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Retail
Fuzzy
Zoeller Productions reaches an agreement to distribute Fuzzy's putting aids,
the Putting Peg and the Putting Pod, to 12 million golfers in Japan through three
major distributors, Lite Shokai, Golf System Works and Create Products.
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more...
People
Focus Golf Systems, exclusive licensee of Dunlop golf clubs
in the U.S., announces the addition of Tom Tiffany to the
pro-specialty sales staff as the director of sales.
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more...
Health
Arnold Palmer fans who for decades have constituted "Arnie's
Army" are now joining forces with the Hall of Fame golfer
to battle prostate cancer at golf and country clubs across
the country. The newly created "Arnie's Army
Battles Prostate Cancer" campaign is aimed at promoting early
detection, creating awareness and raising research support
for a disease that claims the lives of some 30,000 men in
the United States each year.
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more...
Players
With his victory at the Honda Classic, Justin Leonard moves
up five spots to No. 15 in the Official World
Golf Rankings. Darren Fichardt wins the Qatar
Masters on the European Tour to improve to
No. 145.
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more...
Vijay
Singh and Colin Montgomerie are the newest additions respectively
to the PGA Tour and International Ballots released this month
to determine who will be inducted into the World Golf Hall
of Fame on October 20.
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more...
Tom
Purtzer held his position at No. 15 in the Power Performance
Rankings, replacing last year's third-place finish at the
Champions Tour's SBC Classic with a victory. There were eight
position changes last week in the top 15.
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more...
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Travel
TravelGolf.com,
publishers of online golf and travel publications, plans to launch MontereyGolf.com,
a publication focusing exclusively on California's Monterey Peninsula.
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more...
Equipment
On
the PGA Tour at the Honda Classic and on the LPGA Tour at the Welch's/Fry's Championship,
the winners trusted CHAMP ScorpionSpikes. This marks the sixth and seventh victories
of the season for CHAMP golf spikes, with five on the PGA Tour and one on the
LPGA Tour's first event.
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more...
Nike
Golf, less than one month into its second year as a club
manufacturer, extends its commitment to its growing Tour
Staff with the addition of its first Nike Golf Tour Van.
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more...
Associations
Marriott Golf will launch the National Golf
Foundation's
Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction Program (CLASP).
The program enables their facility operators to analyze,
track and monitor precise customer behavior in order
to develop a one-to-one relationship with customers
and increase profitability.
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more...
Events
PGA TOUR STOP, located along the Walk of Champions at World
Golf Village, will host their annual Spring Demo
Weekend March 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Slammer & Squire
driving range.
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more...
Tours
The 12th season of the European Seniors Tour gets underway
this week with the Digicel Jamaica Classic for the first
of 20 tournaments across 13 countries which will make up
the 2003 Schedule.
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Briefly
True Temper sweeps The Honda Classic. The top three golfers,
including winner Justin Leonard, use the Dynamic Gold, which continues
to be the No. 1 iron shaft on the Darrell Survey each week. ...
Billy Casper Golf, operator or owner of 43 golf courses
and country clubs nationwide, announces the winners of its 2002 Achievement
Awards, honoring the top-performing clubs and individuals throughout
the organization. Winners include Centennial Golf Course (Oak Ridge,
Tenn.) for Facility of the Year and Eisenhower Golf Course (Crownsville,
Md.) as Top Performing Club of the Year. ...
Huxley Golf extends its representation throughout the British
Isles and European mainland with the appointment of Albatros Golf
Distribution in Cannes, in the south of France. This raises to 15
the total number of authorized distributor/installers of Huxley Golf's
premier all-weather surfaces for golf. ...
John Daly, winner of the 1994 BellSouth Classic, will play in the 2003
BellSouth Classic, March 31- April 6. He joins 143 of the world's
top professionals including defending champion Retief Goosen, Mike
Weir, Colin Montgomerie and Rich Beem at the TPC at Sugarloaf in
Duluth, Ga. ...
The FUTURES Tour announces a two-year national sponsorship
agreement with Spalding Sports Worldwide. The new relationship
involves an alliance with Etonic and STRATA, two products that reside
under the Spalding Sports umbrella that also includes Top-Flite,
Ben Hogan and Dudley brands. ...
GOLF MAGAZINE unveils its look at the hottest trends that
are sure to make their way to the tours this year and call out the
best and worst dressed golfers in its April issue, on newsstands
now. ...
