Tickets for the '98 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club in
S.F. went on sale the day after the completion of the '97
U.S. Open and were sold out in less than 24 hours, according
to GOLFWEEK. The previous fastest Open sellout was eight
months (GOLFWEEK, 7/5 issue).
GOLF NOTES: New Orleans-based retail energy provider
Entergy Corp. will become title sponsor of the city's PGA
Tour event beginning in '99, when the tournament will raise
its purse to $2M (Entergy)....Top-Flite will begin shipping
its Intimidator 400 series of fairway woods and drivers
September 15. The clubs were developed by staff consultant
Lee Trevino and Top Flite R&D Dir Jeff Sheets (USA TODAY,
7/8)....PGA Tour Licensing has granted the license for men's
neckwear to American Neckwear Corp. The PGA Tour line will
be sold in high-end department stores, specialty shops and
golf resorts and will retail from $37.50-50.00 (PGA Tour
Licensing)....Former Clinton administration appointee David
Watkins was elected to the board of CA-based Carbite Golf
Co. Currently the president of a venture capital company,
Watkins is a former VP at Callaway Golf (GOLFWEEK, 7/5).
