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Alto Lakes Golf & Country Club and The Outlaw Club in Ruidoso have signed a deal to allow The Outlaw Club to reopen this season as a private course for Alto Lakes members — provided Alto Lakes’ membership approves.

Alto Lakes’ members will be asked to vote by mail on the lease-purchase deal in the next several weeks. The arrangement could result in Alto Lakes owning the golf course free and clear within five years in return for footing its operational bills in the interim. [Read more →]

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Sun Country Golf’s editor, Dan Vukelich, won an “Outstanding Achiever” award from the International Network of Golf for his photo, “Missing Right,” which appeared in the July-August 2009 issue of the magazine.

The photo depicted the first tee of the PGA of America’s Professional National Championship at Twin Warriors Golf Club last July. It finished second to “Bagpiper at Spanish Bay,” a photo by Joann Dost, which appeared in Fairways + Greens magazine.

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Opinion by Dan Vukelich, Sun Country Editor

Just like the banking industry, professional golf is due for a major correction and it’s about to get bloody.

On the horizon: dropped sponsorships, anemic Tour events, reduced purses and continuing erosion of TV viewership. Click here for an earlier post on the Wall Street Journal’s take on the future of PGA Tour sponsorships.

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Phil Jimenez, a veteran ad sales executive, has signed on as Sun Country Golf’s advertising sales representative.

“We’re excited about our new relationship with Phil, who brings a depth of sales experience to the magazine that can help it grow,” said Ken Adams, Sun Country Golf’s co-publisher and business manager.

Jimenez has worked with Prime Time Publishing, American General Media and Citadel Broadcasting in Albuquerque, and at broadcast outlets and publications in Idaho, South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida.

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