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Mysterious shoppers raided Brocket Hall Golf Club

By: 2014. 09. 30.

Back in this April I had already written about Brocket Hall Golf Club won 59Club Awards' Silver Flag award for outstanding customer service. Recently Brocket Hall Golf Club conducted a mystery shopping survey by 59Club. Brocket Hall reached…

New amateur golf event in Orizonte Lisbon Golf

By: 2014. 09. 23.

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…

Royal Blackheath Golf Club is under a multi-year renovation process

By: 2014. 09. 18.

Creative Golf Design won the pitch for 5-year restoration of Royal Blackheath Golf Club (instituted in 1608!!; According to Bernard Darwin, it is the oldest golf club in the world). Creative Golf Design will work in tandem with…

European Ryder Cup captain’s new venture

By: 2014. 09. 04.

By end of October, European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley will open his latest golf course design project the North Course, at Portugal’s prestigious Quinta do Lago resort.  The official opening ceremony of the €9.6m new layout will be on…

Can you imagine European Challenge Tour Event in Azerbaijan?

By: 2014. 07. 11.

The National Azerbaijan Golf Club has been selected to host the 2014 European Challenge Tour Schedule. The first golf facility in this emerging golf destination will host the inaugural Azerbaijan Challenge Open July 31 – August 3, 2014. I must…

LPGA’s future in numbers

By: 2014. 07. 07.

I assume you know that in this year the US Open and the US Women's Open were taken in the same place (Pinehurst No. 2) and very close to each other in time. I thought it might not…

Pelz Scoring Game School selects Troon Golf

By: 2014. 06. 18.

I have just heard that Pelz Golf and Troon will expend their cooperation across the United States by expanding the Pelz Scoring Game School to selected Troon facilities.  Schools are currently scheduled now through October 2014 with even…

Ernie Els partners with The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel

By: 2014. 06. 16.

Ernie Els has just partnered with The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel. As an Asian Tour ambassador he will assist in marketing and promotion of the Venetian Macau Open as well. The Venetian Macau Open will be held from October…

Tiger Woods effect hits Pinehurst Resort

By: 2014. 06. 15.

Back in March 2010 The New York Times wrote about the "Tiger Bubble" and warned  us from the negative impacts ("But at some point the momentum shifts. Economic reality quickly catches up with the pervasive overconfidence that first…

Help disabled golfers with your unwanted golf equipment!

By: 2014. 06. 10.

May be the golf media will focus this week more on U.S. Open and Justin Rose, but at Crown Golf they will not postpone their charity action ‘Bag & Equipment Amnesty’. The campaign will start on this Thursday and will…

Las Colinas Golf is shortlisted for the Golf Resort Award

By: 2014. 05. 30.

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…

Do you remember Aroeira?

By: 2014. 05. 05.

I am happy to report that one of Portugal’s most iconic golfing venues is being restored to its former glory. Those who are elder than me, can remember how great was Aroeira in the 70s and 80s. Aroeria…

Why Callaway Golf is sponsoring Mario Golf World Tour?

By: 2014. 04. 19.

Somehow it seems to me that all of the major palyers of the consol game business are struggeling. Microsoft's Xbox continues its long history of losing money (cca. 2 billion USD per year). Even in this year Xbox…

Club de Golf Alcanada was booed by Golfboo

By: 2014. 02. 25.

Last year, right after Golfboo.com was launched in June, I reported about this so-called "search engine for golf". Today they have 7323 golf courses in their database with 127,767 reviews by golfers. Nice achievement.  Today I have just…

1st ever Nordea Tour winter series at Lumine Golf Club

By: 2014. 02. 22.

Somehow in the last couple of years I have not heard a lot about Scandinavian and especially Swedish golf events. (I found 13 Swedish PGA Tour players.) OK, except one case: Henrik Stenson became part of the Callaway…

‘Academy Deluxe’ by José María Olazábal in the Maldives

By: 2014. 02. 21.

Early this month a new luxorious golf course was opened in the Maldives, the Velaa Private Island. You will not believe, but the developers of the golf course asked José María Olazábal to help them in designing the golf…

Galgorm Castle Golf Club’s new ambassador

By: 2014. 02. 10.

Although Galgorm Castle Golf Club is one of Northern Ireland's best golf course, I haven't heard a lot about it. I knew that Galgorm Castle Golf Club was the first to host the PGA EuroPro Tour in Northern Ireland…

2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship in London Golf Club

By: 2014. 02. 05.

Now it is official that 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship will be held in London Golf Club. The game will be played on the International Course from the 15th to the 19th October.  Match Play Championship will be played on former…

Ernie Els’ new sponsor: Adams Golf

By: 2014. 01. 04.

Since last October we are thinking who is that misterious sponsor who will replace Callaway Golf. Now it is official: Adams Golf.  Although Adams Golf is the maker of the No. 1 Hybrids on the PGA Tour and…

Donnafugata is a safe heaven for golfers in winter

By: 2013. 12. 19.

Although I prefer to write about business issues and topics, but when I was outside today I had to realize winter is here... So I was really happy to see warming pictures about Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa.  Donnafugata…