As I went through my own posts I have not found any golf club model that was dedicated to high handicap golfers like the new Wilson Golf Launch Pad family of clubs. The issue of forgiveness is a…
I am super excited today, as I arrived at a major milestone with Golf Business Monitor, the world #1 B2B golf business blog (+ golf club marketing consultancy). 10 years ago on 13th August 2009, I launched my…
In less than 40 days, Wilson Golf's crowdsourcing, reality show the Driver vs. Driver will end. Golf Channel announced today the 11 finalists who will present their innovative driver concepts and ideas with the hopes of ultimately becoming Wilson…
Srixon will launch their new Srixon Soft Feel and Srixon Soft Feel Lady golf balls in North America on July 29. This is the 10th generation of Srixon Soft Feel golf balls (golf improvement golf balls). After a…
Just like Wilson Staff (Wilson Staff 88002 putter) in 2014, now PING revives its successful Anser putter from 1966. The new TR 1966 Anser and Anser 2 arrive as PING is celebrating the iconic Anser model’s 50th birthday. In developing the…
Let's hope that Wilson Golf asked an important question from itself last year when the heralded their Driver vs. Driver first-of-its-kind television series that: How can I be relevant in the future in the golf industry? The only way…
The new PING G series are coming with 5 major changes. One of this changes reminds me Titleist 816H hybrids (irons vs hybrids). 5 innovations in the new PING G series 3 driver options -- standard, SF Tec (Straight Flight…
It looks like there is a retro feeling in the golf industry. Wilson Staff 88002 putter returned after 52 years in 2014 and most recently Callaway Golf's Great Big Bertha. Now Cobra Golf is introducing the new KING LTD…
The 3rd generation Srixon Q-STAR golf ball is designed for mid to high handicap golfers who demand premium performance. Srixon believes that the new Q-STAR golf ball delivers exceptional performance in all aspects of the game at every swing speed unlike other all-ability…
How shall I start? Tiger Woods finished the Quicken Loans National at T18 (at 8-under 276). This was probably his best performance for a long time. But, what is more important is the victory of Troy Merritt. He…
Couple of years ago I asked why don't we have crowdsourcing campaigns and project among well established golf equipment brands like Callaway Golf. I still think that it is an untapped source of growth and tactic for content…
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,…
What a nice initiative to promote golf among women from Wilson Staff. Wilson Staff has just expanded its partnership with Women on Course (WOC), the nation’s premier golf-lifestyle networking organization (hosts more than 20,000 women at 2,000 annual…
Last year more-and more golf ball manufacturers started to focus on feeling beyond distance to help our approach shots (chips and pitches). They (e.g. Callaway Golf, Wilson Staff) lowered compression and reformulated the covers (made them softer). To…
Let's see the brief history of the Pro V1 golf balls before I would explain what I found new in the 2015 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls: October 2000: the original Pro V1 prototype was launched…
Recently Wilson Staff came up with their new D200 family. Just like its competitors Wilson Staff would like to enable golfers to achieve more distance and accuracy. The new promise is that with The Right Light technology is…
I think it is a unfortunate coincidence that both 2014 U.S. Open Championship, U.S. Women’s Open Championships (June 19-22) and the 2014 World Cup start on the very same day. Probably in the U.S. it is less problematic than…
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).…
Customization is slowly flowing into the golf industry as well, as golf equipment manufacturers like Callaway Golf starts to realize that there are significant differences between golfers. In case of the new Callaway Speed Regime golf balls that…
Let me share with you some of my reservations and worries about golf club improvements. I think all of us want to hit his golf ball as far as he can and to finish the game with as…