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Ryder Cup Europe confirms that six countries, France, Germany, Holland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, have announced their intention to bid for The 2018 Ryder Cup.

All six countries have been advised that the deadline for the submission of bids has been set for April 30, 2010. It is intended that the 2018 Host Nation will be announced in 2011.

For nearly 16 years, Falcon’s Fire Golf Club has consistently been recognized as one of the finest public golf courses in Orlando. In order to maintain the highest quality golf experience for their guests, the Club will be using this summer as an opportunity to renovate the course in an effort to return it to the championship quality that golfers have come to expect.

Some of Falcon's Fire's honors include being named “Best Public Course in Florida” in 2006 by Florida Monthly, one of “Florida’s 50 Finest Golf Courses” in 2000 by Golf & Travel and consistently receiving four stars from Golf Digest.

PGA Professional Mike Taylor celebrated his 46th birthday by hopping on a plane at 7 a.m. Monday bound for New York, in the hopes of witnessing some personal golf history.

A little more than six hours later, his wish came true when his student, Lucas Glover, captured the 109th U.S. Open at the famed Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y. Glover is the first protégé of Taylor, who has taught at Sea Island Golf Club on St. Simons Island, Ga., for 20 years, to capture a major Championship. 

BETHESDA, Md. - The 2009 AT&T National and host Tiger Woods, will honor the Wounded Warriors on the first tee on Wednesday, July 1, to kick off the official start of the tournament with another exciting patriotic opening ceremony.

Continuing in the tradition of paying tribute to the U.S. Military, several Wounded Warriors will join Tiger Woods on the first tee at 11:00 a.m. as the 101st Airborne Division Parachute Demonstration Team prepares to descend upon Congressional Country Club to deliver golf balls for the ceremonial first shot. 

Marriott Golf has selected Orlando's Marriott's Grande Pines Golf Club as its "Property of the Year."

This award is based on performance excellence for current and previous years in various categories such as golf sales, round improvements, customer satisfaction, program development, personnel development and leadership and more.

Denver-based Birth.Golf.Death. (“B.G.D.”) has just released fresh new designs for the spring/summer 2009 season. The new designs include T-shirts, long and short sleeve polo shirts, windbreakers and jackets, each featuring B.G.D.’s signature logo of a skeleton golfer.

Many of the pieces are designed with an alternative flair, while others reflect a Zen-like golf experience, with Buddha and planet Earth featured in the designs.

NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. - Foxwoods Resort Casino and Lake of Isles has announced a partnership with one of the world's top golf instructors, Hank Haney, who will Foxwoods Resort Casino and host golf schools for the resort's patrons throughout the year as part of the agreement.

In the fall, the award-winning golf academy will be named the Hank Haney Golf Academy at Lake of Isles.

After six straight missed cuts this year on the Hooters Tour, long-hitting Ryan Brehm was, like any golfer who struggles to get a grip on his game, beginning to doubt himself.

A dominant eight-shot wire-to-wire win at the 92nd Michigan Open, presented by Lincoln Mercury, changed all of that.

"Golf is a battle against yourself a lot of the time," said Brehm, who closed with a 2-under-par round of 69. "This week, I kept control over myself - the best I've ever done."

Golf fans will be able to use a variety of cutting-edge technologies, digital applications and devices to follow the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park's Black Course, June 15-21, from their home, office or on the go.

Aided by corporate partner IBM, the USGA will offer online features such as video walkthroughs and HD flyovers of the course as well as live webcast coverage of some of the game's elite players during the first two rounds.

Billy Casper Golf (BCG), owner and operator of golf courses in 25 states, and Callaway Golf have partnered to host demo days involving more than 80 BCG courses nationwide during the weekend of June 18-20, which happens to fall on Father's Day and the U.S. Open.

Golfers will test men's and women's clubs and putters, as well as balls and accessories, from Callaway, and participating BCG pro shops will extend special pricing on select Callaway merchandise.