Walk Golf Course in Royston, Ga., establishes a new site for LPGA-USGA Girls Golf, a national initiative designed specifically for girls. For more...

Eagle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., has been selected as one of the best courses to open in Florida since 2000 by Travel & Leisure Golf magazine. The selection appears in the magazine's November issue. For more...

Iron Bridge Golf Club joins Bay Harbor Golf Club, Longaberger Golf Club and the Links of Lighthouse Sound -- all designed by Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates -- on GOLF Magazine's list of Top 100 Courses You Can Play. For more...

Technology
Crescent Systems announces the addition of Genoa Lakes Golf Club to its client list. For more...

ClubTec announces Kitsap Golf & Country Club in Bremerton, Wash., has selected the ClubTec SQL Windows Club Management software systems. For more...

Players
Nick Price, a 2003 inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame and winner of three major championships and more than 40 professional titles worldwide, has been selected to receive the 2005 USGA Bob Jones Award. For more...

Internet
BuffaloGolfer.com announces the start of its 2005 Golf Equipment Preview Series. For more...

Briefly
SofTrak Synthetic Putting Green user Fred Couples won the fourth playoff Sunday to outlast Tiger Woods and claim his fifth title at The Skins Game. Couples won 11 skins.

Second-year PGA Tour pro Arron Oberholser uses Evolve Golf's epoch tee en route to winning the first-ever PGA Tour-sanctioned challenge season event in Asia.

TeeTime-Mag.com celebrates its 10th year of publishing with the release of its 40th issue of Tee Time to golfers across the New England states.

Paul Hickman has been named superintendent of golf courses at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.

Grubb & Ellis Company announces that Dennis Lee, a private golf course investor from Florida, purchased the Tour 18 Dallas Golf Course in Flower Mound, Texas. The transaction was valued at $12.8 million.


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