639 entries: PING

In general we do not hear too much golf news from Israel, especially in these days when the world is focusing on the Gaza conflict. Despite of the dreadful situation around the Gaza strip, from north of Tel…

It seems to me that the centenary of Wilson Staff brings back some of most successful Wilson Staff golf club models in updated version. Yes, Wilson Staff 88002 putter returns after 52 years. The original Wilson Staff 8802…

Yesterday was announced (4th July) the completion of a significant transaction with an investor group led by Kohlberg & Company and Greg Norman’s organization, Great White Shark Enterprises (GWSE). Kohlberg & Company, a private equity firm specializing in…

Direct Golf recently announced that it will retail golf brands including Mizuno, Wilson, Bridgestone, Stuburt, John Letters, Progen, Golf Locker, Hotblade and Jaxx, alongside a huge range of products from other golf manufacturers on the Tesco direct website.…

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…

Usually I don't like to write about golf clubs' promotions, but when I saw the pictures about Exclusive Golf's The Manor House Golf Club I could not resist to share with you the details of the promotion neither…

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…

Back in 2013, Mizuno Golf started an interesting initiative called Play Famously to provide a unique experience for die-hard golfers by treating them as like Tour Professionals. I would add more benefits to those who have Mizuno Golf…

2013 was a really outstanding year for Abu Dhabi thanks its two leading golf clubs Saadiyat Beach Golf Club and  Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Saadiyat Beach Golf Club has unveiled an unprecedented growth of 94% against the same period…

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…

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…

I was really happy to read Frank Vain's (president of McMahon Group) article about need of usage of technology (in many instances social technology) in private golf clubs to improve connectivity, reduce operating costs and increase revenue (not…

First when I saw Swingbyte, I thought it is another golf club fitting tool, like TaylorMade's R1 tunning application or Ping's iPing application. Then I had to realize that this is not exactly a golf club fitting tool, rather…

TaylorMade-adidas Golf (TMaG), the largest and most profitable golf equipment, apparel and footwear company in the world, announced at the beginning of this month, Q2 sales of $454M (EUR 348M).  During unseasonably poor weather across the globe leading…

Let me share with you some of my reservations and worries about golf club improvements. I think all of us want to hit his golf ball as far as he can and to finish the game with as…

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…

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.…

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…

This is not the first time when I come across with an innovative digital solution from TaylorMade. Last time I wrote about their Twitter campaign and before that about a POS solution. They are planning to launch a…

Recently I heard that Katherine Grainger (she was selected as one of the 5 athlete ambassadors for promoting the key messages of Team GB - the 2012 Olympic Team; 6 times world champion) and Gavin Hastings are partnering…