Arizona Golf News

The Arizona Women’s Golf Association’s (AWGA) have elected their 2010 Officers and Board Members. All Districts throughout Arizona are represented by members of the Board.

Arizona's leader in women's golf since 1924, the AWGA supports over 25,000 members of all skill levels. The AWGA is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization whose mission to promote and maintain the best interests and true spirit of the game of golf among women in Arizona. For further information or to join today, visit www.awga.org or call 800-442-2942.

For the seventh year in a row, there was no grand prize, million dollar winner at the finals of the Fiesta Bowl Million Dollar Hole-in-One presented by Fox Sports Arizona.

The event’s big winner however was Greg Hand of Scottsdale, Arizona who came within 4’ 9 ¾" and won a three-night golf trip to the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales. The “Manor” will be the home of the 2010 Ryder Cup and is considered on of Europe’s top golf resorts.

Now in its final week, the Fiesta Bowl Million Dollar Hole-in-One presented by Fox Sports Arizona has already seen its share of aces and exciting stories. 

Thus far, twelve hole in ones have been made on the Fiesta Bowl’s stand-alone, 120 + yard hole. Dwight Thomas of Scottsdale, Arizona recorded two hole in ones on the same day while a trio of brothers; Mike, Steve and David Reiter, all made aces. David, who resides in Glendale, Arizona, has hit two holes in ones and just missed a third when he landed just ½ inch from the cup.

On Friday, December 4, 2009, a Golf Marathon to benefit the Southwest Valley Family YMCA will be held at the legendary Wigwam Golf Resort.

Over 40 golfers will flock to the Wigwam’s Blue Course for this worthwhile, inaugural event. This sporty, Robert Trent Jones design will host these determined players all of whom will attempt to play 100 holes in just 8 hours.

The PGA Tour and Fry’s Electronics recently announced the relocation of the Frys.com Open for 2010 to CordeValle in San Martin, CA, with the tournament to be contested in October and televised in 220 countries on Golf Channel. The PGA Tour Fall Series event had been played the last three years at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Az.

Located 30 minutes south of the title sponsor Fry’s Electronics’ world headquarters in San Jose, CA, CordeValle is an 18-hole, par-72 Robert Trent Jones, Jr. design stretching across 7,169 yards of Northern California’s hillsides, canyons and broad meadows.

SCOTTSDALE, Az. - Troon Golf, an industry leader in upscale golf course management, development and marketing has announced the launch of the 2010 Troon Card Program, offering green fee discounts of up to 50 percent.

With more than 40 participating facilities, the 2010 Troon Card offers discounts at more luxury golf courses than ever before. Additionally, this year's Arizona TwoSome card is priced at $375 until Nov. 6, 2009, offering prospective buyers a $150 savings compared to last year's price. The National Twosome card is priced at $500, saving cardholders $175 on purchases made prior to Dec. 7, 2009.

A total of 319 prizes, the most in the 25-year history of the event, will be given away at the Fiesta Bowl Million Dollar Hole-in-One presented by Fox Sports Arizona, beginning on Thursday, Nov. 5th, at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club Driving Range.

Each day 29 prizes will be given away to the amateur golfers who nail a hole-in-one or come closest to the hole. The top three qualifiers each day, including everyone who nails a hole-in-one, will advance to the finals where they will have a chance to win $1 million, or a grand prize VIP golf trip to Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales, the site of the 2010 Ryder Cup.

The United State’s premier hole-in-one golf tournament, the Fiesta Bowl Million Dollar Hole-in-One presented by Fox Sports Arizona, will celebrate its 25th year in the Valley when it returns from Thursday, November 5 through Sunday, November 15 at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club.

To commemorate this anniversary event, the Hole-in-One will hold a canned food drive throughout all 11 days of the tournament in an effort to give back to the community.

Underscoring the PGA TOUR’s giving back mission, the TOUR’s TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona will conduct fundraising for Birdies for the Brave (B4B) home-front groups that directly serve military men and women and their families. The event is part of Birdies for the Brave (B4B) – the PGA TOUR’s national military outreach program supporting the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families.

Tempe-based Krank Golf announced it will be represented by many of the world’s best long drivers from Oct. 25-30 at the 2009 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championships in Mesquite, Nevada. Total purse for the event is $450,000. 

Each year in excess of 10,000 competitors attempt to qualify for the RE/MAX Finals. The qualification events occur at approximately 300 plus sites around the globe.

Krank Golf founder and president Lance Reader, a Phoenix, Ariz., resident who once hit a world record drive of 526 yards in a 2004 competition, said Krank Golf is represented by many of the sport’s top competitors, including NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry of Denver. All Krank drivers are made for average golfers. Over 20,000 have been sold in the Phoenix market alone.