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/. 

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Grand Golf Resorts of Florida to host two Legends Tour events

The newly formed Grand Golf Resorts of Florida, a Salamander Collection, will host two Legends Tour golf tournaments this fall: The Handa Cup at Reunion Resort in Orlando from November 2-4, and the Legends Tour Open Championship at Innisbrook Resort in Tampa Bay from November 9-11.

The Handa Cup is a 36-hole team tournament featuring USA Legends versus World Legends. Showcasing 12 players and two captains per team, it is the first year this annual international team competition will be played on Reunion Resort’s Palmer Course, an Arnold Palmer Signature Design. Team USA, the defending champion for six consecutive years under the direction of LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer Kathy Whitworth, will be newly led in 2012 by JoAnn Carner, also a Hall of Fame member and former Solheim Cup Captain. The World Team will be captained for the second year in a row by Sweden’s Pia Nilsson, well-known guru of golf who counts LPGA Tour all-star Annika Sorenstam among her charges.

Just one week later, the ISPS Legends Tour Open Championship returns to Innisbrook Resort for the fourth consecutive year.  This 36-hole stroke play event is held on the resort’s challenging Island Course, designed by Larry Packard. The tournament, won last year by two-time LPGA Tour Champion Michele Redman, will feature 40 Legends Tour professionals competing for the only major championship on the Legends Tour. The final round falls on Veterans Day, and the tournament will honor members of the military with free admission and a special hospitality area on the ninth green. There will also be a paratrooper jump on Saturday morning and uniformed military personnel will walk with each pairing as standard bearers on Sunday.

Tickets for both events are on sale now at thelegendstour.com/tickets and can also be purchased at the tournament gate. Additionally, advance Legends Tour Open Championship tickets for Innisbrook are available to AAA members at a discount at any Florida branch. All ticket proceeds for the Legends Tour Open Championship benefit Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. Children under 17 and all military personnel with ID are admitted free to both events, which also feature complimentary parking and shuttles.

The Legends Tour is the Official Legends Tour of the LPGA. The tour began in 2000 by LPGA professionals to showcase the talents of some of the greatest women’s golfers of all time. Grand Golf Resorts of Florida was formed in 2011 by Salamander Hotels & Resorts, which was founded by Sheila C. Johnson. In addition to Innisbrook and Reunion resorts, the Grand Golf Resorts collection also features Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast and includes nine golf courses which play from the Gulf to the Atlantic.

For more information, visit www.thelegendstour.com