PGA National Resort And Spa Announces Labor Day Specials For Service Professionals

August 22, 2011   |   Category: ResortsPGA National Resort & Spa Announces Labor Day Specials For Service Professionals Holiday weekend includes free night stay, exclusive golf rates, BBQs, free breakfast for kids and more (PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.) -- PGA National Resort & Spa -- home of the PGA TOUR Honda Classic - invites active duty military, fire and police to enjoy a Labor Day celebration September 2-5 with its special room rates, family activities and exclusive golf rates.

A portion of all weekend proceeds will be donated to Patriot Golf Day - flagship fundraiser for the Folds of Honor Foundation that provides postsecondary education for the children and spouses of military men and women disabled or killed while serving. Accommodations at the legendary resort are $82 per night with a second complimentary night, or free connecting room (based on availability).

A special golf rate of $30 is available for service professionals, including The Palmer, Haig, Squire and Estate Courses. The famed Champion Course can be played for $50. Also available on Labor Day weekend are poolside BBQs on Sunday and Monday ($10 per person), daily buffet breakfast in the Citrus Tree ($10, children 12 and under free), nightly "3 for $30" tasting menu in the Ironwood Grille (5 - 7 p.m.) and summer specials in The Spa.

"Labor Day weekend offers us a chance to say 'thank you' to service personnel for all they do for our communities and country on a daily basis," says Joel Paige, Vice President and Managing Director. "With our upcoming 30-year anniversary this November, we want service families to enjoy our array of world-class amenities as our guests have experienced for the last three decades."

For more information or to make reservations, visit www.pgaresort.com, or call (800) 533.9386.

About PGA National Resort & Spa
PGA National Resort & Spa is a national, premier golf vacation and meeting destination. The legendary 379-room Florida resort recently completed a $65 million comprehensive revitalization, including a new front entrance, outdoor pool and pavilion, new Ironwood Grille and iBAR, as well as enhanced public areas, golf courses and landscaping.

PGA National Resort & Spa offers 90 holes of championship golf on five courses, including the famed Champion course, home to the PGA Tour's Honda Classic. The resort's storied golf history includes hosting the 1983 Ryder Cup, 1987 PGA Championship, and nearly two decades of the Senior PGA Championship. In addition to The Champion, PGA National's award-winning golf courses are: The Palmer, The Haig, The Squire and The Estates.

Other distinguishing features include a 40,000 square-foot European Spa with 32 treatment areas and the exclusive "Waters of the World" outdoor mineral pools, a world-class 33,000 square-foot health-and-racquet club with 19 Har Tru tennis courts, 40,000 square feet of self-contained conference space and nine on-site restaurants and lounges.

Conveniently located within easy driving distances of major Florida population centers, the AAA Four Diamond resort is a 15-minute drive from Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), one hour from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and 90 minutes from Miami International Airport (MIA).

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Tri-Technical Systems Announces Release Of Store-Floor Price Checker

Dubuque, Iowa - Tri-Technical Systems is proud to introduce a new solution to its product suite: Store-Floor Price Checker Solution. Tri-Tech will have information about this solution in their booth (523) at the PGA Apparel Expo. This price checker package includes both hardware and software components. On the store floor retailers can place one or multiple price checker devices. These units simply connect with your existing PC network.

On the PC workstation, users need to configure each price checker unit to link with a V9.0 AIMsi location via the Price Checker Software. Then activate the connections. That is it!

Customers can bring an item up to the price checker and they will quickly learn the price of the product and if it is currently on sale. Sales staff can also use the unit to verify pricing. Connect multiple devices throughout a store to 1 software application.

"Tri-Tech is excited about the release of our new price checker solution," as stated by project manager Amber Earles. "This hardware/software combo will help retailers better engage their customers without creating a lot of extra work and system upkeep. In an age where stores compete for customers and general pricing differences are usually within a few cents, one way a store can retain their clientele is by offering a better customer experience. Store-floor price checkers allow customers to verify pricing quickly and easily. By tying that price checker unit directly into the POS, the price will always be up to date without any extra work for the store owner."

