KIAWAH ISLAND, SC – Continuing its ongoing efforts to develop innovative ways to grow the game of golf, Kiawah Island Golf Resort is testing a new program this summer to target three hours or less for a round of golf.  From July 9, 2011 to August 31, 2011, the resort will set aside tee times on its courses for singles, twosomes and threesomes with the goal for golfers to finish their 18-hole round in less than three hours. 

SYLACAUGA, AL – FarmLinks Golf Club at Pursell Farms – featuring the world’s only agronomic research and demonstration golf course – has teamed up with barbecue enthusiast, Scott Jones, nationally recognized food and wine expert and former executive food editor of Southern Living, to offer an appetizing, new educational program that’s sure to be savored: “Barbecue Rubs & Clubs at The Farm.”

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL and LA QUINTA, CA -- The PGA TOUR tournament in La Quinta, CA has a new name, a new format, a new trophy, and most important, an innovative new focus on health and well-being. The “Humana Challenge” has been announced as the new name of the event formerly known as the Bob Hope Classic, and will feature several changes to the format beginning in 2012.

ORLANDO, FL (July 6, 2011) – The Annual Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) proudly announces the 16^th Annual Sunshine Region Charity Golf Tournament will be held at Bay Hill Club & Lodge on September 19, 2011, to benefit the Kids’ Kidney Center at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, and the CMAA Student Chapter at the UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management.   The tournament is a Shamble Format with entry fee including buffet breakfast, tournament play and an awards luncheon with live raffle and open bar.  Prizes will be awarded to tournament winners, closest to the pin on par 3’s, and longest drive.   Entry fee of $1,000 per team / $250 per individual include range balls, breakfast and lunch, all golf fees, refreshments on the golf course, and tee gifts.    Click here to view the tournament registration brochure. 

St. Andrews, Scotland—St. Andrews, the birthplace and spiritual home of golf, will host the world’s first public tribute to the ancient game with the announcement of the inaugural St. Andrews Golf Festival (www.standrewsgolffestival.com), which will be happening from March 28-April 1, 2012.

BELLAIRE, MI – Golf professionals and talented amateurs from the U.S. and Canada will congregate in this small Northern Michigan town this fall for a new Michigan Pro-Am Tournament.