Finchem to announce fall PGA Tour schedule; golf tourism in Ireland; Russian to tee off in space

Commissioner Tim Finchem will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. Eastern time today outlining the PGA Tour’s fall schedule. He is expected to announce a new tournament for the Scottsdale, Ariz. area …

Tourism Ireland has started an advertising campaign worth millions of dollars in the hopes of attracting golfers from Britain, Europe and the U.S. to Ireland this fall. The campaign, which comes a month before the beginning of Ryder Cup Matches in Dublin Sept. 22-24, will feature television ads promoting 400 of the country’s best courses…

A Russian cosmonaut will show off his golf skills in space on Thanksgiving Day, NASA announced yesterday. Mikhail Tyurin will hit a golf ball from the international space station Nov. 23 to promote a Canadian club maker.