Monthly Archives: February 2015

What can Silver Creek Valley Country Club to become a leading private club?

By: 2015. 02. 28.

Recently Silver Creek Valley Country Club (San Jose, California) has declared a new objective for this year. Namely, they would like to be among the leading private clubs in the country. Silver Creek Valley Country Club’s improvement plan…

Stacy Lewis re-signs multi year contract with Mizuno Golf

By: 2015. 02. 28.

Yesterday Mizuno Golf was happy to announce that they were able sign a multi-year, global contract extension with Stacy Lewis, current No. 3 in the Rolex Rankings.  An interesting insight about Stacy Lewis is that she is the 1st…

Star War’s George Lucas is looking for new challenges

By: 2015. 02. 28.

After exhausting job interviews Star War's George Lucas found a really challenging job at Chichester Golf Club as....Please help him where you can! :-))) Related articles Who are those generous people at Crown Golf clubs? Golf GameBook a…

Gary Rushgrove is joining the John Letters Golf Academy

By: 2015. 02. 22.

The PGA professional Gary Rushgrove is joining as academy director after 3 successful years as director of golf and head professional at Athlone Golf Academy, Ireland. He will be in Solihull. Related articles What a difference can a…

Who could be the ideal brand ambassador for Bunker Mentality?

By: 2015. 02. 22.

I have just heard that Bunker Mentality is looking for somebody who could represent their brand in 2015. They are looking for an ardent golfer. If you think you are a golf addict then compare yourself with Bunker…

PGA Tour continues with DIRECTV

By: 2015. 02. 21.

The PGA Tour will continue with DIRECTV for another 5 years. In the new agreement/contract will include expanded weekend coverage of 4 PGA Tour tournaments each season for DIRECTV customers through the “PGA TOUR Experience,” beginning with this…

IMG acquires Icon Sports Management

By: 2015. 02. 21.

On Thursday IMG announced the acquisition of golf talent agency Icon Sports Management. Icon's president and CEO R.J. Nemer, the agency's founder will continue in the golf division at WME | IMG. R.J. Nemer will become IMG’s Senior Vice…

Billy Casper Golf will manage Forest Hill Field Club

By: 2015. 02. 21.

Billy Casper Golf will manage the private, member-owned Forest Hill Field Club. They will direct club operations, golf and grounds maintenance, membership marketing, staffing and training, member activities, food and beverage, merchandising, golf instruction, public relations, special events…

Wilson Golf has expanded its partnership with Women on Course

By: 2015. 02. 17.

What a nice initiative to promote golf among women from Wilson Staff. Wilson Staff has just expanded its partnership with Women on Course (WOC), the nation’s premier golf-lifestyle networking organization (hosts more than 20,000 women at 2,000 annual…

Martin Hall partners with Srixon and Cleveland Golf

By: 2015. 02. 15.

I think I don't have to introduce you Martin Hall the famed golf instructor and author. Hall, a former competitor on the European Tour, has over 30 years of experience as a golf professional and is currently the head teaching…

Put the audience at the HEART of your promotions

By: Pat Roque 2015. 02. 14.

My next guest writer is Pat Roque from Business Boomers. I met her at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando and found her thoughts really interesting. Pat promotes golf brands, organizations and teaching professionals to grow sales, enrollment, retention,…

Jack Frost National Golf Club is on the “TOP50 U.S. golf courses in 2014” list

By: 2015. 02. 13.

Jack Frost National Golf Club, owned by Blue Ridge Real Estate Company (Blue Ridge) and managed by Billy Casper Golf (BCG), was recently named a “Top 50 U.S. Golf Courses in 2014” by GolfAdvisor, the trusted home of…

Sophie Walker is joining GAME GOLF brand ambassador team

By: 2015. 02. 12.

GAME GOLF has just announced that the European Ladies Tour Pro Sophie Walker is joining its brand ambassador team. She will be the first female professional to use GAME GOLF in an official tournament at the Australian Masters…

Cost and water saving solutions of Robert Trent Jones II

By: 2015. 02. 11.

As countries and companies do not pay sufficient attention to global warming for various reasons and excuses, I was happy to find the Robert Trent Jones II's (RTJ II) green proclamation and water guidelines. If you don't want…

Lacoste signs partnership with Alexander Levy

By: 2015. 02. 10.

Alexander Levy (official world ranking: 52nd), will be one of the brand ambassadors of Lacoste (other ambassadors are: Raphael Jacquelin, Jose-Maria Olazabal, Cristie Kerr, Azahara Muñoz, Gwladys Nocera) as part of the partnership. He was chosen to represent the new golf…

Leading Golf Courses of Europe make their first sale to a UK golf club

By: 2015. 02. 09.

Stoke Park (also known as Stoke Poges) is joining the Zurich-based ‘umbrella' organisation The Leading Golf Courses of Europe. The number of member golf clubs of The Leading Golf Courses of Europe is now 40 in 13 countries,…

BREAKING NEWS: Golf Legend Billy Casper passed away

By: 2015. 02. 08.

Professional golf legend Billy Casper died yesterday at 4:45 p.m. MT of a heart attack at the age of 83 surrounded by family at home outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Focusing on golf, Casper attended the University of…

Clubessential is adding new services by the acquisition of ClubSoft

By: 2015. 02. 07.

In the last 4 months Clubessential and ClubSoft worked on finalizing the conditions of the acquisition. Now it is official that Clubessential acquired ClubSoft, creating probably the most powerful information technology vendor in the club market with 115 US…

Troon Golf raised $12.6 million for charitable causes in 2014

By: 2015. 02. 06.

Troon Golf has just announced that charitable events and tournaments at Troon facilities throughout the United States raised more than $12,609,533 for charities in 2014. Through facility sales efforts (just like Crown Golf in the UK), Team Troon…

Golf GameBook a new breed of golf social networking site

By: 2015. 02. 05.

One of my learning at the latest PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando was that the big data phenomenon and measurement fetish have arrived to the golf industry. Today different kind of mobile apps, wearables and other gadgets are…