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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, February 28, 2008

GOLF REPORT
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Rally for the Cure recently announced a partnership with 3balls.com to create the Rally Golf Club Donation Center.

The Web site opened in January at donate clubs.rallyforthecure.com. The center was created as an alternative method of raising funds to beat breast cancer.

Golfers are encouraged to donate used clubs for a good cause. At the site they can quickly find the fair-market donation values for their golf clubs as determined by the PGA.com Value Guide. Funds raised through golf club donations go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Rally for the Cure is in its 12th year as a golf grassroots breast cancer awareness program. Since it debuted in 1996, the mission of Rally for the Cure has been to emphasize the importance of early detection in the successful treatment of breast cancer and to support the mission of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease.

3balls.com is an online retailer of used and like-new golf equipment.

It operates several golf industry initiatives such as PGA.com Value Guide and PGA Trade-In Network.

NOTES

Mauna Lani will have a Demo Day Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the resort's Francis H. I'i Brown practice range. Equipment from Taylor Made, Nike, Ping, Titleist/Cobra and Callaway will be available, with representatives able to fit clubs and offer swing analysis. The free Demo Day is open to men, women and children. Call Ross Birch (885-6655) for more information.

The final new "Golf Hawai'i" show of the season airs Monday at 7 p.m. on The Golf Channel. Maui's Mark Rolfing will feature two of the LPGA's rising young stars: Morgan Pressel, who recently signed to represent Kapalua Resort, and Paula Creamer, who won the Fields Open in Hawai'i Saturday. Golf Hawai'i will also present a special feature called "Hawai'i's Great 18," a showcase of some of the best golf holes in the 50th state, as well as Rolfing's "My View" on why you can play your best golf in Hawai'i. The program will re-air Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. and 9 p.m., and March 10 at 1:30 p.m.