New partnership delivers integrated tool to simplify member experience from tee box to clubhouse First American Payment Systems, a leading payment technology company, today announced its partnership with ReadyFore Software to supply integrated POS solutions designed specifically for golf course owners and operators. This partnership allows golf course owners to securely deliver digital convenience to their members and guests while also simplifying business operations. Solutions will focus on: – Online reservations, equipment rental and clubhouse sales – Inventory management – Customized reporting – Cardholder security and PCI compliance As consumers embrace contactless transactions, merchants are seeking management solutions to improve…
Author: Aboo Tayub
Aboo Tayub
Aboo Tayub is the publisher of Golf Business Technology and has worked in the business & technology publishing sector for over a decade.
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Tournament: a 1946 Schwab Power Wagon Charles Schwab is honored to congratulate Jason Kokrak on his victory at the 2021 Charles Schwab Challenge. With his score of 14 under par, Kokrak captured the iconic Leonard Trophy and will have his name etched in stone on the Wall of Champions at Colonial Country Club. He was also presented with a one-of-a-kind, Champion’s Prize ? a custom “restomod” 1946 Schwab Power Wagon truck. During Sunday’s champion’s ceremony on the 18th hole, Kokrak was officially awarded the truck ? painted in Schwab Blue ? featuring one-off Schwab…
Have you heard of Women’s Golf Day? It’s a pretty cool initiative that we are big admirers of here at Lightspeed. If you don’t know what it is already, Women’s Golf Day or WGD is an international initiative to get more women interested in golf while encouraging and uplifting those who already play. The event happens each year in June at golf courses worldwide – this year it will be taking place June 1, 2021. Typically, Women’s Golf Day events are four hours long and feature two hours of golf, followed by two hours of socializing – with ongoing restrictions…
Great-Grandson of Bobby Jones Draws Upon Golf Legend’s Intellect, Emotional Intelligence to Invest in Youth Social and Emotional Development Robert Jones Black – great grandson of Bobby Jones, businessman and entrepreneur – today announces the official launch of the Generation Next Project, dedicated to investing in the social and emotional development of the next generation to build the business leaders and innovators of tomorrow. An immersive digital lifestyle, combined with the isolative effects of a global pandemic has created a mental health epidemic among children, teens, and young adults. The Generation Next Project aims to bridge this disconnect through partnering…
GolfNow and GolfPass joined Youth on Course today to announce two sponsored golf scholarships, further bolstering the companies’ recently formed partnership with YOC to help grow the game of golf. The two award recipients join a cohort of 18 other 2021 Youth on Course annual scholarship winners from a competitive pool of member applicants. The GolfNow and GolfPass Scholars each will receive a $20,000 award, which will be administered as $5,000 payments for every year they are enrolled at their intended university. GolfNow Scholar Michelle Kashia Yang (Woodbury, Minn.), University of Wisconsin-Madison Intended Major: Marketing and Finance Woodbury, Minn.-native Michelle…
Farleigh Golf Club is adding extra energy to its junior golf as it underlines its commitment to developing the next generation. Under the supervision of PGA professional, Shain Johnson, regular weekend classes are attracting growing numbers, thanks in no small part to the recent initiative to include junior membership for free with all seven-day adult memberships at the popular Surrey club. And at Farleigh, they certainly start them young with children from the tender age of four and five years old upwards invited to attend the sessions with the emphasis on athleticism and movement, before the more technical aspects of…
Marcoux Samaan brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in sports and business “The right leader to guide the LPGA’s next chapter of growth, impact and achievement” The Board of Directors of the LPGA has unanimously elected Mollie Marcoux Samaan as its next Commissioner. Marcoux Samaan, currently Ford Family Director of Athletics at Princeton University, will become the ninth Commissioner of the LPGA since its formation in 1950. She will succeed Commissioner Mike Whan who notified the LPGA Board late last year of his intent to step down in 2021. Whan was recently announced as the next Chief Executive…
The Toro Company and Toro distributor, Turf Equipment and Supply Company, have finalized a 20-year agreement as the exclusive turf maintenance and irrigation equipment supplier for the National Links Trust (NLT) in Washington D.C. The agreement with National Links Trust, Toro and Turf Equipment and Supply Company, will start in 2021 and extend through 2041, providing irrigation solutions and maintenance equipment for golf operations at Rock Creek Park, Langston and East Potomac Park properties. “We’re excited to partner with the National Links Trust to back its unique mission,” says Brad Hamilton, Group Vice President, Commercial, International, Ventrac and Irrigation Businesses…