Product Features:
• Displays current pricing by linking directly to V9.0 AIMsi (can be configured with a standalone database option)
• Displays sales prices if applicable
• Connect multiple devices to 1 software module
• Generate reports of "Not Found" items to help in updating product lists
• Print or Export report data
• Displays SKU info on the PC screen as the items are scanned on the store floor

AIMsi is a complete point of sale (POS), inventory management, accounting and business software application. V9 has been PA-DSS certified and uses tokenization for credit card and auto pay processing. The software offers retailers not only a way to control inventory, manage customers and track sales, but also offers fully integrated custom add-on modules such as Repair & Service tracking, Lesson Scheduling, Short Term Rentals, Rent and Sales Contracts, Contact Management, Emailing capabilities, Tee Scheduler and a Time Scheduler. AIMsi allows users to build their own custom retail software solution by adding on the modules that are needed.

About Tri-Technical Systems
Since its foundation in 1984, Tri-Technical Systems has become an industry leader in providing business solutions to retailers. Over 4000 retailers across the United States and Canada are growing their business with greater predictability and more profitably with the help of Tri-Tech's product suite. For more information on Tri-Technical Systems visit www.technology4retailers.com or contact us at sales@technology4retailers.com or call 800.670.1736.

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Golf Channel Announces New Docu-Reality Series

Golf Channel Chronicles Homeless Man's Extraordinary Journey To Regain His Life And Golf Glory In New Docu-Reality Series Pipe Dream ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 7, 2010) - Two years ago the life of 53-year old professional golfer Mark Burk changed forever. The golfer who won tournaments all around the world and coached A-list celebrities found himself homeless and living in abandoned construction pipes in Palm Springs after a romantic relationship went awry.

In the new 10-part, docu-reality series Pipe Dream, Golf Channel chronicles Burk's journey to get his life back on track, regain his golf career and restore his good name. Beginning with the series worldwide premiere on Jan. 11 at 9:30 p.m. ET, Golf Channel viewers will find out if Burk is able to get back in the game or if it all proves to be just a pipe dream. Actor James Remar, best known for his roles in Sex and the City and Dexter, provides the narration for the series.

From the tender age of 13, Mark Burk knew he only wanted to do one thing - play golf. Studying under renowned instructors including Ben Doyle, Jim Flick, Peter Kostis, and Kip Puterbaugh, Burk played in various professional golf tournaments across the country and internationally, spending a year on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. After playing competitively, he became a golf instructor and Hollywood consultant, teaching actors Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman how to swing a golf club for the film Swordfish.

But after years of living a charmed life, Burk became homeless in 2008. Due to a remarkably bad turn of events, including an alleged domestic violence dispute with then girlfriend, supermodel Beverly Johnson, he was left penniless and without a place to live. Pipe Dream documents Burk's struggle to survive on the streets, as well as his efforts to achieve his goal of getting back on the green. Throughout the 10-episode series, viewers will watch as Burk begins to pick up the pieces of his life, get a job, deal with a pending legal battle against his ex-girlfriend and attempt to make it through the Champions Tour Qualifying School.

"Pipe Dream follows the story of a man whose life has been turned upside down and now struggles daily to reclaim his name and his dream. Even through all of Mark's personal and professional struggles, it's been his passion and respect for the game of golf that has kept him alive," said Keith Allo, Golf Channel vice president of programming and original productions. "We are very excited to continue to bring unique and diverse programming to Golf Channel and feel that Pipe Dream will not only resonate with golf fans but with anyone, who at one time in their life, dared to dream against all odds."

Pipe Dream helps kick off an exciting slate of original programming debuting this January on Golf Channel along with the buzzed-about third season of The Haney Project which will follow political lightning rod Rush Limbaugh's attempts at improving his golf game with the help of Hank Haney, one of the world's best golf instructors and the former swing coach to Tiger Woods. The New Year also brings Golf Channel's highly-anticipated first morning show program, Morning Drive, and the start of the 2011 PGA TOUR season.

About Golf Channel
Golf Channel is a multimedia, golf entertainment and services company based in Orlando, Fla. The Golf Channel cable network, co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is available in more than 120 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies. Exclusive partnerships with the world's top tours allow Golf Channel to feature more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, added to a programming schedule distinguished by golf's best news, instruction and original programming. Golf Channel's digital platform of businesses is led by GolfChannel.com, a leading golf destination on the Internet, delivering unmatched coverage of the world of golf, as well as services that help the recreational player with how to play, what to play and where to play golf.

