Today, Blue Yonder, the leader in digital supply chain transformations, and Jon Rahm, one of the world’s top-ranked golf super stars, announce a new multiyear extension of their partnership. Rahm, who spent 52 weeks as the global top-ranked golfer in the world, has secured 11 wins during his tenure as Blue Yonder’s ambassador and amassed 19 career wins, including two major championships (2021 U.S. Open and 2023 The Masters) and three recent tournament wins in just over a month earlier this year. “We’re thrilled to continue the partnership with the two-time major champion,” said Duncan Angove, CEO, Blue Yonder. “Jon’s dominance on…
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.
More than 160 top and emerging golf and golf lifestyle brands will be packing sold-out exhibit spaces at the Omni PGA Frisco Resort and Monument Realty PGA District to meet with hundreds of influential PGA Professionals and industry buyers representing top clubs, resorts, off-course retailers and golf management companies at the PGA Buying & Education Summit in Frisco, Texas, July 31 – Aug. 2, 2023. Attendee registration remains open at PGABuyingSummit.com. Summit days and nights are filled with valuable mid-season business opportunities as product sourcing, national level education and buying appointments take place by day, and a live fashion show, Demo Night and experiential networking events are featured…
With women’s golf participation at an all-time high, PING introduced the G Le3 family today, continuing its industry-leading commitment to bringing women golfers lightweight, score-lowering technology engineered and custom-made exclusively for their games. The complete line of clubs is available for custom fittings and pre-order at authorised PING golf shops around the world beginning today. “Our on-going commitment to engineering lightweight, easy-to-hit, premium clubs for women is rooted in PING’s long history of supporting women’s golf, dating back to the early 1970s. It started with my grandparents, Karsten and Louise Solheim, and continues today with the Solheim Cup and other game-growing initiatives,”…
What a week it has been at Royal Liverpool. And what a week it has been for Brian Harman. After mastering both the elements and the links of Hoylake, the 36-year-old from Savannah, Georgia will forever be known as a Champion Golfer. #TheOpen #151stOpen #ForgedByNature
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 — announces that the Sheep Ranch at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is now a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary for Golf course. Opened in the summer of 2020, Sheep Ranch — a Ben Crenshaw-Bill Coore design with nine green sites hovering on rugged cliffs above the Pacific Ocean — keeps the popular southern Oregon resort’s ACSP for Golf certification streak intact. Beginning with Bandon Trails and the par-3 Preserve course in February 2011, continuing with Bandon…
The Shropshire Golf Centre, located in Telford, Shropshire, is unveiling the completion of a £400k renovation project on its driving range facility. This significant investment showcases The Shropshire’s dedication to providing state-of-the-art facilities for golfers of all levels in the region. The newly renovated driving range boasts 30 spacious bays, each equipped with cutting-edge TrackMan technology designed to enhance golfers’ practice sessions. Stuart Perry, General Manager at The Shropshire, said: “We would encourage everyone in the local area to visit our new state-of-the-art driving range. Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or just starting out, our new facility provides an exceptional…
The 154th Open will be played at Royal Birkdale from 12-19 July 2026. The iconic Southport links has previously hosted golf’s original championship on ten occasions, the last of which was in 2017 when Jordan Spieth emerged victorious in a memorable final round duel with Matt Kuchar to lift the Claret Jug for the first time. The American joined a celebrated roll of Champion Golfers at Royal Birkdale, including Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson, Ian Baker-Finch, Mark O’Meara and Padraig Harrington. Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A, said, “Royal Birkdale is a world class championship venue…
Swiss Golf has become the latest governing body to provide World Handicapping System (WHS) accreditation to Golf Genius, the leading provider of cloud-based golf software solutions, for its renowned Tournament Management software. The news means Golf Genius can fully integrate into the Swiss Golf WHS database and provide customers with the following functions relating to digital handicapped golf events: ● Synchronise WHS compliant golf course scorecards ● Synchronise members from the Swiss WHS database for automatic handicap index updates ● Access to the entire WHS database to easily add guests from other clubs into competitions and validate their handicap index…
#TheOpen#StAndrews “Everything has led to this” The five words that epitomised the grandeur and importance of The 150th Open Championship. At the home of golf, St Andrews, it was time to celebrate the glorious tradition of the world’s oldest golf championship and drive it into an exciting future by crowning the next Open Champion. Former champions, young pretenders and excited debutants all sought to lift the Claret Jug by the end of Sunday afternoon, but only one would walk away with the great honour. From 156 players, four emerged as serious contenders at the start of the final day; Viktor…
Noteefy, the golf industry’s leading automated tee time booking assistant, announces an exciting partnership with Chambers Bay Golf Course – the 2023 GolfWeek #21 Best Courses You Can Play in the US. This collaboration allows Chambers Bay to provide a better golfer booking experience while maximizing its tee sheet utilization, revenue potential, and operational efficiency. Through its cutting-edge solution, Noteefy sends real-time alerts (text messages & email notifications) directly to golfers when tee times become available based on their personalized preferences (like day, time, and number of players). Golfers then book as they usually would on the tee sheet. Noteefy ensures that golfers never…