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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The 2009 OB Sports Golf Card is now on sale. With its purchase, cardholders and their accompanied guests (three per day) save substantially on greens fees at three popular local golf facilities - Aliante, Angel Park and The Legacy Golf Clubs. Clark County residents may purchase the OB Sports Golf Card during August's early bird sale for only $99 and after August 31 for $149. Residents outside of Clark County may purchase the card for $249. Golfers who purchase during the August early birds sale will reap its benefits from August 2008 through December 2008; that's 17 months of savings.

The main, but not the only, attraction of the golf card is low year-round greens fees ranging from $35 to $59 depending on the season, and cardholders are allowed to bring three guests per day who pay the same low green fees. This money-saving, frequent-player program is valid at Aliante Golf Club in North Las Vegas, Angel Park Golf Club in Las Vegas and The Legacy Golf Club in Henderson. As part of the Travel Benefits, cardholders receive low rates at several other OB Sports-affiliated golf clubs throughout the western United States (see below for a complete listing). 

PINEHURST, N.C.– Robbie Fillmore, 22, of Provo, Utah, shot a 5-under-par 65 on the No. 4 course Tuesday to win medalist honors by two strokes on the second day of stroke play at the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club.

A first-team all-Mountain West Conference selection at Brigham Young University, Fillmore logged one eagle and four birdies against a sole bogey for a 36-hole total of 6-under-par 134. His 65 is the lowest score of the stroke play portion of the championship. 

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.  - Padraig Harrington's consecutive Major Championship victories at the British Open and PGA Championship coupled with the knee injury suffered by U.S. Open Champion Tiger Woods have opened the door for two past major champions to complete the foursome for the 26^th PGA Grand Slam of Golf to be conducted in Bermuda at Mid Ocean Club, Oct. 13 - 15.

Three-time major champion Harrington, Mickelson and Goosen will be joined by 2008 Masters Champion Trevor Immelman. 

ROANOKE, Tx. - Long Drivers of America has taken a significant step to reduce doubt that driving a golf ball upward of 390 or even 400 yards isn't possible without cheating.

LDA recently announced that the likes of five-time World Long Driving Champion Jason Zuback and Sean "The Beast" Fister will be suject to steroid/drug testing at its LDA-sanctioned power golf events beginning with the 2008 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship in Mesquite, Nevada on October 20-25.

SHENZHEN, China - Golf didn't make it into the Beijing Olympic Games but before their conclusion a golf tournament titled after one of the game's greatest will being inside China's borders.

Mission Hills Golf Club – the world’s largest collection of premier golf courses with 12 layouts designed by many of the greatest golfers and golf course architects from five continents – will host the inaugural Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship 2008, August 20-21, on its Nicklaus-designed World Cup Course. 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - During the final round of the ADT Championship, scheduled for November 23 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach a few lucky finalists will be shooting for a million dollar hole-in-one.

The National City Millon Dollar Shootout has announced four ways to qualify for the contest along with corresponding qualifying sites.

Golfers can qualify four different ways: Win a finalist spot at any of the six sites open to the public; win a finalist spot in an official designated charity golf tournament; qualify on the range during the ADT Championship or look for the enter-to-win sweepstakes display at any participating South Florida Publix beginning in mid-October. 

Eugene, Ore. – Amanda Blumenherst, 21, of Scottsdale, Ariz., added a national championship to her impressive amateur résumé after winning the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur at the 6,516-yard, par-72 Eugene Country Club.

Blumenherst, the three-time national collegiate player of the year, earned a 2-and-1 victory over the reigning NCAA Division I individual champion, Azahara Munoz, 20, of Spain. 

JACKSON, Miss.  - The Mississippi Development Authority recently announced that three state golf clubs - Fallen Oak, Dancing Rabbit and Grand Bear - have been accorded elite status from Golf Magazine and its "Top 100 Courses You Can Play 2008-2009" list.

The Top 100 list is derived from ratings submitted by a team of Golf Magazine best-of panelists who scour the country to evaluate the best public-access courses, of which there are roughly 14,000. The biennial list is included in the September 2008 edition of the magazine, which will be available on newsstands beginning Aug. 11.  

Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., the home of many of the most memorable U.S. major championships, has been named the site of the 98th PGA Championship in August 2016, and will be a part of a year-long celebration of The PGA of America's Centennial.

Considered one of architect A.W. Tillinghast's finest designs, Baltusrol Golf Club has hosted one or more major championships in all but one decade of the 20th century, which is unmatched by any other U.S. facility. Baltusrol has been the site of seven U.S. Open Championships on three different courses, which is another unique record. 

Far Hills, NJ - The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced revisions to the Rules of Golf, placing new restrictions on the cross sectional area and edge sharpness of golf club grooves.

The revisions are designed to restore the challenge of playing shots to the green from the rough by reducing backspin on those shots. The initial focus of the new rules will be competitions involving highly skilled professional golfers and will have little impact on the play of most golfers.