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OneAsia: Appoints Tenniel Chu, vice chairman of Mission Hills China, as a senior official as the golf tour embarks on its fourth season. Chu will handle an array of responsibilities, including working with national golf governing bodies, professional golf associations, tournament sponsors and course and resort owners to develop additional events.

Leupold & Stevens Inc.: Hires Nicole Herranen as a national accounts merchandising specialist.

Billy Casper Golf: Founder and Hall of Famer Billy Casper will hold a meet-and-greet session at Alvamar Country Club in Lawrence, Kansas, on April 18.

Leupold & Stevens Inc.: Hires Nicole Herranen as a national accounts merchandising specialist.

KemperSports: Appoints Randy Farber as general manager of Highland Park Country Club in Highland Park, Ill.

EWGA: Chief executive officer Pam Swensen is recognized as one of the top women-led business leaders by The Commonwealth Institute South Florida. The institute is a non-profit organization that helps women entrepreneurs, CEOs, and senior corporate executives build businesses.

KemperSports: Appoints Andrew Perez to general manager of The Course at Aberdeen in Valparaiso, Ind.

Buffalo Communications: Promotes David Griffith to public relations director. Griffith will assume a larger role in strategy development and oversight of program execution within the company’s products division.

Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals: Announces that life member Dana Upshaw of Warner Robins, Ga., has been named a Top 100 Fitter by Mizuno Golf.

PuttingZone: Certifies Ryan Vermeer of Oak Hills Country Club in Omaha, Neb., as a PuttingZone coach.

Dancin’ Dogg Golf: Names Mike Smith as European business manager. Smith will oversee OptiShot sales through his longstanding network of contacts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and continental Europe.

Dancin’ Dogg Golf: Names Mike Smith as European business manager. Smith will oversee OptiShot sales through his longstanding network of contacts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and continental Europe.

EWGA: Names Janet Phillips as its 2011 EWGA Businesswoman of the Year.

KemperSports: Hires Andy Crosson as vice president of business development. Crosson will join the new business team responsible for growing KemperSports’ golf course management portfolio.

National Golf Management: Names Steve Mays as vice president of marketing and sales.

Rife Putters / Innovex Golf: Hires John Anton Bergquist as the company’s vice president of engineering and design.

Linda Hartough: To have an exclusive exhibition of her golf landscape art work April 9-15 at the Karis Art and Design Gallery in Hilton Head, S.C. The exhibition, Hartough’s first at this venue, will take place during the RBC Heritage.

Rife Putters / Innovex Golf: Hires John Anton Bergquist as the company’s vice president of engineering and design.

Linda Hartough: To have an exclusive exhibition of her golf landscape art work April 9-15 at the Karis Art and Design Gallery in Hilton Head, S.C. The exhibition, Hartough’s first at this venue, will take place during the RBC Heritage.

KPMG: Signs Stacy Lewis to an endorsement agreement. Lewis will wear the KPMG logo on her golf shirt and shirt collar during all golf-related appearances, beginning at this week’s Kraft Nabisco Championship where she is the reigning champion.