Allowing the 84-year-old property to be shut down by the city “would leave a big divot in Tucson golf history,” wrote local sportswriter Greg Hansen, who advocated lowering prices and marketing the club to kids, families and older golfers. Hansen saluted Course Superintendent Tim Brady for keeping El Rio in “mint condition,” despite now operating “a skeleton staff without the bones.”
Faster, shorter, easier, “funner”…ideas to break down long-standing barriers and build inviting new paths to more enjoyment of, and participation in, the game are starting to flow freely—and bring real results.
More than 6,000 spectators will attend the annual Hootie & The Blowfish Celebrity Pro-Am at Dye Club at Barefoot Resort on April 15, the golf marketing cooperative for the Grand Strand region announced. The event is the largest one-day charity function in South Carolina and raises money for state education and the Junior Golf Foundation.
We Are Golf, a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners, will meet with members of Congress to share information and new data about golf’s diverse businesses, employees, tax revenue creation, tourism and charitable benefits, and environmental leadership.
More than 6,000 spectators will attend the annual Hootie & The Blowfish Celebrity Pro-Am at Dye Club at Barefoot Resort on April 15, the golf marketing cooperative for the Grand Strand region announced. The event is the largest one-day charity function in South Carolina and raises money for state education and the Junior Golf Foundation.
The two private facilities in Greensboro, N.C. will be combined under the Sedgefield banner, creating the only private club in the U.S. with courses designed by Donald Ross and Pete Dye.
In the absence of any evidence showing that long putters create a competitive advantage, there is “no overriding reason to go down the road [to prohibiting the equipment],” said Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem. The United States Golf Association says it plans to take action on the proposed ban this spring.
Through the contribution, announced at the Golf Industry Show, the manufacturer will become a Trustee of the non-profit youth organization. The donated funds, in part, will be used to create and launch a golf maintenance career-oriented youth development program, in conjunction with the PGA TOUR.
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