While Asian Tour will resume negotiations with the European Tour over a proposed merger, they have just announced a partnership with ECCO Golf brand. Jesper Thuen, ECCO’s new Head of Golf, Asia, said, “We see the Asian Tour as…
Bulgaria’s Lighthouse Golf & Spa Resort, featuring an Ian Woosnam-designed par-71 golf course, has become the 18th member of the exclusive European Tour Properties network. The project was started in 2005 and the golf course opened in September…
It is obvious that winning golf tournaments and championships are important in golf equipment sales and marketing. Although, I really understand why is it important to Nippon Shaft to highlight how many tour players are playing with their…
I thought to start this week with a surprising news. The organizers of The European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage (November 14-19, 2015; PGA Catalunya Resort) said that in the tournament's 40-year history never happened that 3 golfers topped the leaderboard.…
Almost a month ago I introduced you the new Wilson Staff FG Tour F5 line of woods that will be available from January 2016. Now I can show you from this product family line the Wilson Staff FG Tour F5…
PING brand team member, Andy Sullivan captured his third win of the 2015 European Tour season at the Portugal Masters yesterday. His other 2 victories were: 2015 South African Open, Joburg Open. His other highlights of his career are: winning the Scottish…
Andalucia is in a controversial situation. Although, we can see 7 million tourists are visiting Andalucia every year, among them many golf tourists (see below the figures), but we can also find an unemployment rate of 35.21 % (The forecast is still…
Today is the last day of the International Golf Travel Market. So I thought to share with you some interesting insights about the golf tourism industry. Golf tour operators reported that the number of golfers they carried between January…
Mount Juliet Estate becomes the 16th member of the exclusive European Tour Properties network with the announcement of the Irish venue as a European Tour Destination. Mount Juliet is located in the heart of County Kilkenny, becomes the first European Tour Destination…
I have just received Golf Pride Grip's performance results on the PGA Tour in 2015: Victories in 39 of the 47 official PGA TOUR events = 83% Winners using Golf Pride grips during the 2015 season earned $57,852,000; PGA…
Next week will kick off in South England this year's 'To Heath & Links' study tour with 70 leading golf architects (US, Australia, Europe). The study tour is organised by the European Institute of Golf Course Architects and supported by…
IGTM (International Golf Tourism Market) has helped generate more than €79 million worth of business for the golf travel industry since 2012. Reed Travel Exhibitions found that 31% of attending buyers negotiated between €50,000 and €200,000 worth of business,…
By winning the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on last Sunday, Shane Lowry has achieved a two-fold victory: became a full PGA Tour member + world golf ranking of No. 19. Actually this is Shane's first PGA Tour victory since 2009 when he…
Last year PGA Catalunya Resort was awarded as '2015 Golf Resort of the Year for Europe' by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO). Now PGA Catalunya Resort proves that they have not received the recognition in…
Sunice having been selected as outerwear supplier for the International Team at The Presidents Cup 2015 thus they can continue their partnership actually. The Presidents Cup will be held October 6-11, 2015, at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo IBD,…
Suzann Pettersen won the Manulife LPGA Classic at Whistle Bear Golf Club. This was her 15th LPGA Tour victory. Here first LPGA Tour victory was in 2013. She recorded 2 eagles and 21 birdies throughout the tournament. Pettersen averaged 278 yards…
Peter Hanson has agreed to terms on a multi-year contract to become a member of the Srixon/Cleveland Golf PGA Tour staff. As I expected none of the sides shared any details of this contract. What is sure that he will…
The luxurious Rossington Hall, set on 250 acres, has grand ambitions of becoming an elite golf destination and host-venue of the European Tour. The Rossington Hall Golf Development (RHGD) scheme has been back by the Doncaster Council. The European Tour…
Golf GameBook went little bit further and thought about how to convince golf fans to be more engaged with the European Tour and to be relevant even to the younger audience (e.g. Z Generation). In the new ‘Your…
Rory McIlroy is the only one who was able to win the Wells Fargo Championship twice so far. McIlroy broke his own course record at Quail Hollow with his third-round, 11-under 61. The win is McIlroy’s 11th on the…