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Bermuda Sands Apparel Announces Hope As New Sales Rep

The Bermuda Sands Apparel Company located in Charlotte, North Carolina is very pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Hope as their new sales representative for their golf apparel line.

Formed in 2009 by several key apparel executives, Bermuda Sands has grown in the first full year to almost 1000 green grass and retail accounts.

Bob lives in Utah and will cover the Rocky Mountain territory of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming & Southern Idaho states Michael Shaw National Sales Manager for Bermuda Sands Apparel.

"We have just returned from a very busy PGA Show and were extremely pleased with the reorders from existing accounts as well as opening up a fantastic amount of new accounts too, states Roger Stiefel, Managing General Partner of Bermuda Sands

For more information contact the company directly at http://www.bermudasandsapparel.com/

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Pound Ridge Announces Exclusive 2011 Season Plans

Pound Ridge Golf Club Announces Exclusive 2011 Season Plans Uniquely Tailored To Individuals And Corporations (POUND RIDGE, N.Y.) - Pound Ridge Golf Club - the nationally-ranked, Pete Dye-designed destination course 40 miles north of New York City - announces its exclusive 2011 season plans tailored to the unique needs of today's modern golfer.

For avid golfers in New York City, Westchester, Rockland and Fairfield (Conn.) counties, and individuals and corporations making New York a second home, Pound Ridge Golf Club season plans offer an alternative to private club memberships, featuring a Dye-designed course with flexible playing options, an assortment of benefits and varying price points, starting at $4,000.

"Our season plans are ideal for metropolitan area golfers in search of a home course with private club-level conditions and world-class design pedigree, but without the commitment of a private club membership," says Pound Ridge General Manager Todd Leavenworth.

Signature holes at Pound Ridge include the stunning par-5, 13th - home to "Pete's Rock," a giant boulder that rests in the middle of the fairway - and the elusive par-3, 15th - dubbed "Headstone" - which is flanked on the right by an enormous rock outcropping that juts into the elongated but shallow 9,000 square-foot green.

For more information about Pound Ridge Golf Club and season plans, please call the pro shop at 914-764-5771 or visit www.poundridgegolf.com.

About Pound Ridge Golf Club
Opened in 2008, Pound Ridge Golf Club is the only course in New York designed by the legendary Pete Dye. Located in Westchester County, it is less than an hour north of New York City and less than 15 minutes from Stamford and Greenwich, Connecticut. One of the only high-end, public courses in the area, Pound Ridge Golf Club is a full bentgrass facility.
Crafted by Dye, his son Perry and long-time Dye construction manager/lead shaper Michael Langkau, Pound Ridge Golf Club is hewn from 172 acres of magnificent cliffs, streams and wooded hills. Dramatic rock formations and boulders were left onsite, creating one of the most visually stunning settings for golf in the U.S. More than 14,000-linear-feet of rock wall surround trees, wetlands and water hazards. These frame contoured fairways which wind through hardwood forests and fescue mounds leading to open meadows with picturesque green complexes.
Pound Ridge Golf Club plays to a par-72 and houses five sets of tees and measures 7,171 yards. It boasts a practice range, short game area and putting green. The property features some of the highest points in Westchester County, with a number of tee boxes offering expansive vistas of the surrounding countryside. Notable holes include the par-5, 13th - home to "Pete's Rock," a giant boulder that rests in the middle of the fairway - and the par-3, 15th - dubbed "Headstone" - which is flanked on the right by a large rock outcropping that protrudes into the elongated but shallow 9,000 square-foot green.
Recent accolades for Pound Ridge Golf Club Include:
• "No. 1 New York City Area Golf Course, 2010" - AskMen.com
• "America's Best New Courses, 2009" - Golf Digest
• "New Golf Development of the Year, 2009" - ABTA Golf
• "Top Ten You Can Play, No. 2, 2008" - GOLF Magazine
• "Best New Courses, 2008" - LINKS Magazine
• "America's Best New Courses, 2008" - Golfweek

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GolfOrlando Announces Mancation Promo

ORLANDO, FL (November 18, 2010) - You might not find it in Webster's, but the word "mancation" has a definition, at least according to GolfOrlando.

