Pete McDaniel Becomes Contributing Writer With African American Golfer's Digest

MR. PETE McDANIEL joins the African American Golfer's Digest, the nations leading print magazine for avid Black Golfers, as a contributing writer to the editorial team.  McDaniel, a prolific journalistist, well-known throughout the golf industry is author of “Uneven Lies: The Heroic Story of African Americans in Golf” and Co-Author of “How I Play Golf” and “Training a Tiger.”

McDaniel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Pete’s broad experience includes serving as Senior Writer at Golf Digest and Golf World magazines and over 16 years of primary responsibility collaborating on instruction and feature articles with Tiger Woods. Pete was a sports editor of the Hendersonville Times-News for 13 years where he earned several North Carolina Press Association writing awards. The Arden, NC native currently resides in Conyers, GA. Read his first roll-out blog with us online at HERE

Junior Golf Championships presented by PGA TOUR Superstore

It is a very exciting time for the Junior Golf Championships presented by PGA TOUR Superstore with several new partnerships and enhancements to their events:

-Junior Golf Championships welcomes Iomic Grips as the Official Grip, Gimmie Charge as the Official Electronics Charging System, and Coca-Cola/PowerAde as the Official Beverages of the Junior Golf Championships.

-Junior Open Championship will now become the Taylormade Invitational presented by PGA TOUR Superstore. Qualifications for this event will be released January 20th.

2013 Schedule -

Junior Masters presented by PGA TOUR Superstore

March 9th & 10th, 2013

Bears Best Golf Club – Suwanne, Georgia

Entries Open – January 1st, 2013

Entries Close – March 1st, 2013

Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranked - Golfweek Ranked - AJGA PBE Stars - AJG Membership Exemptions

Lone Star Junior Championship presented by PGA TOUR Superstore

May 25th-26th, 2013
Woodbridge Golf Club – Wylie, Texas

Entries Open – January 1st, 2013

Entries Close – May 15th, 2013

Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranked - Golfweek Ranked - AJGA PBE Stars - Optimist Qualifier - TJGT Exemptions

Taylormade Invitational presented by PGA TOUR Superstore

June 15th-16th, 2013
Tribute Golf Club – The Colony, Texas

Entries Open – January 1st, 2013

Entries Close – June 5th, 2013

Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranked - Golfweek Ranked - AJGA PBE Stars - Optimist Qualifier - TJGT Exemptions

Chicago Junior Open presented by PGA TOUR Superstore

July 27-28th, 2013

St Andrews Golf & Country Club - West Chicago, IL

Entries Open – January 1st, 2013

Entries Close – July 17th, 2013

Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranked - Golfweek Ranked - RMJGT Exemptions

Junior Championship presented by PGA TOUR Superstore

September 7th-8th, 2013

ASU Karsten Golf Course – Tempe, Arizona

Entries Open – January 1st, 2013

Entries Close – August 30th, 2013

Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranked - Golfweek Ranked - AJGA PBE Stars - JGAA Exemptions

ShopRite LPGA Classic Announces 2013 Tournament Dates
May 27 – June 2 at Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club

Galloway, NJ (December 6, 2012) – The ShopRite LPGA Classic officially announced the 2013 tournament will be Monday, May 27 through Sunday, June 2 on the Bay Course at Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club in Galloway, NJ. The best players from the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) will compete for a $1.5 million purse in the 54-hole, LPGA-sanctioned official event. A week of pre-tournament events will lead three days of championship play starting Friday, May 31 and concluding Sunday, June 2. The ShopRite LPGA Classic will be televised on Golf Channel. For the latest tournament news and information, visit ShopRiteLPGAClassic.com.

The World Club Championship comes to the Dunes Course at Diamante Cabo San Lucas as club champions from 14 countries compete head to head for the Jay Lee Trophy beginning October 29 through November 2.

The World Club Championship, which began in 2002 as a way to celebrate two of golf’s greatest enduring traditions: amateur golfers and the world class Clubs to which they belong, is one of the most coveted amateur events in golf.

It is truly an international event, having been hosted by: The Club at Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, South Korea; Sage Valley Golf Club, South Carolina, USA; and Reignwood Pine Valley Golf Club, Beijing, China. By hosting the World Club Championship, Diamante will solidify its prestige in the world of golf.

PGA.com Teams Up with HLN’s Robin Meade

PGA.com, along with The PGA of America and HLN’s Robin Meade, has teamed up to encourage women’s participation in golf.  Meade, the host of “Morning Express with Robin Meade,” recently took up the game of golf and will participate in the Pro-Am prior to TNT’s coverage of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf from Bermuda’s Port Royal Golf Course. TNT’s coverage of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf will air Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 4–7 p.m. ET/PT and Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 4–8 p.m. ET/PT, with exclusive early-round coverage on both days of the tournament on PGA.com.

Olympic Golf Course Winner Announced

Brazilian architect Pedro Évora was named as the winner of a competition for the design of the 2016 Olympic golf course club house earlier this week. The winning project, which was revealed at the Brazilian Institute of Architects, Rio de Janeiro department (IAB-RJ), features a large veranda showcasing the lush tropical landscape of Barra da Tijuca. The design aims to capture the spirit of Rio de Janeiro by combining an atmosphere of conviviality with nature.

The competition was open to professionals who graduated within the last 15 years and attracted entries from 82 teams of architects and landscape architects from across Brazil.Pedro Évora and Pedro Rivera, the author and co-author respectively of the winning project, received a prize of about US$12,000.

Explaining the concept behind his design, Évora said: “It’s an open space, with full contact with nature, integrated with the landscape of Barra. Those who play and who attend will have a unique experience, one that could only be experienced here.”

President of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Carlos Arthur Nuzman said at the event: “We wished to showcase Brazilian culture and to give this opportunity to our country’s young architects. They’ve come up with projects that honour and make Brazilian architecture proud. I’m delighted with the result.”

National Golf Day is on Thursday, October 4, 2012.

Thursday, October 4^th marks National Golf Day and EarthCam is celebrating this unique holiday with live views from the beautiful Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina. Enjoy a live streaming look at the 18^th hole green, where you just might see someone get a hole-in-one!

National Golf Day is a major charitable event, sponsored annually since 1952 by the PGA. Contributors to the various associated charities have the chance to play a round of golf with one of the over 4,300 professional members of the PGA who participate in the event.

Enjoy spectacular live views of the Kiawah Island Golf Course by visiting http://www.earthcam.com/usa/southcarolina/kiawahisland/.