Equipment
What started with a plan to develop game improvement irons for his son led Tom Stites, Director of Product Creation for Nike Golf, on a decade-long journey that will culminate in the release of the Nike Golf Slingshot Irons, featuring Slingback technology to move the center of gravity lower. The irons (SRP: $799 for steel/$899 for graphite) will be available in standard, women's and left-handed set-ups beginning November 15.
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Nike Golf player Bo Van Pelt captured his first victory as a professional golfer on Sunday at the Nationwide Tour's Omaha Classic using a Nike 450cc Forged Titanium Driver, Forged Pro Combo irons, a T-40 fairway wood and a Blue Chip putter. He also teed up a Nike TA2-LNG golf ball.
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Davis Love III captured his personal best fourth victory of the year and the 18th of his career in record fashion at The International last week while using 14 Titleist clubs and a Titleist Pro V1x golf ball. As well, nine of the top 12 finishers at the tournament used Titleist golf balls.
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Winners on three tours last week used True Temper shafts: Ian Poulter won the European Tour's Nordic Open using a Grafalloy Blue shaft in his driver; Davis Love III won The International with an EI-70 shaft and Wayne Levi won on the Champions Tour with a Grafalloy ProLite in his driver and EI-70 shafts in his other woods.
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Tournaments
The PGA TOUR and Augusta Pines Golf Club announce a multi-year agreement that makes Augusta Pines the host of a Champions Tour event for the next three years. The first Augusta Pines Charity Classic is scheduled for the week of October 4-10, 2004.
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People
MacNeill Engineering Worldwide, maker of CHAMP golf cleats, announces that the company's long-time CFO, Donald Cragan, has retired and new CFO Richard Locke has been hired as the head of financial operations.
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Technology
For serious issues or fun topics, Clubessential clients can now create and use polling stations to ask members for their opinions.
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Players
Davis Love III collected his fourth victory of the year at The INTERNATIONAL at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colo. Love moves up three positions to No. 3 on this week's Official World Golf Ranking and moves past Tiger Woods to the top of the PGA Tour Money List with $5,122,038 from 15 events.
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Eight of the 10 members of the United States team for the Walker Cup Match, including recent U.S. Open qualifiers Bill Haas and Trip Kuehne, are named by the United States Golf Association. The 2003 Walker Cup Match will be played at Ganton Golf Club in North Yorkshire, England, from September 6-7.
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By finishing tied for second at the 3M Championship, Gil Morgan, moved back into the top five of the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
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Wayne Levi inched up from 38th to 37th in the Power Performance Rankings with his victory in the 3M Championship. Gil Morgan bumped up from eighth to sixth with his T2 finish while D.A. Weibring made his debut in ninth place.
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PGA OF AMERICA
PGA Championship
Dates: Aug. 14-17
Site: Rochester, N.Y.
Course: Oak Hill Country Club (par 70, 7,098 yards)
Purse: $6 million. Winner's Share: $990,000.
Television: TNT (Thurs.-Fri., 1-7 p.m., Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.), CBS (Sat.-Sun., 2-7 p.m.)
Internet: www.pga.com
2002 Champion: Rich Beem (72-66-72-68--278, 10 under)

EUROPEAN TOUR/CHALLENGE TOUR
BMW Russian Open
Dates: Aug. 14-17
Site: Moscow, Russia
Course: Le Meridien Moscow Golf & Country Club (par 72, 7,066 yards)
Purse: $452,654. Winner's Share: $75,434.
Television: None.
Internet: www.europeantour.com
2002 Champion: Iain Pyman (62-67-71-69--269, 19 under)

LPGA TOUR
Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
Dates: Aug. 14-17
Site: Sylvania, Ohio
Course: Highland Meadows Golf Club (par 71, 6,365 yards)
Purse: $1 million. Winner's Share: $150,000.
Television: None.
Internet: www.lpga.com
2002 Champion: Rachel Teske (67-73-64-66--270, 14 under)

CHAMPIONS TOUR
Long Island Classic
Dates: Aug. 15-17
Site: East Meadow, N.Y.
Course: The Red Course, Eisenhower Park (par 70, 6,806 yards)
Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's Share: $225,000.
Television: TGC (Fri., 1:30-4 p.m.), CNBC (Sat.-Sun., 7-9 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Hubert Green (67-64-68--199, 14 under)

NATIONWIDE TOUR
Price Cutter Charity Championship
Dates: Aug. 14-17
Site: Springfield, Mo.
Course: Highland Springs Country Club (par 72, 7,060 yards)
Purse: $475,000. Winner's Share: $86,500.
Television: None.
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Patrick Sheehan (63-68-66-72--269, 19 under)

OTHER TOURNAMENTS

European Seniors Tour: Travis Perkins Senior Masters, Aug. 15-17, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, England.

Canadian Tour: Lewis Chitengwa Memorial Championship, Aug. 14-17, Stoney Creek GC, Wintergreen, Va.

Ladies European Tour: BT Ladies Open, Aug. 14-17, Warrenpoint GC, Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.

Japan LPGA Tour: NEC Karuizawa 72, Aug. 15-17, Karuizawa 72 GC, Nagano, Japan.

NGA/Hooters Tour: David Hooten Invitational, Aug. 14-17, Belmar GC, Norman, Okla.

Futures Tour: York Newspaper Co. Futures Classic, Aug. 15-17, Regents' Glen CC, York, Pa.