Author: Aboo Tayub

More than 150 top and emerging golf and golf lifestyle brands will fill sold-out exhibit spaces at the Omni PGA Frisco Resort and Monument Realty PGA District to meet with hundreds of influential PGA of America Golf Professionals and industry buyers representing top clubs, resorts, off-course retailers and golf management companies at the PGA Buying Summit in Frisco, Texas, July 29-31, 2024. Valuable mid-season business opportunities are packed into Summit days and nights with product sourcing, education and buying appointments taking place by day, and new networking golf experiential programs filling event nights across the PGA Frisco campus. The PGA Buying Summit is reserved exclusively for golf industry…

Toptracer, the global leader in ball-tracking technology, has announced a groundbreaking level of engagement during The Open, following the brand’s recent partnership with The R&A. Golf enthusiasts around the world embraced the excitement, hitting a grand total of 523,364 shots virtually on host venue Royal Troon’s iconic Postage Stamp hole, across more than 1,000 Toptracer ranges worldwide throughout The Championship week. The innovative partnership saw golf fans from all corners of the globe taking part in the Toptracer Global Challenge, with 4,941 showcasing their skills and aiming for the perfect shot. Throughout the week, 56 holes-in-one were registered, with the…

As the 2024 golf season finally gets underway in the UK, Hole19 is delighted to announce the launch of its highly innovative e-commerce store. Designed to connect the best brands in golf to the Hole19 audience, the largest community of active golfers in the world, the platform leverages best of breed technologies and a business model that is revolutionary in the golf space. The Platform “Our promise to golfers is an unmatched customer experience, leveraging our bespoke tech stack to provide every visitor with their own “Personal Pro Shop”, a completely unique on-site experience” says Chris Somerton, Head of E-Commerce…

The Manor House Golf Club has continued its drive toward sustainable golf course operations by rolling out a series of new initiatives to help lower its environmental footprint. Fresh from receiving GEO Certification – a coveted industry accolade presented to clubs globally who have shown a long-standing dedication and priority for sustainable practices across all facets of operations – Exclusive Collection’s popular Wiltshire venue is furthering its drive to promote sustainability by introducing an additional range of measures. As well as distributing bag tags made from wood found on the course to all new members, The Manor House – where you can…

Trump Turnberry’s standing as one of the world’s best golf resorts has been reinforced as both of the venue’s 18-hole layouts have made Golf Digest’s list of the World’s Top 100 Golf Courses. The ranking, which details the best courses outside of the United States, features both the legendary Ailsa course and – for the first time – the younger King Robert the Bruce, making Turnberry the only golf resort in the UK and Ireland to boast multiple entries on the list. The King Robert the Bruce is celebrating its seventh anniversary this summer and has entered Golf Digest’s list for the first…

PGA of America Golf Professionals attending the PGA Buying Summit, July 29-31 at PGA Frisco, can attend complimentary education sessions presented by Callaway Golf, PING, Technogym, XXIO–Cleveland–Srixon and PGA of America Value Guide in the new state-of-the-art PGA of America Coaching Center powered by T-Mobile, 2 – 6 p.m. on July 30. PGA of America Golf Professionals will experience a high-tech, high-touch and data-driven experience within the facility’s 12,000-square-foot, two-story building, located in the Monument Realty PGA District. Following the afternoon education sessions, PGA Professionals and industry leaders attending the PGA Buying Summit will return for an industry-only Open House during the event’s…

Engineered with the score-lowering technologies of its adult line and inspired by its on-going commitment to introduce more juniors to the game, PING announced today the next generation of its custom-fit, custom-built Prodi G junior clubs. The new Prodi G clubs are available for custom fitting and pre-order at authorised PING golf shops around the world beginning today. Along with performance improvements throughout the set, the company is introducing WebFit Junior, a web app that recommends club specifications and set makeup based on the answers to a few questions about the junior player. “Focusing on the needs of junior golfers…

Aggreko has becomes an official supplier to The Open and R&A Amateur Championships played in Great Britain and Ireland. The new partnership will see Aggreko become an Official Temporary Energy Transition Supplier, playing a pivotal role in supporting The R&A’s sustainability commitments to staging professional and amateur championships by reducing carbon emissions. Aggreko’s relationship with The R&A to deliver sustainable championships already includes the use of temporary solar panels and HVO biofuel on-site with the new partnership enhancing opportunities for further innovation in sustainable energy provision. This will be showcased in the Sustainable Golf Hub, which will be exhibited to…

Global sports and enterainment agency, 54, has strengthened its footprint and industry-leading service offering within the European market with the opening of a new office in Sotogrande, Spain – its first on the continent. Its ninth location worldwide will be led by Francisco de Lancastre David, who joins 54 as Director of Operations from highly acclaimed golf destination, Finca Cortesin, where he played a critical role in the success of The Solheim Cup 2023. After almost two decades working with world-leading sporting and leisure destinations, real estate developments and golf management companies to oversee delivery of business strategy, operations and…