When I think about Qatar's connection to the sport, then Qatar Airlines' & Qatar Foundation's FC Barcelona sponsorship comes to my mind. Unlike in the UAE, Qatar has only one serious golf course the Doha Golf Club. This…
Matteo Manassero is quite busy in these days. Two days ago I had the chance to write about his support of Italy's bid efforts to win the hosting rights of the 2022 Ryder Cup. Today, he held an interactive…
Probably some of you will remember from 2013 the announcement of The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA). They proposed to amend the Rule 14-1B and to prohibit anchoring the golf club in making a stroke. This…
After an exhausting struggle to win the right of hosting of The 2019 Solheim Cup, now Scotland can sit back. The Ladies European Tour’s Board preferred and selected Scotland's The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire over Sweden's The Bro Hof Slott Golf Club (the total cost…
Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club (a Troon managed golf club) was selected to be the host of the PING Southwest PGA Section Championship between 2016-2020. Previously, Reflection Bay Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nev. hosted this championship. PING Southwest PGA Section…
Smylie Kaufman won the 2015 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open held at the TPC Summerlin Golf Club, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He proved that even a retro golf club (in this case a Cleveland Classic 290 driver from 2012) can bring…
A couple of months ago, Ricky Potts (Digital Communication Manger at Troon; community manager of Golf on Google+) invited me to become his next guest on his Friday Foursome online talk show (via Google Hangout/Google+). I was asked…
Scotland will play host to the world’s first joint men’s and ladies golf competition following the announcement that the inaugural European Golf Team Championships will be played at The Gleneagles Hotel in 2018. Golf is to join the…
Game Golf launched today, the Game Golf Live, as the golf industry’s 1st wearable, real-time shot tracker for both iOS and Android smartphone platforms. My latest information about the price of GAME GOLF LIVE is: £159.95 (it might be different). First, I hoped Game Golf is utilizing the…
Next week the British brand, Joseph Garratt will present its 1st collection for boy golfers aged 7-12 at the London Golf Show (from Friday, November 13th to Sunday, November 15th). If you have not heard about Joseph Garratt,…
Tomorrow will tee of the 27th Nomura Cup (an Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) event) at Yas Links Abu Dhabi with 27 four-man amateur teams. As you can remember, in 2013, Team Australia won the 26th Nomura Cup with a…
It was not a waste of money for Glenmuir, Sunderland of Scotland and MacWet to be at The 2015 Golf Show at Harrogate. The company has reported a 20% increase in sales in comparison with their previous best…
Probably you remember that Nike Golf launched its 1st European (on the continent) Nike Performance Fitting Studio at the Himmerland Resort and Spa last month. Recently Nike Golf organized a competition in this Danish golf club among its Swoosh Staff members…
I think there are at least two common motivations among the 4 bidders (Spain, Italy, Germany and Austria) for the 2022 Ryder Cup: golf enthusiasm and promoting their country (as a country of investment, tourism destination etc.). The…
PING brand team member, Andy Sullivan captured his third win of the 2015 European Tour season at the Portugal Masters yesterday. His other 2 victories were: 2015 South African Open, Joburg Open. His other highlights of his career are: winning the Scottish…
Andalucia is in a controversial situation. Although, we can see 7 million tourists are visiting Andalucia every year, among them many golf tourists (see below the figures), but we can also find an unemployment rate of 35.21 % (The forecast is still…
I think, I will dedicate the Sundays for softer golf industry topics. Last time I wrote about hedgehogs at the Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa. This time, I will be more serious. Lexi Thompson won (-15 under…
I have just heard about an interesting initiative of Callaway Golf: The Links at Petco Park. They somehow found a connection between baseball and golf. Not by accident, as per Nielsen, baseball is the most male-heavy audience, at 70%, with…
Etiqus at the recent Golf Trade Show at Harrogate announced that they have raised £10,000 for the Golf Foundation (a leading golf charity). The £10,000 raised will be spent on the Golf Foundation’s national HSBC Golf Roots program which grows golf participation among…
A little and less known golf course operator company in the UK, the Glendale Golf has achieved a remarkable result by attracting 700+ "new to golf course" people to its golf courses. Originally they set a more modest…