Aviara Golf Club selects Troon Golf
Last turned out that Aviara Golf Club (Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, Calif.) has selected Troon Golf. Did you know that Aviara Golf Club was designed by Arnold Palmer? What I also like in this golf club…
144 entries: "mobile application"
Quinta do Lago’s North Course went through a redevelopment
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…
New amateur golf event in Orizonte Lisbon Golf
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…
New £2m coaching facility at Silvermere Golf Complex
Have you heard that Silvermere Golf Complex has just installed the industry-leading launch monitor technology in all of his dedicated fitting and coaching bays? The new coaching bays will contain Foresight Sports Game Changer 2 (GC2) with Head…
Are caddie positions in danger?
Today there are 2 kinds of golf rangefinder: GPS and laser rangefinder. My impression is that with the rise of smartphone usage people preferring GPS rangefinders over laser rangefinders since such solutions are available in mobile application version…
Las Colinas Golf is shortlisted for the Golf Resort Award
Last year PGA Catalunya Resort was the lucky Spanish golf club to win at the European Property Awards as the best golf development in Europe. At this time Las Colinas Golf & Country Club is close to win the…
Mobile rewards platform for golf club operators
Two years ago in September I recommended to take seriously smart phones as a tool and a communication channel. Since then the the global smartphone audience surpassed the 1 billion mark in 2012 and will total 1.75 billion…
Why to use ePOS in our golf club?
When the usage of ePOS (electronic point of sale) is emerging in a management debate in our golf club, we should understand its importance from two main aspects: customer experience + sales efficiency. Customer Experience As golf club…
Crown Golf’s first step toward mobile integration
This week I participated in an interesting conversation in LinkedIn with the founder of Hole19 mobile application Anthony Douglas (who in the past was my guest writer and wrote about similar topic). I had to realize that although…
What kind of tee sheet system your golf course should have?
Although online tee time reservations increased 25% from 2012 to 2013, telephone reservation system is still the most dominant/popular form of booking tee times. Why do we complicate our life with such "old school" solution? We don't book our…
Callaway’s Speed Regime golf balls adapts to you
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…
Wilson Staff is crowdsourcing their golf bag development
In 2012 I wrote about why should the golf industry adapt the concept of crowdsourcing to generate more ideas for product development and to drive higher customer engagement. For golf mobile application development I found several good examples…
Social technology and private golf clubs
I was delighted to read Frank Vain's (president of McMahon Group) article about the need for the use of technology (in many instances social technology) in private golf clubs to improve connectivity, reduce operating costs, and increase revenue…
Bearwood Lakes Golf Club goes mobile
Bearwood Lakes Golf Club made a great leap forward, when they launched their mobile optimized website in last April. Some of you might ask why am I so excited about Bearwood Lakes Golf Club mobile website. In…
How to upgrade your Ping putters?
We tend to speak about putting as golf's game within the game. The putting stroke is the least complex of all the ways there are to swing a golf club. It requires no special strength, speed, size or…
How would you solve turfgrass pest problems?
As I wrote in my previous post, average American mobile user is spending cca. 2 hours 38 minutes on his mobile and tablet on daily basis. Americans are spending twice as much time today with desktop media as they do with mobile.…
Are golf brands fitting to mobile?
I have been watching people around me for a while how and what they have been using in their mobile. I noticed a trend. As people are getting familiar and comfortable with their smartphones (I hope soon I…
What is common in Ronald Reagan and PowaKaddy?
All started in April 1983 when Joe Catford invented the world's first powered golf trolley out of frustration at having to carry his golf clubs around the golf course. Short after launching it, Tom Watson started to use…
Do you want to be Rickie Fowler’s new stylist?
It seems like that the golf apparel industry players are adapting slowly to the new digital trends, namely mobile marketing and mobile application development for product and brand communication. Last month I wrote about TaylorMade's new R1 tuning application. I…
TaylorMade is boosting golf experience on mobile
In last September I had already written about how smartphones and mobile applications are gaining momentum. Today, I am ready to risk to say that mobile as a device and as a communication channel and platform became integral…