Both tournaments featured ticket programs that included golf books for discounts at several area courses.
Vouchers for Merrill Lynch’s Taste of WCI package went into effect on Monday. Courses are: Tiburon, Raptor Bay, Hammock Bay, The Colony, Pelican Preserve, and Pelican Marsh in Southwest Florida. The $110 package includes 48 vouchers on 12 different courses for cart fee only. Vouchers end Oct. 31. For more information, go to mlshootout.com or call 888-66-SHARK or 254-9770. The ACE Group Classic’s Ultimate Golf Experience Book sells for $130 and includes 136 rounds of golf for cart fee only, and started this month. Courses are: Grandezza, Kensington, LaPlaya, Magnolia Landing, Miromar Lakes, Old Corkscrew, Olde Cypress, Pelican Sound, Quail West, River Hall, Spanish Wells, The Plantation, The Quarry, Tuscany Reserve, TwinEagles, Verandah, and West Bay Club. Most of those also expire at the end of October. For more information, go to theacegroupclassic.com or call 593-3900.
Former Estero High School and Florida Gulf Coast University golfer David Steele won the NGA Hooters Tour’s Carolina Series event in Marshville, N.C., on May 14.