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Miura Golf KM-008 putter review: A limited-edition return to blade purity

By: July 17, 2026
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Miura Golf has revived one of its most storied designs, the KM-008 putter, in a strictly limited production run with no plans to make more once the allocation is gone. For golfers who value old-school blade feel over…

Talon Links: A new model for public golf in Canada

By: July 16, 2026
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Talon Links, the new 18-hole public Putting Park at Golf Canada's Caledon headquarters, opened its gates on the heels of the 2026 RBC Canadian Open. Designed and built by Himalayas Golf and led by golf architect Paul Jansen,…

Vokey SM11 Black Vapor Wedges with Flight Lines: A short-game upgrade worth your attention

By: July 15, 2026
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Titleist's Vokey Design has never been shy about refining the details that separate good wedge play from great wedge play, and the new SM11 Black Vapor with Flight Lines is the latest proof. On paper, this looks like…

Why Silversea’s bet on golf cruises signals a bigger shift in luxury travel

By: July 14, 2026
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Silversea's new tie-up with PerryGolf isn't just another shore-excursion add-on. It's a signal that ultra-luxury cruise lines are chasing a narrower, higher-margin traveler, one who wants a tee time at Royal Liverpool as badly as a balcony suite,…

A decade of Greenlinks: How The R&A rebuilt The Open around sustainability

By: July 13, 2026
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When The R&A launched Greenlinks in 2016, it set out to answer a question that few major sporting events had seriously tackled at the time: could a global championship reduce its environmental footprint without compromising the spectacle fans…

What the R&A’s new Royal Birkdale Collection tells us about the future of Open merchandise

By: July 13, 2026
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The R&A has just pulled back the curtain on its apparel collection for The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale, and it's clear this is not simply another rotation of championship-branded polos and visors. From the varsity-style "Forged by…

When Tradition Meets the Network Edge: Inside Cisco’s New Partnership With The R&A

By: July 10, 2026
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Golf has always prided itself on ritual, the same fairways, the same silverware, the same reverence for the game's history. But behind the pageantry of The Open and the AIG Women's Open, a quieter transformation is underway, and…

AI in golf club management software: a professional analysis

By: July 9, 2026
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AI has moved from a marketing buzzword to an operational layer across three distinct categories of golf technology, and it is worth separating them clearly because they solve different problems for course operators. All-in-One Platforms with Embedded AI…

The hidden workload behind every member-member: What your pro is really managing before the first tee time

By: July 1, 2026
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It starts the same way every year. A club manager or greens committee chair stops by the pro shop and says some version of the same four words: "The Member-Member is coming." The PGA Professional smiles. Of course.…

Toptracer Adds Royal Birkdale to Virtual Golf Portfolio Ahead of The 154th Open

By: June 29, 2026
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Toptracer, the world's number one range technology, has announced that Royal Birkdale, host venue of The 154th Open, is now available to play on virtual golf at Toptracer-powered facilities around the world. As one of the most celebrated…

How AI is quietly transforming food & beverage operations in golf clubs

By: June 25, 2026
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For decades, food and beverage (F&B) operations at golf clubs have been managed as a blend of intuition, historical patterns, and reactive staffing. Managers “know” that Saturday mornings are busy, that tournament days strain the kitchen, and that…

Breaking boundaries & co-prosperity

By: June 16, 2026
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A decade of international sports IP in China — how the World Corporate Golf Challenge navigated disruption, reinvented itself, and built something lasting. Ten Years In: What Has WCGC Been Up Against? CONTEXT Golf has only about 40…

How is AI transforming what golf clubs know about their members?

By: June 15, 2026
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Morten Bisgaard has spent years at the intersection of data and the golf experience. As CEO and co-founder of Players 1st, the leading golfer experience platform, he's watched the industry cling to familiar metrics — satisfaction scores, NPS,…

AI in golf turf management: How modern greenkeepers can use data-driven tools to improve course performance

By: June 10, 2026
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Golf course management is undergoing a structural shift. Traditionally, greenkeeping has relied heavily on visual inspection, experience, and reactive maintenance. Today, a new class of AI-powered turf management platforms is introducing continuous monitoring, predictive agronomy, and precision resource…

Beyond the fairway: How technology is reshaping sustainable golf

By: June 9, 2026
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Golf has long been scrutinized for its environmental footprint, the vast land areas it requires, intensive water use, and the chemical inputs required to keep playing surfaces in pristine condition. But the industry is at a genuine inflection…

