Golf

Greg Norman Golf Course Design and El Desafio Mountain Resort today announced that they have entered into an agreement for Greg Norman to design an 18-hole championship course at the El Desafio Mountain Resort.El Desafío Mountain Resort (www.eldesafioresort.com) is a unique luxury development encompassing an entire mountain of 1,050 hectares (2,500 acres) in the Province of Neuquen, Argentine Patagonia. Master-planned to guarantee the preservation of the environment, local culture and…Press: Business Wire

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Making a golf club goes way beyond a mere profession for Jesse Ortiz “It’s my life,” Ortiz said of his passion to fashion golf clubs. “This has to be more than a job.”And Ortiz has been immersed in that golf design life for the past 40 years. The East Bay entrepreneur started designing golf clubs in 1967. As a teenager, Ortiz helped his parents and sister in the family club-making business, Orlimar Golf…Press: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)

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Out in nowhere, Black Sheep Golf Club is definitely somewhere any golfer would want to be. Only it’s fairly easy to miss off Seavey Road in rural Sugar Grove, which is kind of the point. The club is hundreds of acres lost in the corn and the hundred or so members are lost in the golf.That is the point.The club’s 27 holes, the baby of St. Charles designer David Esler and Lisle lawyer and developer Vince Solano, Sr., look as though they were lifted off the…Press: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)

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PRNewswire — Renaissance Golf Club is pleased to announce that the Club was purchased for $11.9 million on Friday, July 13, 2007.First National of America was the original lender for the project and knows the unique private golf experience Renaissance Golf Club provides on Boston’s North Shore. First National has extensive experience in the golf world and remains dedicated to the golf industry. The company is committed to improving golf play and operations for members of clubs…Press: PR Newswire (USA)

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Rain may have dampened outdoor parties and events, but it made golf course managers happy. “Golf course superintendents will be dancing after this weekend,” said Jonathan Ash, Mustang Golf Course manager at Lely Resort Golf and Country Club.His remarks came on Friday when the area was undergoing a steady rainfall. An expectation of a considerable amount of rain Saturday brought smiles to Ash and Trent Compton, Flamingo Golf Course manager at Lely Resort Golf and…Press: Marco Island Eagle (FL)

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The “rain, rain go away, let us play another day” saying doesn’t apply to those managing the more than 100 golf courses in Collier and Lee counties. Dry conditions are impacting courses throughout the wide expanse of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD).More than 40 managers or golf course superintendents jammed the SFWMD conference room in Naples last week to learn about the district’s order to cut back water usage 30 percent…Press: Marco Island Eagle (FL)

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The directory includes information for courses open to the public. For a searchable database of all state courses, go to the golf area of DallasNews.com. To update this list, e-mail texasgolf@dallasnews.com. Or send information via fax to 214-651-0580 or 1-800-651-0580.A ABERNATHY Abernathy Country Club - 9 holes, semiprivate. PO Box 337, 79311. 806-328-5261 ABILENE Diamondback Golf Club - 18 holes, daily fee. 1510 E. Industrial Blvd., 79602. 325-690-9190 Maxwell Municipal…Press: Dallas Morning News, The (TX)

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Turner Public Relations, Inc. (New York) Jeizel Pickett, 212-889-1700 Jeizel@turnerpr.com Mariana Singer, 212-889-1700 mariana@turnerpr.com Cutter & Buck (Nasdaq:CBUK), an upscale golf-inspired sportswear and outerwear brand, has gone nuts over tech, literally. The company is proud to be the first golf apparel brand to offer Cocona Natural Technology, an advanced hybrid-carbon technology that works by permanently embedding activated carbon derived from coconut shells into fiber…Press: Business Wire

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Ashworth, Inc. Randall L. Herrel, Sr., 760-929-6142 Winston Hickman, 760-929-4640 Gary Sims, 760-929-4514 or Callaway Golf Apparel Steve Pena, 760-929-6126 Lux-Tech “Tour Authentic(TM)” Pants and Shorts along with the Introduction of the “Performance Center” Keeps Callaway Golf Apparel on Top of the Leader Board in Performance Ashworth, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASHW), a leading designer of golf-inspired lifestyle sportswear, today announced the…Press: Business Wire

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One month after new managers took over the Tega Cay Golf Club, memberships have soared.Before November, when Double Eagle Golf Management began running the city-owned golf course, the club had about 25 annual memberships. As of Thursday, the club had 104 annual memberships, said Mel Phillips, head golf pro for the club. Managers hope to reach at least 200 memberships next year. The rush to join the club came after management slashed prices and offered discounts to residents. A single…Press: Charlotte Observer, The (NC)

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