Jan 5 (Reuters) - Sports news in brief from around the world:

Best SyndicationCallaway Golf Signs Stuart ApplebyWELT ONLINE, Germany - 24 minutes agoCallaway Golf Company (NYSE:ELY) today announced the signing of PGA Tour veteran Stuart Appleby to a multi-year contract. Appleby, winner of eight PGA Tour ...Golf Exercises to Help Maintain a Fixed Spine Angle in Your Golf Swing Best SyndicationNigeria: 2009 - Golf Consolidation in the Offing AllAfrica.comGolf Exercises to Develop the Three Integral Components of Club ... Best Syndicationall 9 news articles

Pangandaman apologizes anew for golf course brawlGMA news.tv, Philippines - 40 minutes agoHowever, Pangandaman insisted his sons did not instigate the mess at the Valley Golf and Country Club with Delfin dela Paz and his son. ...Golf-course row sparks lawsuits Business MirrorPangandamans file countersuit over golf brawl ABS CBN NewsDAR chief’s sons charged over golf brawl Inquirer.netManila Times - Philippine Starall 35 news articles

Yahoo! EurosportThis Week in Golf - January 8th through January 11thSports Network - 29 minutes agoThe Golf Channel will have nearly 18 hours of coverage this week, then nearly 18 more next week when KJ Choi defends his title at the Sony Open in Hawaii, ...Golf Channel will kick off the '09 PGA Tour season in Hawaii WorldGolf.comPGA Tour stars keep eyes on European Tour's Race to Dubai USA TodayFantasy Golf: 2009 Mercedes-Benz Championship Primer RotoTimes.comAbout

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The Kodak Challenge begins in January 2009. Select PGA TOUR tournaments will feature a Kodak Challenge hole. (What is the Kodak Challenge?)

The Kodak Challenge, which tees off in January 2009, celebrates beautiful holes and memorable moments on the PGA TOUR. The holes, selected by an Advisory Board composed of leading golf experts and influentials, are featured on kodakchallenge.com, where fans can view photos, watch videos of the Advisory Board's discussion, and read about the memorable moments on each hole.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Kodak and the PGA TOUR announced the 24 holes that will make up the Kodak Challenge, a first-of-its-kind competition for PGA TOUR players that offers $1 million to the winning player.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Kodak Challenge Advisory Board -- made up of representatives from a cross-section of the golf industry -- will help select the holes that make up the $1 million Kodak Challenge.

Aree Song officially announced today that she will be joining forces with a new charity this year - The Captain Planet Foundation. Aree is proud to be associated with this wonderful organization that raises environmental awareness.

Best SyndicationGolf Exercises to Help Maintain a Fixed Spine Angle in Your Golf SwingBest Syndication, CA - 30 minutes agoA number of components are required for successful golf shots. No matter if you are on the tee box or hitting a short iron shot to the green a fixed spine ...Golf Exercises to Develop the Three Integral Components of Club ... Best Syndicationall 2 news articles

A total of 33 players will compete at Mercedes-Benz Championship, the first event in the 2009 season. Who's playing? We've analyzed the field based on the following categories:

Greensboro Country Club redesigning Carlson Farm golf courseGreensboro News Record, NC - 3 hours agoGolf architect Donald Steel has been asked to transform the former Ellis Maples rendering. The course, located 10 miles from the center of Greensboro, ...GSO Country Club plans $11M renovation The Business Journal of the ... Bizjournals.comall 3 news articles

The 2008 season dawned with Tiger Woods saying that the calendar year Grand Slam was "easily within reason."

As the 2009 PGA TOUR season opens this week, PGATOUR.COM wondered what surprises are in store. So we asked our panel of experts for their best guesses, and here they are.

Women's golf rankings modifiedKansas City Star, MO - 26 minutes agoBy Sports Network The process for calculating the women's world golf rankings has been modified to allow a more consistent outcome for each week's list. ...

As one of the five top money winners on the 2007 Duramed FUTURES Tour, Allison Fouch moved on to the 2008 LPGA Tour. The native of Grand Rapids, Mich., posted three top-10 finishes in her first full season on the LPGA.

Golf-course row sparks lawsuitsBusiness Mirror, Philippines - 48 minutes agoInitial reports said the quarrel broke out when the Pangandamans broke “golf etiquette” by playing out of turn and overtaking the de la Paz family at the ...Pangandaman kin face child abuse, injury raps over golf 'brawl' ABS CBN NewsDAR chief’s sons charged over golf brawl Inquirer.netGolf course brawls now in trial court Manila TimesGMA news.tv - ABS CBN Newsall 31 news articles

A new year means a new beginning. A fresh start. A clean slate.

WGL Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Begins 2009 With Executed LOI to ...CNNMoney.com - 33 minutes agoDuring the past year, WGL Entertainment has taken the appropriate steps to syndicate its reality golf series, "WGL's Million Dollar Shoot Out. ...

Bleacher ReportGolf Channel will kick off the '09 PGA Tour season in HawaiiWorldGolf.com, AZ - 46 minutes agoGolf Channel's announcing team will include play-by-play host Kelly Tilghman and analysts Nick Faldo and Mark Rolfing in the broadcast booth. ...Nigeria: 2009 - Golf Consolidation in the Offing AllAfrica.comPGA Tour stars keep eyes on European Tour's Race to Dubai USA TodayFinancial difficulties could affect golf’s success in 2009 Fort Worth Star TelegramESPN - Reuters UKall 41 news articles

Happy New Year. Do you know what my favorite thing about the beginning of the year on the PGA TOUR is? Well, it used to be getting all the free stuff over the winter. Your clothing company would send boxes and boxes of clothes. Your equipment company would send the absolute latest driver, irons, putters and wedges just to make sure that you were aware of all the latest developments in golf technology. And not

UAW Floating ‘Phantom Employees’ and Avoiding Property Taxes At ...Men's News Daily, CA - 57 minutes agoSome new tough questions are being asked about Black Lake Golf Club, the luxury golf course owned by the United Auto Workers union in Cheboygan County, ...

BBC NewsSerious fire damages golf courseBBC News, UK - 3 minutes agoA serious fire has caused more than £100000 of damage at a golf course in southern Scotland. The green keeper's shed at the Pines Golf Centre in Dumfries ...

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2009 European Tour Race to Dubai on Monday (British unless stated):