The R&A’s drive to increase the number of women and girls participating in golf and to encourage more opportunities for women to work within the sport has been reflected in early success for the new Women in Golf Charter. Launched last May in London, the Charter set out to inspire...
READ MORERoyal Melbourne Golf Club and Kingston Heath Golf Club have made it to golfscape’s top 20 golf courses from the World’s Top 100 – Royal Melbourne as #5 and Kingston Heath as #11. The ranking is golfscape’s first ever “World’s Top 100 Golf Courses”, and the team worked with the...
READ MOREThe Class of 2019 Inductees officially began their ‘Road to Induction’ when they met for the first time at the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum. The four living Inductees – Retief Goosen, Billy Payne, Jan Stephenson and Dennis Walters – will join the ranks of the World Golf...
READ MORECalling it a ‘win-win-win’ situation for the golf industry, the PGA of America, the National Golf Course Owners Association, and PGA Golf Exhibitions will co-locate the NGCOA’s Golf Business Conference with the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando beginning in 2020. The Golf Business Conference, hosted by NGCOA for more than...
READ MOREThe R&A and the USGA have released the 2018 Annual Driving Distance Report, containing driving-distance data from seven men’s and women’s professional golf tours around the world. This is the fourth annual distance report issued by the game’s governing bodies, completed in an effort to monitor current trends in driving...
READ MOREThe signature moment of Jarrod Lyle’s all-too-brief PGA Tour career was the hole-in-one he made at the 2011 Waste Management Phoenix Open. That joyous event will now be commemorated each year, thanks to a thoughtful gesture by tournament organisers. Lyle died last year at 36 after battling leukemia for nearly...
READ MOREGreg Norman and Caribe Producers LLC. announce the release of Greg Norman Signature Wagyu Beef Jerky – the first 100% Australian Wagyu Beef Jerky in the United States. Since 2006, Greg Norman Australian Prime has been a favorite Wagyu beef of pro chefs, restauranteurs and consumers across the country. The...
READ MORECallaway Golf Company announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Jack Wolfskin for €418 million, or approximately $476 million assuming a 1.140 Euro to US Dollar conversion rate, subject to a working capital adjustment. Jack Wolfskin is an international, premium outdoor apparel, footwear and equipment brand. The...
READ MOREIt was in 2009 that the first Golf Study Tour (Mackenzie Tour) was undertaken by members of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), the European Institute of Golf Course Architects (EIGCA) and the Society of Australian Golf Course Architects (SAGCA). It was held in Australia, with 86 golf...
READ MOREDana Garmany, the founder of Troon, the world’s leading golf course management company, announced yesterday that he will be stepping down as the company’s chief executive officer on March 31, 2019. Garmany will be succeeded as CEO by current President Tim Schantz, while Garmany will remain as chairman of the...
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