Monthly Archives: January 2014

Growing business potential of Asian female golfers

By: 2014. 01. 25.

Within less than ten days I received two interesting news. The reasons why I found them interesting are finally female + Asian golfers are taken seriously. The first is Shanshan Feng (first Chinese major tournament winner) signed a sponsorship…

Record income at Abu Dhabi Golf Club & Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

By: 2014. 01. 23.

2013 was a really outstanding year for Abu Dhabi thanks its two leading golf clubs Saadiyat Beach Golf Club and  Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Saadiyat Beach Golf Club has unveiled an unprecedented growth of 94% against the same period…

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship starts in 2 days

By: 2014. 01. 14.

I think 2013 was a pretty good year for HSBC Golf. HSBC marked 10th anniversary as a major international sponsor of golf. I have just received from them a mail where they announced their sponsorship of Golf Business…

Callaway invented the softest golf ball ever

By: 2014. 01. 11.

The battle to invent the softest golf ball is keeps going on. In January 2013, I reported about Wilson Staff DUO golf balls that have a compression of 40 (out of 110 - but the complate scale ends at 200).…

Ernie Els’ new sponsor: Adams Golf

By: 2014. 01. 04.

Since last October we are thinking who is that misterious sponsor who will replace Callaway Golf. Now it is official: Adams Golf.  Although Adams Golf is the maker of the No. 1 Hybrids on the PGA Tour and…