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Exclusive Golf offers 3 months’ free membership

By: 2014. 03. 16.

Usually I don't like to write about golf clubs' promotions, but when I saw the pictures about Exclusive Golf's The Manor House Golf Club I could not resist to share with you the details of the promotion neither…

The Rise of the Local Voice in Golf Tourism – Part 2.

By: Michael Galosso 2014. 03. 12.

This week Michael Galasso (COO at golfscape.com) continues his previous post on how social technology is influencing on golf tourism: Perhaps it’s the remnants of the bruised trust many feel in institutions post-recession where word-of-mouth now rules, or…

Paul McGinley’s European team is expanding

By: 2014. 03. 08.

In the last 10 years we mainly heard about Sam Torrance's senior European Tour victories or as the brand ambassador of John Letter. So I was little bit surprised when I heard early this week that Sam Torrance…

The Rise of the Local Voice in Golf Tourism

By: Michael Galosso 2014. 03. 02.

Last week I mentioned you that Michael Galosso, the Chief Operating Officer at Golfscape.com will share here his thoughts about the latest trend in golf tourism. Social technology is definitely changing the landscape and what think about golf…

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…

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…

Big Bertha driver in the footsteps of TaylorMade SLDR driver

By: 2013. 12. 30.

In August I was happy to report about the new invention of TaylorMade, namely: "SLDR driver incorporates a complete reinvention of TaylorMade’s movable weight technology (MWT), making it more effective and easier to use.  SLDR driver features a blue, 20-gram weight that slides…