Lima Golf Club in Peru will host the 2024 Women’s Amateur Latin America championship presented by The R&A and the ANNIKA Foundation from 21–24 November. It will be the first time the championship has been held at the venue in San Isidro, Lima after three previous stagings at Pilar Golf in Argentina. The fourth edition of the championship will feature the region’s most talented women’s amateur golfers and the winner will earn exemptions into three majors in 2025 – the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl, Wales, The Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods, United States of America…
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.
The DP World Tour returns to Jumeirah Golf Estates for the 15th edition of the DP World Tour Championship as the top 50 on the Race to Dubai compete in the season-ending Rolex Series finale. Rory McIlroy’s fifth Race to Dubai title is already secured coming into the week, but the Northern Irishman is bidding to close out his season by winning the DP World Tour Championship for a third time and first since 2015. The World Number Two has won twice this season in nine starts and claimed a further five top tens. Jon Rahm comes into the week…
This last Monday, the GCMA hosted its annual awards ceremony at the Leonardo Hotel and Conference Venue Hinckley Island. Nearly 300 GCMA members and guests attended the evening celebrations, which included the presentation of three new award categories this year. Players 1st had the distinct honour of sponsoring and presenting the new Outstanding Contribution award, a prestigious recognition of a GCMA member’s remarkable dedication and contributions to the industry, colleagues, or the Association. The award went to JR Jones, the longstanding President of the association, in recognition of his dedication and commitment to the role he has held since 2007.…
Following a successful inaugural season last winter, Trackman has announced the return of the world’s leading professional indoor golf tour: The NEXT Golf Tour Powered by Trackman. Season 2 begins November 24.A total of 994 golfers from 41 countries took part in Season 1, competing for a total purse of$876,100. The leading money-winner took home $69,561, eight players earned more than$20,000, and 45 picked up at least $5,000.“With the success of the NEXT Golf Tour in Season 1, Trackman proved that competing onindoor simulators can be an instrumental tool in helping professional golfers achieve theirgoals,” said Klaus Eldrup-Jørgensen, Trackman co-founder…
Award-winning country music artist Jake Owen was announced today as the headline artist for the first annual PGA Show Winter Jam, an after-hours concert experience, on Thursday evening, January 25, 2024, in a new concert lounge created in Hall E of the Orange County Convention Center. Registered PGA Show attendees will receive complimentary admission to enjoy performances by Owen and additional supporting music acts, beginning at 6 p.m. The concert is not open to the public. With a career-spanning collection of gold and platinum certifications, ten No.1 singles and over 2.5 billion U.S. on-demand streams, Jake Owen has ascended to…
Rain or Shine Golf (ROSG), the leading resource for at-home golf simulators and practice setups, and Par2Pro, Canada’s most trusted manufacturer and designer of golf simulator enclosures, screens and accessories – today announced an international partnership to make golf simulation more accessible to players of all budgets and skill levels in the United States and Canada. The collaboration will focus on driving down costs while increasing product quality, adding custom golf simulator buildouts as a product category for ROSG – uniting two teams of expert product knowledge, and ensuring that the benefits of this partnership are reflected in customer-friendly pricing.…
Audubon International – the environmentally focused non-profit organization offering members numerous certifications and conservation initiatives to protect the areas where we all live, work, and play – is proud to announce Michigan-based sustainable surfacing company Porous Pave as its newest corporate sponsor. Porous Pave joins such longtime Audubon International sponsors as United Airlines, epar and Water IQ Technologies to support the organization’s ongoing efforts to help lead golf courses and clubs, hotels, resorts, municipalities, private communities, and businesses establish and build on sustainable best practices through their various certification programs. “As a non-profit organization, we truly value our sponsorship partners,…
For a fourth consecutive year, RepSpark and the PGA Show have partnered to connect PGA Show exhibitors with golf and resort buyers who attend the annual global golf business event. The centerpiece of this partnership is the PGA Show Exclusive Community, powered by RepSpark, a digital discovery marketplace that connects Show attendees with exhibiting brands before, during, and after the 2024 PGA Show, held January 23-26, in Orlando, FL. The PGA Show Exclusive Community eCommerce platform will help buyers explore exhibiting brands and request access to brands before the Show; support in-person connections during the Show; and offer an easy…
What does it mean to play the most heroic round of golf? We joined No Laying Up’s Cody McBride and Folds of Honor founder Lt. Col. Dan Rooney at American Dunes to find out. Learn more about the Folds of Honor mission and how you can help by visiting https://www.titleist.com/folds-of-honor. And for more on American Dunes, visit https://americandunesgolfclub.com/.
London’s golfers are in for a treat next month when the world-renowned putting coach Phil Kenyon opens his new studio at Tee Box on Leadenhall Street, in the heart of London’s financial district. The English putting guru, who coaches world #1 Scottie Scheffler as well as a host of other well-known PGA Tour and Ryder Cup golfers, will be bringing his Putting Solutions framework to Tee Box along with the venue’s resident putting coach Mike Clark. The new state-of-the-art facility will offer the world’s best putting technology including an adjustable Zen Green Stage which can create an almost infinite number…