When I first heard about a Hungarian golf club that allows golfers to play footgolf, I found it strange and as a sign of decay of the golf club. My other concern how footgolf will effect the quality…
Although I am happy to share information about the latest golf clubs of leading golf equipment manufacturers, it seems to me that there are no significant differences among the leading brands. So how do you want to gain…
As I promised on Friday, today Benedict Riches, CMO of David Leadbetter Academy continues to explain why is it good for golfers and golf business David Leadbetter's A Swing solution. Creating innovative new approaches to golf instruction are…
Tomorrow we will be able to see XXIO's new forged irons. Dunlop Sports' main concern was how could they provide better feel and distinctive forgiveness. This is what can find in the new XXIO forged irons: Dual Speed…
Thanks to my visit at the PGA Show in Orlando, I had the chance to meet with the David Leadbetter Academy. The Academy's CMO Benedict Riches says David Leadbetter found a totally new instruction concept that can help us…
Troon Golf has been selected by Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate PLC, owner of Fairmont St Andrews, to manage golf operations at the championship venue located at Scotland. Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate acquired the exclusive 209-bed property last summer…
Channels Golf Club is planning to expand its operations by adding a 18-hole golf course at Little Waltham near Chelmsford. The new golf course is planned by Swan Golf Designs. The construction on the course will begin in April…
The extension of the cooperation between Falmouth Country Club (Massachusetts’ Cape Cod region) and Billy Casper Golf is not a big surprise. Under Billy Casper Golf management since 2005, membership programs and practice facility revenue at Falmouth grew by…
Recently Silver Creek Valley Country Club (San Jose, California) has declared a new objective for this year. Namely, they would like to be among the leading private clubs in the country. Silver Creek Valley Country Club’s improvement plan…
Yesterday Mizuno Golf was happy to announce that they were able sign a multi-year, global contract extension with Stacy Lewis, current No. 3 in the Rolex Rankings. An interesting insight about Stacy Lewis is that she is the 1st…
The PGA professional Gary Rushgrove is joining as academy director after 3 successful years as director of golf and head professional at Athlone Golf Academy, Ireland. He will be in Solihull. Related articles What a difference can a…
Billy Casper Golf will manage the private, member-owned Forest Hill Field Club. They will direct club operations, golf and grounds maintenance, membership marketing, staffing and training, member activities, food and beverage, merchandising, golf instruction, public relations, special events…
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…
My next guest writer is Pat Roque from Business Boomers. I met her at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando and found her thoughts really interesting. Pat promotes golf brands, organizations and teaching professionals to grow sales, enrollment, retention,…
Stoke Park (also known as Stoke Poges) is joining the Zurich-based ‘umbrella' organisation The Leading Golf Courses of Europe. The number of member golf clubs of The Leading Golf Courses of Europe is now 40 in 13 countries,…
In the last 4 months Clubessential and ClubSoft worked on finalizing the conditions of the acquisition. Now it is official that Clubessential acquired ClubSoft, creating probably the most powerful information technology vendor in the club market with 115 US…
What a nice open handed people are playing in Crown Golf clubs. Crown Golf club members have now donated over £100,000 to The Golf Foundation in the last 8 years. Since 2006, members at Crown Golf clubs have been contributing…
Golf Tourism England has just announced the formation of a partnership with England Golf. I think they can complement each other well. I hope this partnership does not come too late. England Golf reported last year a 12%…
In the latest Golf 20/20 report I found that golf’s direct economic impact in Florida was $8.2 billion in 2013, an increase from $7.5 billion in 2007. How is this possible when golf participation is declining. In last…
59Club has just launched its new product 'Stay & Play' an in-depth, statistical customer experience analysis. 59Club recommends to see the customer experience from a broader experience the total customer journey. The first golf club to utilize this customer…