The “Every Day. Everywhere. Every Drop Counts.” program drives people to share the everyday ways they can save water via Twitter and Instagram, using the hashtag #ToroGives. Individuals will also vote for, and nominate, nonprofits to receive $30,000 in grants.

Twin Brooks Golf Course in St. Petersburg has reopened after investing $1.5 million in its 12-hole layout to create bigger greens and fairway mounds, expand the driving range, add golf cart paths and bring in 12 new electric carts. In Naples, LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort has reopened after six months, featuring 18 new greens and newly grassed tee boxes.

Springtown Golf Course in Livermore, Calif., will close in mid-October, after its operator, Sycamore Landscaping, goes out of business. In Modesto, Calif., city officials will discuss whether to close the Modesto Municipal Golf Course as part of an effort to reduce the general fund’s golf subsidy, which is expected to be nearly $783,000 this year.

The program, which provides hands-on experience and leadership skills for teenage participants to help them prepare for a career in golf course management, includes “shadowing” opportunities with superintendents around PGA Tour events.

The Toro Company announced three new product lines, as well as ongoing partnerships and a dedicated Twitter account at the event held in San Antonio.

In collaboration with multiple golf industry leaders, the website is designed to increase women’s participation in the game by detailing beginner programs, information on networking opportunities, and news updates.

The City Council of Fort Worth, Texas has approved $1.7 million towards what will be a $4.8 million project for the historic course, which hasn’t had a major update since originally designed by John Bredemus more than 75 years ago.

As a national corporate partner of The First Tee, a non-profit youth organization that uses golf as a platform to teach life and leadership skills, John Deere is presenting a multimedia display at eight PGA TOUR events, premiering at this week’s Valero Texas Open. In 2013, Deere announced a $1 million five-year donation to The First Tee.

The owner-operator’s 2013 Charity Classic events raised the funds for more than 100 charitable organizations, spanning 125 clubs and nearly 14,000 individual participants. The annual philanthropic efforts showed a 10 percent increase over the previous year’s event total.

Jacobsen recently sold a large package of turf maintenance equipment to the Charlotte, N.C., golf course management firm, purchased through dealer Tri-State Pump. The equipment package includes Jacobsen ECLIPSE® 322 and GP400 riding greens mowers, Jacobsen LF570™ fairway mowers, Jacobsen TurfCat® out-front rotary mowers, and Cushman® Turf-Truckster® utility vehicles.

Officials are negotiating a two-year contract with the management company to operate Dryden and Creekside golf courses, both of which were previously managed by the locally based FM Golf. The council plans to have KemperSports managing the two golf courses by the middle of the month.

The 66-acre Flat Rock, N.C., golf club closed permanently today, and will begin its transition into a passive municipal park. Jim Sparks, who owned the nine-hole golf course for 19 years, called the closure the “end of an era.”

The nonprofit youth development organization has formally approved the chapter, allowing it to establish programs that will impact the community’s youth through after-school and in-school programs. The chapter will be guided by Teal Guion, who will manage the program with a team of coaches at The Islands Golf Center in Anaheim, Calif.