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For our summer-fall issue we cover successful tournament fundraisers, rising golf stars, completed club renovations and expanded programs among many other news items.

Golf & Leisure on Cape Cod reports local golf news and happenings.

Open to the public, here is a calendar of this seasons biggest charity golf tournaments from April through September 2012.

Rory McIlroy could have gone anywhere on the day after capturing the U.S. Open. Back home to Northern Ireland to hoist Guinness with old friends. Perhaps to some exotic Caribbean island to savor his triumph. Instead, bleary-eyed after a night of celebrating that stretched into the morning, he came to the Willowbend Country Club in Mashpee, U.S. Open trophy in hand, to honor a commitment at a corporate outing.

I'm more Cory Pavin than Bubba Watson when the topic is hitting it long off the tee. While Bubba bombs it, with a shoulder turn that seems to rotate 360 degrees (think Linda Blair's head in "The Exorcist"), Pavin bunts it down the fairway, taking a halfbackswing to which so many of us can relate.

After taking care of the grounds at Harwichport Golf Course for 18 years, ten of those as superintendent, longtime Harwich resident Bob Kingsbury was recently promoted to superintendent/general manager.

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If you struggle with aim, the Rossa Corza Ghost Putter by TaylorMade might just be what you're looking for.

It took more than three years to develop this performance-enhancing glove with its 44 unique anatomical features. Designed by an orthopedic hand surgeon, the bionic glove is flexible and breathable.