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ATP Winston-Salem Open Tournament Dir BILL OAKES has "received a six-year contract extension" that will keep him with the event through at least '21. Oakes said that his five-year deal "was up" in February. Oakes also still serves as Wake Forest Univ. Associate AD/Strategic Communications -- a role he assumed in '11 when he "took the position with the Winston-Salem Open" (WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 8/27)....Marriott Golf named Chicago-based EZ Links Golf, Senior Manager of Client Services BRETT STARK Senior Dir of Marketing & eCommerce (Marriott Golf)....NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies Owner BILL EDWARDS said that he will "be acting GM," replacing FARRUKH QURAISHI, who was fired last week (BIZJOURNALS.com, 8/26).

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