The city of Aqaba in southern Jordan is gearing up to host the 34th edition of the Jordan Open Golf Championship, which will take place at Ayla Golf Club from September 2–4. The event will feature a strong lineup of top Arab and international golfers under the direct supervision of the Arab Golf Federation. This year, the championship holds special significance as one of the official stops on the Arab Golf Series (AGS), sanctioned by the Arab Golf Federation. The series awards Arab players official ranking points within the new Arab ranking system, opening broader pathways for them to qualify…
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.
CommuniTee is an all-in-one golf course marketplace. Designed to keep golfers engaged, our app helps golfers discover local course events, register for events, book tee times and communicate directly with courses and golfers in their community. Our social media design gives golfers the ability see other golfers booking tee times and registering for events on our app, which makes it easier to find playing partners and play more golf. Product benefits For Courses: CommuniTee is an all-in-one golf course marketplace, providing courses a platform to connect with golfers, collect customer data, promote tee times and events, and sell all their services from…
Guru Collective, exclusive North American distributor of eGolf Waiver, is pleased to announce the successful completion and immediate availability of its integration with Lightspeed Golf. This powerful combination delivers a fully automated digital waiver solution that seamlessly integrates into the tee time booking and check-in process, transforming how golf courses manage liability documentation while enhancing the overall player experience. The integration between eGolf Waiver and Lightspeed Golf creates an end-to-end automated workflow that begins the moment a golfer books a tee time and continues through their day of play. This sophisticated solution addresses one of the golf industry’s most persistent…
Augusta National Golf Club and The R&A announced jointly today plans to align aspects of the qualification criteria for the Masters Tournament and The Open, awarding invitations to winners/top finishers of select national opens beginning immediately. This approach builds on The R&A’s longstanding and successful Open Qualifying Series and will ensure strong international pathways into both major championships from several professional tours, recognising the global strength of elite professional golf.“The Masters Tournament has long recognised the significance of having international representation among its invitees,” said Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament. “We, along with…
He’s won eight times around the world. Until Sunday, Englishman Tommy Fleetwood had never hoisted a PGA Tour trophy of his own. And it was not just any piece of hardware, but the silver chalice awarded to the FedEx Cup Champion. On this memorable Sunday, 34-year-old Fleetwood won the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, in front of thousands of fans chanting Tommy! Tommy! Tommy! One would expect him to savor this moment. That warm reception from American golf fans isn’t likely to occur next month, when he plays for Europe in the Ryder Cup in New York.…
Viya Golf appointed Marc Arnold as its new Director of Instruction, overseeing the teams of coaching professionals at three of Abu Dhabi’s top golf courses: Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, Yas Links Golf Club, and Yas Acres Golf & Country Club. Marc’s journey to this position is full of international experience. Born in England, he studied at the University of Birmingham for his foundation degree with the PGA. He kicked off his international coaching career in 2017 as a PGA Teaching Professional at The Royal Golf Club in Bahrain. A year later, he moved to the UAE to become Head Teaching…
Details – Hospitality, Sports, Leisure – has extended its portfolio of golf courses and resorts in Portugal with the addition of Tróia Resort. The popular golf and lifestyle resort has become the tenth golf venue to be managed by Details, joining the likes of *Vilamoura Golf, PGA Aroeira Lisboa, Palmares Ocean Living & Golf, and Vale Pisão operated by Portugal’s largest golf management company. Situated just an hour’s drive from Lisbon in the Alentejo region and surrounded by a unique ecosystem and an exclusive golden-sand beach, Tróia has been an established name in Portuguese golf and the leisure market for…
Golf Live, with its patented live, remote video capture and analysis platform, and FlightScope, the market leader in radar-based launch monitor technology, announce the integration of their game-changing technologies. With this groundbreaking integration, students around the world can connect with their coaches virtually or in person and capture and analyze live videos and launch data instantly. Using the FlightScope Mevo+ and Golf Live, players can connect with any coach on a live video call and instantly capture their swing video and all the data parameters that are available via the launch monitor. Coaches can select specific data points they want…
Hyperscapes Golf Club, the world’s first membership golf club built around fully digital courses, today announced the signing of rising golf star Brandon Wu as a founding member and Hyperscapes’ first touring professional. As part of this groundbreaking partnership, Brandon Wu will represent Hyperscapes throughout his globe-trotting DP World Tour season, becoming the first world-class player with a digital club attachment. PGA Tour professional and past winner of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, Brandon Wu brings a distinctly global perspective to the partnership. His team-first mindset was forged at Stanford University, where he studied product design. In a scene that’s…
Noteefy has launched its AI Pro Shop Assistant, a generative AI tool built specifically for golf course operations. The system is designed to handle the routine calls that often tie up pro shop staff, from checking tee times to confirming range hours. The National Golf Foundation has been studying golf course phone traffic and notes that most shops field about 50 calls a day, with higher volumes at facilities offering more amenities. The report is expected later this month. Each course trains the assistant with its own documentation — such as tee sheets, amenities and policies — so answers are tailored…