Monthly Archives: February 2014

HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore

By: 2014. 02. 28.

I am always happy to write about female golf. Now I have again a good reason, yesterday started the 7th HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore (The Serapong Course) with the best female golfers of the world. This is the…

Club de Golf Alcanada was booed by Golfboo

By: 2014. 02. 25.

Last year, right after Golfboo.com was launched in June, I reported about this so-called "search engine for golf". Today they have 7323 golf courses in their database with 127,767 reviews by golfers. Nice achievement.  Today I have just…

Do we really need golf travel agents anymore?

By: 2014. 02. 23.

Last week I had an interesting talk with Michael Galasso the Chief Operating Officer of Golfscape.com a start-up golf social networking portal.  While we were talking about many things regarding the golf tourism industry, I realized very soon…

1st ever Nordea Tour winter series at Lumine Golf Club

By: 2014. 02. 22.

Somehow in the last couple of years I have not heard a lot about Scandinavian and especially Swedish golf events. (I found 13 Swedish PGA Tour players.) OK, except one case: Henrik Stenson became part of the Callaway…

‘Academy Deluxe’ by José María Olazábal in the Maldives

By: 2014. 02. 21.

Early this month a new luxorious golf course was opened in the Maldives, the Velaa Private Island. You will not believe, but the developers of the golf course asked José María Olazábal to help them in designing the golf…

Royal & Awesome in the lure of Facebook fans

By: 2014. 02. 15.

I don't want to spoil the celebration of Royal & Awesome, because I know from my work how great to have 100,000 fans in Facebook. Number of fans (see: reach) is an important social media KPI. However there…

Galgorm Castle Golf Club’s new ambassador

By: 2014. 02. 10.

Although Galgorm Castle Golf Club is one of Northern Ireland's best golf course, I haven't heard a lot about it. I knew that Galgorm Castle Golf Club was the first to host the PGA EuroPro Tour in Northern Ireland…

2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship in London Golf Club

By: 2014. 02. 05.

Now it is official that 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship will be held in London Golf Club. The game will be played on the International Course from the 15th to the 19th October.  Match Play Championship will be played on former…

How SkyCaddie TOUCH fit into the new ecosystem?

By: 2014. 02. 02.

Couple of days ago SkyGolf, maker of SkyCaddie (rangefinder), introduced its new SkyCaddie TOUCH at this year’s PGA Merchandise Show. SkyCaddie TOUCH features many useful things like: glove-friendliness; easy-to-use + easy-to-read touchscreen with Bluetooth connectivity coupled with a FREE Smartphone…

Chosen golfers of Mizuno Golf

By: 2014. 02. 01.

Back in 2013, Mizuno Golf started an interesting initiative called Play Famously to provide a unique experience for die-hard golfers by treating them as like Tour Professionals. I would add more benefits to those who have Mizuno Golf…