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Cutter & Buck: Names Jake Rawson as its new global director of sales for golf.

Billy Casper Golf: Chairman and CEO Peter Hill has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the National Golf Foundation.

AHEAD: Appoints Anne Broholm as chief executive officer, while Chuck Lord has been appointed chief operating officer.

Pound Ridge Golf Club (Pound Ridge, N.Y.): Names Kevin Nalepka director of sales.

Pound Ridge Golf Club (Pound Ridge, N.Y.): Names Kevin Nalepka director of sales.

Lake of Isles (North Stonington, Conn.): Names 15 Junior Golf Scholarship Program recipients. Among the benefits will be weekly practice and training sessions with a Troon Golf Academy instructor.

Scooter Pines Holdings: Announces Mary Bea Porter-King as the first member of the multi-media company’s advisory board.

Middle Atlantic PGA: Reports on First Tee 16-year-old student Matthew Padgett, who scored back-to-back holes-in-one on May 5.

Mary Hafeman Golf Academy: Founder Mary Hafeman is honored as the PGA of America’s Northern Chapter of the North Florida Section 2012 Teacher of the Year. Hafeman operates the academies at The Champions Club at Julington Creek and Windsor Parke Golf Club.

VCT: Selects Dianne Hart of Broken Sound Club in Boca Raton, Fla., as the winner of its promotional drawing held at the 2012 National Club Conference. VCT will make a $1,000 donation to the NCA Foundation in the name of Broken Sound Club.

Honours Golf Co.: Appoints Matthew Devine as course superintendent for Limestone Springs Golf Club in Oneonta, Ala.

XGolf: Appoints Jay Russo as chief marketing officer and chief strategy officer.

Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects: Announces that Robert Trent Jones Jr. will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, awarded by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, on May 12.

XGolf: Appoints Jay Russo as chief marketing officer and chief strategy officer.

Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects: Announces that Robert Trent Jones Jr. will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, awarded by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, on May 12.

FlightScope: Ambassador Michael Jacobs has been named the Metropolitan PGA Section’s 2012 Teacher of the Year.

National Golf Management: Names Brent Wise as its corporate controller.

KemperSports: Hosted its annual KemperSports Leadership Conference at The Glen Club in Glenview, Ill., and announced its 2011 award winners.

EWGA: Announces its annual Women Who Lead awardees, specifically recognizing excellence in volunteer leadership throughout the organization. The honored are Deborah Allen (Hampton Roads, Va. Chapter), Elizabeth Armstrong (Greater Richmond, Va. Chapter), Aura Arriaga (Omaha, Neb. Chapter), Pam Banister (Atlanta, Ga. Chapter), Sherry Bruck (Westchester, N.Y. Chapter), Dawn Filippine (Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Mich. Chapter), Alice Hoctor (Cincinnati, Ohio Chapter), Kris Leone (Palm Beach County, Fla. Chapter), Kim Thomas (Washington, D.C. Metro Chapter) and Nancy Williams (Central Indiana Chapter).

Edwin Watts Golf Shops: Announces that Freddie Mangum, manager of the Miami-Doral shop, has been honored by Ping as a 2011 Regional Club Fitter of the Year.