"MANCATION - An annual event with a group of golfers who have been friends for years. It involves drinking fine wines, playing championship golf, enjoying steaks and cigars, and never having to stop and ask for directions."

And specifically for the GolfOrlando Mancation, you can add the following: Three nights accommodations, four rounds of golf, dinners, cigars and more for four golfers, all for FREE.

Everyone who registers at the web site of GolfOrlando.com between now and February 28, 2011 will be entered and eligible to win the GolfOrlando Mancation grand prize.

The complimentary accommodations will be in a luxurious three-bedroom villa at the Villas of Grand Cypress. Located in the Lake Buena Vista area of Orlando, these spacious Mediterranean-style villas are arranged as club suites with separate sitting areas, or one, two, three, or four-bedroom villas with full-size kitchens, dining, and living rooms. Recreation facilities include a world-class racquet club, two swimming pools, windsurfing, sailing, biking, jogging, and fitness trails.

The package includes four rounds of golf on some of Orlando's most phenomenal golf courses, all of which host professional tour events. Two rounds will be played at Grand Cypress Golf Club, home to this year's LPGA Tour Championship in December. Grand Cypress Golf Club features 45 holes of Jack Nicklaus signature Golf.

One round will be played on Orange County National's Panther Lake, which hosts the PGA Tour Qualifying School Finals again this year. The other round is set for Disney's Magnolia, home to the PGA Tour's final event of the season.

Rounding out the mancation is a free dinner at one of Orlando's finest restaurants from Talk of the Town Signature Restaurants. After dinner the foursome will enjoy a night out at a cigar & wine bar.

Making sure the foursome travels in style, the mancation includes a Lincoln Town Car from Budget Rent a Car.

GolfOrlando is a co-operative marketing venture managed by Golfpac Travel to promote Central Florida as a premier golf destination. For more information, please visit www.golforlando.com or call 800-486-3439.

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Henry-Griffitts Announces 2010 ClubFitter Awards

Maumee, Ohio -- Henry-Griffitts Limited, the premier custom-fit company in golf, has announced its 2010 awards. The categories for the awards include two Master Golf Clubfitter™, two Professional Golf Clubfitters® and two special awards.

Receiving the Master Golf Clubfitter honor was Kathy Jensen, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She started playing golf at the age of nine and has risen to the top of her profession. She is the 2010 Teacher of the Year in the PNWPGA (Pacific Northwest PGA) Island Empire Chapter, a PGA Class A Golf Professional member since 1990.

She is on staff at Randy Henry's Dynamic Golf Academy located at the Coeur d'Alene Resort and continues to play in local pro-ams and tournaments. Jensen has been fitting with Henry-Griffitts since 1990.

Also receiving the Master Golf Clubfitter honor was Jeff Mansfield from Wallacia, NSW, Australia. Jeff has been an H-G fitter for more than 10 years and a member of the Australian PGA since 1991. Mansfield is a Certified H-G Teaching Professional, Henry-Griffitts N.S.W. Regional Director and has been an AAA accredited golf professional for 13 years.

Among the requirements to become a Master Golf Clubfitter are (1) Henry-Griffitts Professional Golf Clubfitter status, (2) fitting with the Henry-Griffitts Precision Fitting Method for at least 48 months, (3) completing categories such as contributions to training, research, etc., (4) publishing a work related to clubfitting, (5) completing a Masters Thesis Paper, and (6) speaking publicly on any clubfitting topic or submitting a video tape on the subject.

Receiving the title of Professional Golf Clubfitter were Bill Phillips and Jon Wright. Bill owns Bill Phillips Golf, a teaching and clubfitting business operating out of Riverbend Golf Club in Fresno, California. He has been with H-G since 2003. Jon, who has been fitting with H-G since 1992, is a PGA Professional, teacher and coach at the Lake Hills Golf Course in Billings, Montana.

To qualify as a Professional Golf Clubfitter, a person must, among other things, currently be employed by an active account, have completed Henry-Griffitts School I and Super School, have been fitting with the Henry-Griffitts Precision Fitting Method a minimum 24 months, and have sold a minimum of 1,000 Henry-Griffitts clubs.