Roberta Isleib, author of golf mysteries Six Strokes Under
and May release A Buried Lie, signs a contract with Berkley Prime
Crime/Penguin for the fourth and fifth books in her series. Isleib's
debut novel, Six Strokes Under, was recently nominated for a Malice
Domestic Agatha award for Best First Mystery. ...
Fujikura Composites America announces that they remain the
No. 1 wood shaft brand on the PGA Tour accourding to the Darrell
Survey. Justin Leonard, winner of last week's Honda Classic, used
Fujikura Vista Pro 90 model in all of his woods. ...
LIZGOLF by Liz Claiborne is againa named the official apparel
provider of the U.S. Solheim Cup Team. LIZGOLF will outfit the U.S.
Solheim Cup Team in the 2003 Solheim Cup, Sept. 12-14, at Barseback
Golf and Country Club in Malmo, Sweden. ...
Justin Leonard won the Honda Classic last week playing with BEN
HOGAN APEX (1999) irons 3-E and BEN HOGAN wedges 56 & 60. ...
Registration for the 20th Annual DuPont Coolmax World Amateur
Handicap Championship is up more than 100 percent over last
year's pace through the end of February. More than 1,400 participants
have registered for the tournament, which is expected to attract
4,500 golfers from around the globe. ...
Long-time Cleveland Golf employee Randy Romberg is promoted
to Vice President of Communications for the company. He has been
with Cleveland in various capacities for the past 15 years. ...
O'Egli, Inc., inventors and manufacturers of Joe's Original
BACKTEE, make an adaptive equipment donation to the Sister
Kenny Foundation. |
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TEE BOX: Week of March 20-23 |
PGA TOUR
Bay Hill Invitational
Dates: March 20-23
Site: Orlando, Fla.
Course: Bay
Hill Club and Lodge (par 72, 7,239 yards)
Purse: $4.5 million. Winner's Share: $810,000.
Television: USA (Thurs.-Fri., 4-6 p.m.) NBC (Sat., 3-6 p.m., Sun., 2:30-6 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Tiger Woods (67-65-74-69--275, 13 under)
EUROPEAN TOUR
Madeira Island Open
Dates: March 20-23
Site: Madeira Island, Portugal (par 72, 6,664 yards)
Course: Santo da Serra GC
Purse: $646,502. Winner's Share: $107,750.
Television: None.
Internet: www.europeantour.com
2002 Champion: Diego Borrego (72-68-72-69--281, 7 under)
LPGA TOUR
Safeway Ping
Dates: March 21-23
Site: Phoenix, Ariz.
Course: Moon
Valley Country Club (par 72, 6,435 yards)
Purse: $1 million. Winner's Share: $150,000.
Television: ESPN (Fri., 1-3 p.m., Sat., 4-6 p.m., Sun., 5-7 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2002 Champion: Rachel Teske (70-69-71-71--281, 7 under)
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Toshiba Senior Classic
Dates: March 21-24
Site: Newport Beach, Calif.
Course: Newport
Beach Country Club (par 71, 6,584 yards)
Purse: $1.55 million. Winner's Share: $232,500.
Television: TGC (Fri., 5-7:30 p.m.) CNBC (Sat.-Sun., 6-8 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Hale Irwin (67-64-65--196, 17-under)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
European
Seniors Tour: Digicel Jamaica Classic, March 21-23, Half Moon
GC, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
NGA/Hooters Tour: Stonebridge
Tournament, March 20-23, Stonebridge GC, Albany, Ga.
Tight Lies Tour: Valley
Baptist Rio Grande Valley Open, March 20-23, Treasure Hills GC, Harlingen,
Texas.
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Arnold
Palmer, the host of this week's PGA Tour event, the Bay Hill Invitational,
extended an invitation to
63-year-old Jack Nicklaus to compete. Nicklaus has recently lost weight
and is swinging well, but missed the cut in his most recent PGA Tour
outing at the Ford Championship at Doral. As a golf fan, do you prefer
to see big names, even if they aren't playing as well as in their prime,
or would you rather see new young talent be given the exemptions into
PGA Tour events?
Let
us know your opinions by sending your responses to mailto:info@gpagolf.com
by Thursday at 5 p.m. ET with the subject line
RE: Exemptions. Also include
your first initial and last name, along with your city and state or
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