The members of White Manor Country Club (Malvern, PA, a member-owned private club; founded in 1948) held a voting in mid-December about the selling of their country club. The biggest concern of the members and the neighbours was that the…
To answer you the question quickly: the innovative new Jailbreak ball speed technology makes the Great Big Bertha Epic Driver and the Great Big Bertha Epic Sub Zero Driver unique. Callaway Golf believes that the Jailbreak speed technology…
Although ECCO Golf is the strongest division of ECCO, the company did not have so far a full-time UK golf employee. Ian Martin was seduced in November 2016 from the TGI buying group where he was a senior retail consultant.…
I know for some of you this is not totally new that TaylorMade allowed Jason Day to sign a contract with Nike Golf. However, it is interesting to see, how Adidas is becoming more permissive and flexible even…
Paul McGinley will lead a host of star names at the 2017 Abu Dhabi Invitational at the award-winning Yas Links on Yas Island from January 28-29, 2017. He will captain a Professional Golfers’ Team against a Celebrity Team…
Here comes Troon's latest new business win. They have been selected to manage Potowomut Golf Club in Warwick, Rhode Island. Potowomut Golf Club is a historic private facility that features an 18-hole Walter Johnson-designed golf course. Johnson was a…
Adidas Golf announced the new generation of Powerband Boa Boost golf shoes. The new edition of Powerband Boa Boost comes with 3 major innovations: BOOST™ cushioning: midsole cushioning for walking comfort and energy return a brand new L6 Boa® Closure…
It seems like, the Troon-managed Abu Dhabi Golf Club was able to keep up the outstanding customer experience performance from last year. In 2015, they received the "Best Golf Course above 500 AED of the Year" at the Middle…
Last week ended the 5th Annual Club Leadership Summit (4th-6th December 2016) at Lord’s, the Home of Cricket. More than 50 of the world's top CEOs and general managers were among the participants from places like Valderamma, The Wisley, Queenwood, Royal Dornoch…
Would you believe that Auckland saw a 63% growth in million-dollar-plus sales thanks to strong international and local demand? Some real estate analysts say that there is a connection between the growth of Auckland real estate sales and…
John Karsten Solheim, the grandson of PING Founder Karsten Solheim will be the new president of PING from January 1, 2017. He succeeds Doug Hawken as president, who is retiring after a distinguished 45-year career with the company. But…
One of the key findings of the European Golf Course Owners Association's Vision 20/20 (published in 2014) was the importance of flexibility. Their study found that full membership will decline and flexible membership will grow. Flexible packages (aka "golf credits")…
I have kept saying to golf club since the launch of the Club Car Precedent i3 golf cars is to prefer this golf cart model over those without the Visage navigation system. Connectivity with customers and colleagues is essential…
Lexi Thompson (ranked #5 in the world) has just signed a long-term extension with Cobra Puma Golf. It seems like that with her victory at the Honda LPGA Thailand she was able to convince Cobra PUMA Golf to extend…
It seems like that UK’s largest independently owned hotel group the Macdonald Hotels & Resorts have not returned home empty-handed from the latest International Golf Travel Market that was held between November 14-17 in Mallorca. Macdonald Hotels & Resort said that they…
One of the key topics of the 2016 HSBC Golf Business Forum was the evaluation of the participation in the Rio 2016 Olympics. Did you follow the golf tournaments of the Olympics? What I see as a key challenge…
A couple of years ago (actually in 2013!), I have already written that the golf industry and golf clubs particularly, need to increase women's participation to survive and to find a new source of revenue. In the very same year,…
When I heard that Troon is launching advisory services, I have gone through Golf Inc. Magazine's TOP20 golf club management company list to see who have got similar services. To my great surprise, only a few of them…
A real important agreement between the LET and LPGA has been reached recently that will see Dundonald Links (a Kyle Phillips-designed course) host both the 2017 men’s and ladies’ Scottish Opens whilst elevating the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish…
There is no doubt that video marketing and consumption will keep on growing in the coming years as well. This is why interesting to see Golf Tourism England's latest video marketing initiative to capture the imagination of the…