Bob Duncan of Tetherow Golf Club in Bend, Oregon was given the Randy Henry Award. This honor recognizes the teacher who, without fail, evaluates the student's equipment in lesson programs. The teacher always has the Teacher's Cart and lie board on the lesson tee and uses the golf club, as well as his knowledge of the swing motion, to improve the students' ball flight.

Duncan has been a PGA teaching professional for more than 25 years and a clubfitter with Henry-Griffitts since 1998. In 7 years as a Teacher/Clubfitter in Sacramento, California, Duncan custom fit more than $1.6 million in golf clubs and earned Master Golf Clubfitter status from Henry-Griffitts in 2003.

Kirk Smith of Mukilteo, Washington's Harbour Pointe Golf Club, received the Jim Griffitts Award. This honor is given to the person who embodies the highest standard of care and concern for his students' enjoyment and proficiency in golf. The award signifies the deepest respect and admiration the company can bestow.

Smith achieved Professional Golf Clubfitter status in 1998 and has been with the company since 1993. He has assisted in golf schools and teaching programs for 18 years and gives lessons. He's a certified personal fitness trainer, specializing in golf fitness.

About Henry-Griffitts
Henry-Griffitts is the pioneer of dynamic club fitting and originator of the lie board, interchangeable heads and dynamic fitting, as well as the club-fitting cart. Dedicated to the symbiotic relationship between swing and equipment, Henry-Griffitts custom fits clubs through its national network of HG-Certified Teachers and then hand assembles those clubs to the tightest industry specifications. Henry-Griffitts was founded in 1983 by Randy Henry and Jim Griffitts, a pair of golf professionals who recognized that custom-fit golf clubs consistently enhance golfer performance.

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USGA Announces U.S. Open Holiday Ticket Offer

USGA Announces Special Holiday Offer For 2011 U.S. Open Tickets Far Hills, N.J. (Nov. 17) - Holiday shoppers looking for the perfect gift for the golfer on their list still have an opportunity to purchase tickets for the 2011 U.S. Open Championship, to be played June 13-19 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.

A free commemorative hat clip/ball marker set from the United States Golf Association will be mailed to all 2011 U.S. Open ticket buyers who take advantage of this special offer and purchase before Jan. 3, 2011. Grounds tickets start at $50 daily and are $450 weekly, while Trophy Club tickets start at $75 daily and are $725 for the week.

Tickets will be mailed in early May. However, the hat clip/ball marker set will be mailed in time to wrap for the holidays for your favorite golfer if ordered before Dec. 18.

New for 2011 is the 1895 Club, an individual hospitality ticket option starting at $250. Located alongside Congressional's fifth fairway, the 1895 Club will feature an upgraded dining menu with breakfast, a buffet lunch with hot entrees, afternoon snacks and full bar service throughout the day, all included in the price of the ticket.

For more information about pricing and ticket package options, and to purchase tickets online while supplies last, visit www.usga.org/tickets. Each buyer is permitted to purchase up to four tickets for each day. All tickets include complimentary general parking and shuttle transportation to and from the championship entrance.

The 2011 U.S. Open will mark the first time the championship has been played in the Washington, D.C., area in 14 years and the third time that Congressional Country Club has hosted the national championship. Ken Venturi won the 1964 U.S. Open by four strokes over Tommy Jacobs, and Ernie Els won the 1997 championship by one stroke over Colin Montgomerie.

The U.S. Open has sold out for 24 consecutive years.

About the USGA

The USGA annually conducts the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Senior Open and 10 national amateur championships. It also conducts two state team championships and helps conduct the Walker Cup Match, Curtis Cup Match and World Amateur Team Championships.

The USGA also writes the Rules of Golf, conducts equipment testing, provides expert course maintenance consultations, maintains the Handicap and Course Rating systems and celebrates the history of the game. Since 1983, the USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Program has awarded more than $31 million to more than 400 research projects for better turf and a better environment at universities across the country. The USGA also funds an ongoing "For the Good of the Game" grants program, which has allocated more than $65 million over 13 years to programs that bring the game's values to youths from disadvantaged backgrounds and people with disabilities.

For more information about the USGA, visit www.usga.org.

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