187 entries: "pga tour"

Søren Kjeldsen won the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open

By: 2015. 06. 02.

Søren Kjeldsen won on Sunday the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open held at the Royal County Down Golf Course, in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. This was his 4th European Tour International Schedule victory. Thanks to his great game he moved to 105th in…

World of Leading Golf convinced Le Golf National to…

By: 2015. 06. 01.

The home of the 2018 Ryder Cup, France's stunning Le Golf National, is the newest member of the World of Leading Golf. The club's outstanding L'Albatros course will play host to the biennial team event in September 2018…

How far you can hit with your driver?

By: 2015. 05. 23.

American Golf and Garmin are on the hunt for the country’s Longest Drivers. If you can hit any type of ball hard, fast and long, then head to any of its 104 stores across the UK over the May bank…

What are the pitfalls of Lee Westwood’s mobile app?

By: 2015. 05. 21.

Lee Westwood Official Masterclass mobile application is not totally new to the market. It was launched last year with a soft launch since it was not fully functional. What makes unique Lee Westwood's mobile application is that it…

Do you want to challenge European Tour stars at BMW PGA Championship?

By: 2015. 05. 19.

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…

Royal & Awesome is partnering with Direct Golf

By: 2015. 05. 18.

Royal & Awesome, the funky Scottish golf clothing brand, has reached a higher level in the UK golf retail market after signing a new partnership with Direct Golf. Royal & Awesome was launched in 2012. Now it will be available…

Patrick Cummins and his team won the Knight Golf Tournament

By: 2015. 05. 10.

I rarely write about Indian golf tournament events, but in this case I thought it is worth to write about the Knight Golf Tournament. Knight Golf Tournament took place early this week at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club.…

Inbee Park’s 2nd LPGA victory in 2015

By: 2015. 05. 09.

The victory at the 2015 Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout held at the Las Colinas Country Club, in Irving, Texas last Sunday was Inbee Park's 2nd LPGA victory in 2015 ( and her 14th career LPGA title). She closed the game with a…

Smylie Kaufman wins his first Web.com Tour title

By: 2015. 05. 06.

I think it is a good day for Srixon, Cleveland Golf and Smylie Kaufman. This was Smylie Kaufman's first Web.com Tour victory at the 2015 United Leasing Championship held at the Victoria National Golf Club, in Newburgh, Indiana. Kaufman’s…

Golf Tourism England boosts inbound golf tourism

By: 2015. 05. 05.

Finally, British golf clubs start to understand why it is beneficial to cooperate with other golf clubs in their region.  Golf Tourism England strategy to foster local cooperation between golf clubs and paying more attention to inbound golf…

What did Golfweek found in Kapalua Golf?

By: 2015. 04. 10.

Again Kapalua Golf was recognized by Golfweek as the No. 1 Best Course You Can Play in Hawaii. This not the first time, actually the 9th constructive year that the Plantation Course maintained top billing in Golfweek's prestigious…

EA Sports selects Rory McIlroy

By: 2015. 03. 17.

EA Sports announced today Rory McIlroy as the cover athlete and namesake of its golf franchise, officially making him the face of EA SPORTS Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR, releasing in June 2015.  EA SPORTS Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR is the…

David Leadbetter shows new technique how to attract more golfers

By: 2015. 03. 13.

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…

IMG acquires Icon Sports Management

By: 2015. 02. 21.

On Thursday IMG announced the acquisition of golf talent agency Icon Sports Management. Icon's president and CEO R.J. Nemer, the agency's founder will continue in the golf division at WME | IMG. R.J. Nemer will become IMG’s Senior Vice…

Put the audience at the HEART of your promotions

By: Pat Roque 2015. 02. 14.

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,…

Sophie Walker is joining GAME GOLF brand ambassador team

By: 2015. 02. 12.

GAME GOLF has just announced that the European Ladies Tour Pro Sophie Walker is joining its brand ambassador team. She will be the first female professional to use GAME GOLF in an official tournament at the Australian Masters…

BREAKING NEWS: Golf Legend Billy Casper passed away

By: 2015. 02. 08.

Professional golf legend Billy Casper died yesterday at 4:45 p.m. MT of a heart attack at the age of 83 surrounded by family at home outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Focusing on golf, Casper attended the University of…

What a difference can a German golf ball make?

By: 2015. 02. 02.

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…

From today: 2015 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls are available

By: 2015. 01. 30.

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…

PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua found a new pursuit

By: 2015. 01. 09.

New year, new challenges. Pete Bevacqua, has been named Chairman of World Golf Foundation’s Board of Directors for 2015. Bevacqua succeeds Tim Finchem, Commissioner of the PGA TOUR, who served as the 2014 Board Chairman. Bevacqua became the…