What golf retailers actually need from your pre-book process in 2026

By: June 4, 2026
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It's July. Your sales reps are on the road, sample bags in tow, calendars packed with appointments at pro shops, green grass accounts, and off-course retailers. The pre-book window is open, that critical July through September stretch when…

“Pakistan is Global”: How a visionary is using golf to put Pakistan on the world corporate stage

By: May 13, 2026
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In January, Reliance Golf announced a groundbreaking partnership with the World Corporate Golf Challenge, becoming the tournament’s official licensee in Pakistan. As the new Executive Partner, Reliance Golf has secured the license to host the world's largest corporate…

Golf meets wellness: A trip both golfers and partners will love

By: May 3, 2026
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Tucked into 220 hectares of pristine Belgian countryside, Bois d'Arlon Golf Resort is quietly rewriting the rules of the golf getaway — and non-golfers are just as thrilled as their playing partners. There is a particular kind of…

The Mid-Year Reset: How Smart Brands Fix Wholesale Performance Before It’s Too Late

By: May 1, 2026
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The brands winning in wholesale aren't waiting for Q4 post-mortems. They're diagnosing problems now — and fixing them before the season is lost. By the time most wholesale brands realize something is wrong, they've already lost the quarter.…

The World’s Most Powerful Golf Network Just Landed in the UAE — And It’s Open for Business

By: April 29, 2026
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There is a moment every great global brand recognizes: the moment a new market stops being a question and becomes an inevitability. For the World Corporate Golf Challenge — the planet's largest corporate golf tournament — that moment…

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La Cala Resort’s new golf hub: A smart bet on the modern golf traveler

By: July 9, 2026
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La Cala Resort, already recognized as one of the Costa del Sol's most complete golf destinations, has just opened a redesigned Golf Hub, and it's a move that says a lot about where golf resorts need to head…

How SalzburgerLand is turning golf into a year-round alpine experience — An interview with Leo Bauernberger

By: July 8, 2026
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In May 2026, I joined a FAM trip hosted by SalzburgerLand Tourism, exploring the region's golf clubs, touring Schloss Mittersill, and attending the 2026 Austrian Alpine Open. It was there, on the sidelines of the tournament, that I…

Husqvarna’s First Green Partnership: A blueprint for getting industry sponsorship right

By: July 8, 2026
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Husqvarna's announcement that it has become the first major industry body in the UK to sign up as a Friend of First Green is more than a nice line in a press release. For an industry that has…

Why Noteefy bought its way to golf’s 1st unified revenue platform

By: July 7, 2026
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Golf has always run on gut feel. Pricing, staffing, and marketing decisions get made on the strength of a manager's memory of last season, not a live read of what's actually happening on the course today. That gap,…

GCAE launches “The 19th Room” to break down golf industry silos

By: July 6, 2026
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The Golf Course Association Europe (GCAE) has introduced a new leadership platform designed to get golf's decision-makers talking to each other, rather than only within their own corner of the industry. The initiative, called The 19th Room, held…

Laguna Golf Phuket bets on frictionless booking to win the golf traveler

By: July 6, 2026
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The integrated resort's new Stay & Play packages solve a real booking problem, but the golf and the beds aren't new, and neither is the competition circling Phuket's fairways. Golf travel has always had an awkward middle step.…

Players 1st’s AI Assistant: A new layer of intelligence for golf club management

By: July 2, 2026
Players 1st AI Assistant for better decisions in golf clubs

Players 1st has launched a global AI Assistant designed to turn survey data into board-ready decisions in seconds, not hours. The announcement positions the tool not as a single feature, but as the first visible layer of what…

The 2026 VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open: Where worldclass golf meets business opportunity on Lake Zug

By: July 2, 2026
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From August 13 to 15, 2026, the shores of Lake Zug will once again host the biggest stage in Swiss women's golf. Migros Golfpark Holzhäusern will welcome the Ladies European Tour (LET) for the 7th edition of the…

PowaKaddy extends its lead in the UK electric golf trolley market

By: July 1, 2026
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New data from golf industry research specialist Golf Datatech confirms that PowaKaddy has further consolidated its position as the dominant electric golf trolley brand in the United Kingdom. Year-to-date, the company holds 51.2% of total electric trolley market…

Zest Golf & CourseRev.ai: A atrategic partnership that could reshape golf tourism operations

By: June 30, 2026
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Two of the more quietly influential companies in golf technology have announced a commercial partnership that, on the surface, appears to be a straightforward integration play but deserves considerably more attention. Zest Golf Technologies, the API-driven global distribution platform, and…