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Magnolia Green Golf Club continues with Billy Casper Golf

By: 2015. 05. 28.

Magnolia Green Golf Club (owned by iStar Financial who purchased he mostly undeveloped 1,896 acres (including the golf course) for $52 million at a May 2009 foreclosure auction.) has decided to continue with Billy Casper Golf. The golf club management…

Unprecedented number of golf rounds played in Algarve in Q1 2015

By: 2015. 05. 22.

The Algarve, Europe’s leading golf destination (2 nine or 18-hole golf courses), has continued its surge in popularity after revealing a five-figure increase (increase of more than 50,000 rounds played on its famous courses in 2014) in the number of…

This Girl Can Golf partners with American Golf

By: 2015. 05. 13.

There is an old Chinese proverb that says: “Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand. Step back and I will act.”  This is why I think it is a good…

Kimberly Cayce becomes COO of Women on Course

By: 2015. 04. 30.

Kimberly Cayce’s appointment follows a nearly 200% increase in Women On Course membership in 2014, making it one of the largest golf-related professional development organizations in the U.S. Cayce will manage daily business operations, including membership, marketing, administration,…

Catch Tiger Woods in Shanghai or in Tokyo if you can!

By: 2015. 04. 24.

If you are quick enough, you can catch Tiger Woods in Shanghai today. Tiger Woods will visit Asia from April 24 – 26 to help stoke local interest in the sport of golf and inspire athletes in China and…

On Course Foundation is partnering with the National Golf Month

By: 2015. 04. 24.

The weekend is almost here. I am happy to report about the nice initiative of the On Course Foundation. On Course Foundation launched in 2010 and has already helped hundreds of wounded, injured and sick Service personnel and veterans…

Who is the beneficiary of Chinese decade-old golf ban enforcement?

By: 2015. 04. 20.

Son Gual, Mallorca's leading golf destination has just reported their 1000th Chinese golfer in the golf club. This is the result of the copperation with Mission Hills GC (a 12-course resort, located in the town of Guanlan in…

Golf’s nearly $70 billion economy

By: 2015. 04. 17.

Early this week We Are Golf visited Capitol Hill for the eighth annual National Golf Day to discuss golf’s nearly $70 billion economy (we are little change since 2013; see picture below), $4 billion annual charitable impact, environmental value to local…

Top Tenerife golf courses shortlisted for 2015 Golf Awards

By: 2015. 04. 09.

In November 7, World Golf Award will announce winners in 11 categories . Among the shortlisted golf courses we can find Golf Las Américas and The Ritz-Carlton, Abama. They have both nominated to be named as 'Spain's Best Golf…

Classic Club Golf raised over $5 million in 2014

By: 2015. 04. 05.

 think golf clubs can be a good place for charity events. Just to understand better why here are some interesting stats: Troon Golf $12,609,533 for charities in 2014; Brocket Hall in the UK held various charity events: Sparks, Willow,…

ANA Airways gets involved in LPGA sponsorship in 2015

By: 2015. 04. 04.

For many years Dina Shore and Kraft Nabisco was the title sponsor of the LPGA Championship. This year ANA (=All Nippon Airways) will be for the first time the title sponsor of the LPGA's first major, which features…

Royal & Awesome, has teamed up with Sparks for…

By: 2015. 04. 03.

Royal & Awesome is continuing the cooperation with Sparks in 2015 to raise money for the children's medical research charity. In 2014 they were able to raise £20,000. This year Royal & Awesome & Sparks will invite 60 golfers…

Happy birthday Troon Golf!

By: 2015. 04. 02.

Troon Golf is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. The success story began in 1990 with the Troon North Golf Club. Today they are managing 250 golf courses, in 36 states and 27 countries. Troon Golf moved first to Australia…

What can Honours Golf do for Piqua Country Club?

By: 2015. 03. 31.

Honours Golf as been selected to provide club management and agronomic services for Piqua Country Club. Benny Scott, Piqua Country Club Board Member said they expect form Honours Golf to improve overall customer (member) experience. Piqua Country Club was originally…

Review: Galvin Green – Gear Up mobile application

By: 2015. 03. 29.

Do you remember Puma Golf's Stylecaddie mobile application from 2013? Their aim was to promote the Puma 2013 Spring/Summer Collection. In some respect, I think Galvin Green learnt from the Puma Golf example when they created their Gear Up mobile…

SkyCaddie pampers its social media fans

By: 2015. 03. 25.

SkyCaddie has overr 33,000 fans on its worldwide Facebook and Twitter channels. To reward these loyal fans, SkyCaddie has decided to provide original content celebrating the last 20 years of The Masters, in a 20-day countdown to 2015’s…

Review: My Zepp Golf experience

By: 2015. 03. 22.

The implementation and set up of Zepp Golf is really easy. I might say it is no-brainer. Then came the tricky part when the mobile application (users must first download Zepp Golf's mobile application) started to ask me…

‘Your Race to Dubai’ match play challenge in the multiscreen world

By: 2015. 03. 21.

Today device usage is driven by and depend on context (time, location, goals and attitude). One device is no longer able to control all of our attention. 70% of us are using TV+smartphone together. Another typical multiscreen usage…

Odyssey Golf is launching its new Milled Collection Putters on Tour

By: 2015. 03. 19.

Odyssey Golf is launching its new Milled Collection Putters on Tour for the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. Featuring the Fusion RX insert. These putters were tested first on the Japanese market. Now Odyssey Golf thinks it is time…

Did you see the Nike Golf Lifestyle Collection?

By: 2015. 03. 19.

Nike Golf wants to show us, that golfers are just like other athletes who bland training and life plus want to express themselves on and off the golf course (see Bubba Watson or Rickie Fowler who dare to…