HP will become the new title sponsor of the Byron Nelson Championship, company officials have announced. HP assumes the title sponsorship from EDS, which the company recently acquired.

"The Byron Nelson Championship is about much more than golf; it is about giving back to the community and honoring the legacy of one of golf's greatest humanitarians, Byron Nelson," said HP Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Michael Mendenhall. "HP is privileged to become the title sponsor of this great event on the PGA Tour."

Since its inception in 1968, the Byron Nelson Championship has raised more than $107 million to help thousands of troubled and at-risk children and their families each year. The 2009 HP Byron Nelson Championship will take place May 18-24 at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.

"We are enthusiastic about forging a new partnership with HP," said Frank Swingle, president of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas. "HP will be invaluable to our success and will ensure that we continue to stage one of the most anticipated events in the Metroplex while leading the PGA Tour in money raised for charity."

NORMAN NAMES NOBILO: International Presidents Cup Team Captain Greg Norman has named Frank Nobilo as his captain's assistant for the 2009 Presidents Cup, to be held Oct. 6-11, at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, Calif.

Nobilo, a veteran of several professional golf tours worldwide and a three-time International Presidents Cup Team member, serves as a Golf Channel analyst.

Nobilo competed in the first Presidents Cup in 1994 and earned 1 1/2 points for the International Team. In 1996 and 1998, he played alongside Norman for International Team Captain Peter Thomson and finished his Presidents Cup career with a 5-8-1 overall record, contributing 2 points to the International Team's victory at the 1998 event in Melbourne, Australia.

Nobilo, 48, was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and won the PGA Tour's 1997 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic by defeating Brad Faxon in a playoff. He also owns two Sarazen World Opens and 14 wins worldwide. He played numerous World Cups and Dunhill Cups for his native New Zealand.

"Growing up in New Zealand, the thought of playing golf in America was always the pipe dream," said Nobilo. "Greg was the first of my era to make it all the way to the top and provided a path for many of us to follow. To support him in a quest to finally win The Presidents Cup on American soil would indeed be a great honor, but more importantly, a tribute to the incredible talent of the players who have developed around the world."

Members of the 2009 International Team will be chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking through the 2009 PGA Championship (Aug. 16), plus two captain's picks. The International Team does not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team.

U.S. Team Captain Fred Couples announced Jay Haas as his captain's assistant in March. The Presidents Cup 2009 marks the first time in the history of the event that all captains and captains' assistants are former Presidents Cup participants.

NEW CHALLENGE IN NEW ZEALAND: The inaugural Kiwi Challenge, a made-for-TV event featuring four of the game's brightest young stars, is now an officially sanctioned event on the PGA Tour's Challenge Events' season, an 11-event series that caps off the annual PGA Tour schedule.

The Oct. 27-28 Kiwi Challenge features four of the top young players in the world -- Adam Scott, Brandt Snedeker, Anthony Kim and Hunter Mahan -- playing 18 holes each day over two days on two of the most picturesque courses in the world: Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers.

NBC will televise the Kiwi Challenge on Nov. 15-16.

The PGA Tour and Kiwi Challenge signed a three-year deal to include the event as a part of the Challenge Events' season, which begins with the Tavistock Cup in March and ends with Tiger Woods' Chevron World Challenge Dec. 18-21. The season also includes such events as the LG Skins Game, Del Webb Father/Son Challenge and Greg Norman's Merrill Lynch Shootout.

The Kiwi Challenge will feature a $2.6 million purse and $1.5 million winner's check, one of the largest winner's checks in golf. The four players will contend for that purse in novel, yet spectacular fashion -- by playing 18 holes on consecutive days on courses 350 miles apart.

First up is 7,119-yard Kauri Cliffs. Designed by Orlando-based architect David Harman, Kauri Cliffs hosted a 2003 Shell Wonderful World of Golf match pitting New Zealander Michael Campbell against Fred Couples. Kauri Cliffs, which was named the Best New International Course by Golf Digest in 2001, features 15 holes that view the Pacific Ocean.

From there, the players will take on Cape Kidnappers, the Tom Doak-designed course overlooking Hawke's Bay that in four years has become one of the top golf courses in the world. Also measuring out at 7,119 yards, Cape Kidnappers was ranked 41st in the world by Golf Magazine.

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