Author: Miklos Breitner

Mizuno JPX-850 fairway woods and hybrids with Shock Wave Sole

By: 2014. 10. 20.

Last week Mizuno announced the launch of PX-850 Fairway Woods and JPX-850 Hybrids, featuring Mizuno’s new Shock Wave Sole™ Technology and Quick Switch® Technology. The new Mizuno golf clubs will be available from November 7, 2014. Mizuno believes that Shock Wave…

2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship kicks off today

By: 2014. 10. 15.

In less than 3 hours starts the 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship at the London Golf Club. The draw for the 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship has been confirmed yesterday with some interesting match ups.  Here are…

Quinta do Lago’s North Course went through a redevelopment

By: 2014. 10. 13.

For some golfers Quinta do Lago’s North course is a hotchpotch. This is a really a disadvantageous perception of a golf course that is situated in such a competitive golf marketplace as Algarve where there are 40+ golf courses…

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club was the host MENA Golf Tour’s 25th event

By: 2014. 10. 12.

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club has long been (cca. since 2011) an active supporter of the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Golf Tour's mission to grow new talent in the area. Not often occurs such thing that even…

Direct Golf chairman John Andrew receives PGA Award

By: 2014. 10. 10.

After 30 years of service, owner and chairman of Direct Golf John Andrew was awarded the prestigious title of ‘Fellow’ of the Professional Golfers Association. This is actually a recognition of John Andrew's contribution to the golf retail business…

Callaway Golf establishes a new driver category

By: 2014. 10. 09.

Callaway Golf really tries to pamper us. Sometimes I feel like it will be at the expense of learning how to swing correctly. To be honest who don't need an extra help? On Tuesday Callaway Golf launched officially…

V.I.P. custom fitting boutique from XXIO

By: 2014. 10. 07.

Time-time I come across with really interesting golf equipment brands that we can hardly read in magazines like Golf Digest or Golf Monthly. In last year September, the enigma of the month was Honma Golf, a luxury golf…

Ryder Cup 2014 and the contextual fan

By: 2014. 10. 06.

It is not so simple to enhance in-golf course experience and compete with TVs that can show much more to a viewer. This is why contextual technologies are gaining momentum. Do you remember when in September 2013 NFL…

Preview: Mizuno MP-T5 Wedge

By: 2014. 10. 01.

Mizuno has just launched its new wedge the Mizuno MP-T5 wedge. This new wedge is designed with insight from PGA Tour professional Luke Donald.  The new Mizuno MP-T5 wedge is featuring Mizuno’s patented Grain Flow Forging. The Grain Flow…

Mysterious shoppers raided Brocket Hall Golf Club

By: 2014. 09. 30.

Back in this April I had already written about Brocket Hall Golf Club won 59Club Awards' Silver Flag award for outstanding customer service. Recently Brocket Hall Golf Club conducted a mystery shopping survey by 59Club. Brocket Hall reached…

Ryder Cup US team member Keegan Bradley continues with Cleveland Golf

By: 2014. 09. 28.

Cleveland Golf has announced that Keegan Bradley will continue to be their brand ambassador for the coming years. To my surprise Cleveland Golf is so misterious about this sponsorship deal. They have only disclosed that this is a multi-year…

Srixon’s new Z series woods and irons are coming to the US

By: 2014. 09. 26.

Srixon has announced couple of weeks ago the release of the new Z Series woods and irons, the latest in the Srixon line of golf clubs. The new Z Series clubs are currently available at select locations, with nationwide (US) availability beginning on November 14, 2014.…

Sustained performance at Onyria Palmares Beach & Golf Resort

By: 2014. 09. 25.

In 2013 Publituris Portugal Travel Awards (Portugal's national tourism "Oscar" award) awarded Onyria Palmares Beach & Golf Resort in categories ‘Best Five-Star Hotel’ and ‘Best Golf Course’. This year the 27-hole complex was only awarded for the country's best golf course. At the…

Preview: Big Bertha Irons with 360 Face Cup technology

By: 2014. 09. 24.

Callaway Golf has just announced that the Big Bertha Irons will be upgraded by the new 360 Face Cup technology. This is not a new technology. Previously it was used for Callaway Golf's fairway woods and hybrids.   …

New amateur golf event in Orizonte Lisbon Golf

By: 2014. 09. 23.

Orizonte Lisbon Golf has just launched a new international amateur golf event, the ORIZONTE Lisbon Golf Trophy. The ORIZONTE Lisbon Golf Trophy will take place in the Costa Azul region, south of Lisbon, from February 10-15, 2015. There will…

How 59Club can help European golf clubs to improve?

By: 2014. 09. 22.

The Leading Golf Courses of Europe (LGCE), a corporation representing some of the continent’s most distinctive clubs, has joined forces with Europe’s leading golf-specific mystery shopper service, 59Club. LGCE runs more than 35 individual member clubs – including Monte…

Thracian Cliffs Golf & Beach Resort joins IMG Prestige

By: 2014. 09. 19.

I wonder and stare, how Bulgaria is emerging on the global golf map from almost nothing. Currently 8 golf courses are operating in Bulgaria, where 3 of them on the Black Sea cost (Black Sea Rama, Thracian Cliffs Golf…

Royal Blackheath Golf Club is under a multi-year renovation process

By: 2014. 09. 18.

Creative Golf Design won the pitch for 5-year restoration of Royal Blackheath Golf Club (instituted in 1608!!; According to Bernard Darwin, it is the oldest golf club in the world). Creative Golf Design will work in tandem with…

Leadbetter opens tution facility at La Manga Club

By: 2014. 09. 18.

It seems to me La Manga Club understood that they must add/provide some unique service to attract golfers to their 4 golf courses. Following the good example of Troon Golf (partnered with Pelz Scoring Game School), La Manga…

2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship with special guests

By: 2014. 09. 16.

This year the Volvo World Match Play Championship will be held in the International Course at the London Golf Club, from October 15 to 19. The 2014 Tournament will be played over 5 days unlike in previous years.…