Tom Dudley, of Jacksonville, Fla., a past president of the Florida State Golf Association who has been involved with the organization for more than 30 years, has been named the 2019 FSGA Hall of Fame inductee. “It’s very exciting for me,” said Dudley. “To see the list of people that have been inducted: Fred Ridley, Jack [...]
Roy Schindele Roy Schindele, who has extensive resort sales and marketing experience, has been named the new Executive Director of Sales and Marketing for the beautiful Mission Inn Resort & Club, the award-winning golf and spa resort located 25 minutes northwest of Orlando. Schindele joins the Mission Inn after 14 years as Executive Director [...]
In a thrilling finale to the 2019 World Long Drive Championship – the ultimate power golf spectacle, featuring the Volvik VIVID XT golf ball – Volvik staff players Kyle Berkshire, in the Open Division, and Jeff Crittenden, in the Masters Division, were victors. Contested at the WinStar World Casino & Resort, in Oklahoma, the competition, televised [...]
Golf legend’s legacy of “charging ahead” celebrated by partners and friends, showcasing his continued impact via the Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation and his group of companies On what would have been Arnold Palmer’s 90th birthday this Tuesday, Sept. 10, Palmer’s friends, fans, family and foundation are looking ahead, celebrating the impact he continues to have [...]
9th Annual World’s Largest Golf Outing Breaks Fundraising Record Nationwide Event Benefiting Fisher House Foundation Makes Impact for Military and Veterans’ FamiliThe World’s Largest Golf Outing (WLGO) – a national fundraising event held in August benefiting the Fisher House Foundation - announces it has raised over $400,000 for military families. Team Power Plus from Compass Pointe [...]
3,215 Players Enjoyed Beautiful Weather, Outstanding Golf and a Banner Week William Welch (West Islip, N.Y.) shot a net 69 to win the Flight Winners’ Playoff at the 36th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship 8/30 at beautiful Barefoot Resort’s Dye Course. Welch bested James Juden (Lancaster, Calif.) by a shot to emerge from a field [...]
NBA Golden State Warriors' guard Stephen Curry has found a fresh benevolent outlet for his abundant passion for the game of golf. Stephen, the two time NBA MVP, announced earlier this week that he would fund the men's and women's golf teams at Howard University in Washington D.C. The historically black University gave up on golf [...]
Golf's most inclusive tournament, PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is poised to tee off on 60 of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's finest golf courses. The 36th annual World Am is being played August 26-30th with more than 3,200 golfers representing 49 states and 30+ countries competing in the 72-hole event. "The PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship [...]
Our friends at Coral Hospitality, the management company for Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa, invited me to participate in the Christ's Starfish Foundation's SWING FOR THE KIDS golf tournament August 2-3 at their beautiful north Georgia resort in Young Harris, Georgia. Christ's Starfish Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is devoted to serving the [...]
Construction of a unique, 18-hole putting course is underway at Lake Marion Golf Course, adjacent to the Lake Marion Villa & Townhouse Complex in Santee, SC. The 35,000-square-foot “Palmetto Traverse” is based of the Himalayas putting course at St. Andrews, and designed by golf course architect and Donald Ross restoration specialist Kris Spence. An 18-hole, 35,000-square-foot [...]
