BGL (Burhill Group Limited) and its golf division venues, Ramsdale Park Golf Centre, and Hoebridge Golf Centre, have been recognised with prestigious accolades at the 2022 Member Experience Awards in Nottingham. The awards celebrate and reward health and fitness clubs, leisure centres, gyms, and golf clubs across the globe for their delivery of excellent member experiences, as measured by Net Promoter Score. Commonly referred to as NPS, the globally recognised system measures customer loyalty and satisfaction and is used within a vast array of industries. This year, BGL were proud recipients of four awards, with the BGL Group winning the…
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.
Golfmanager has in a very short period of time established itself as a valid alternative to other software providers and has convinced many of the world’s biggest golf courses to use the 100% cloud based software.Oliver Dury, CEO Zest.Golf: “Zest is quickly digitalising an existing market place where currently the tour operators increasingly adopt Zest to have online tee time availability at their fingertips. As an open platform, we already work with over 15 tee sheet operators and having Golfmanager and their 200+ courses worldwide as part of that eco system further enhances our presence in the main tourism markets,…
The Kikuoka Country Club was constructed in 1991 within the 250-acre Scheierhaff estate by the Kikuoka family, owners of many other courses in their native Japan. In Lenneng, close to the town of Canach, in the Moselle-producing, southeastern region of Luxembourg, the Country Club includes an 18-hole championship golf course and an adjacent four-star hotel and spa complex. Set in lightly wooded, rolling countryside, the course was designed by Iwao Uematsu to appeal to both amateur and professional golfers. It has narrow fairways, large undulating putting surfaces, 90 bunkers, and water features that enhance many of the holes. The club…
BigShots Golf® – Invited’s tech-driven entertainment and culinary experience offering fun for all ages and skill levels, is announcing today the plans for a new location in Grand Prairie (Dallas), Texas. The addition of this facility will be its eighth location and third in the state of Texas. The new 12-acre location will be part of Grand Prairie’s EpicCentral entertainment district and is planning to open by the end of second quarter 2024. The new Grand Prairie location will feature BigShots Golf’s new prototype design which includes a two-story tee-line with 80 interactive, climate-controlled tee boxes and cutting-edge technology powered by TrackMan Range. These…
Invited and three-time major winner Jordan Spieth today announced a strategic partnership in which Invited receives an investment from Spieth, and Spieth signs on as a strategic advisor and brand ambassador of the company. Invited and the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation will also partner on a series of charitable and community efforts benefitting youth organizations, American veterans and military families. Additionally, Invited will host a series of fundraising events at Invited clubs across numerous states and create further member programming in order to raise funds for Spieth’s Foundation. “I was introduced to the game and grew up playing at Invited’s first club – Brookhaven Country…
Close House, the official host venue of the 2017 and 2020 British Masters, have announced their Golden Ticket competition, giving one lucky group the chance of having attached touring professional, Lee Westwood, join them on the first tee for a memorable private golf clinic. Westwood, who has had a close affiliation with Close House since the opening of the Colt Course in 2011, will join a winning group who have booked a stay and play package in 2023 – an exclusive prize for one group visiting the club next year. If you book a group of 12 or more by…
Calling all Golf Courses and Golf Travel Providers At Zest.Golf we want Golf Courses and Channel Partners to get the most out of the Zest.Golf Channel Manager which is why we have decided to host a webinar on “How to optimise your business in 2023 through a Channel Manager”. During the webinar, we will present the latest version of the platform including many new features, introduce some new partners and provide a sneak preview of some exciting new developments coming in 2023.To register and join the webinar on Monday 19th December at 10AM GMT / 11 AM CET click on the button below: https://calendly.com/zestgolf2022/zest-golf-webinar?month=2022-12&date=2022-12-19 Looking forward…
Golfzon – the world leader in golf simulator market share – announces its premium TwoVision simulator was recognized by Golf Inc. magazine as one of the 10 most innovative and exciting new offerings of the year, as highlighted in the inaugural “Golf Tech Awards” from the November/December edition of the publication. The Golf Inc. editorial staff selected the winners from a list of entries that included products and services from all corners of the golf industry. This included data management and club operations software, electric walking carts, training aids and more. The editors reviewed nominations and narrowed the field down to what they felt were the 10 most innovative…
Pelley will serve as Chairman of the IGF from 2023-2027, while World Golf Hall of Fame Member Annika Sörenstam, the ten-time Major Champion and host of the Volvo Cars Scandinavian Mixed, was also re-elected as IGF President. The IGF was founded in 1958 and is the recognised International Federation within the Olympic and Paralympic Movement. Pelley said: “I am very honoured to accept this important and prestigious role and I look forward to working with Annika and Antony Scanlon, the IGF’s Executive Director, as well as the individual member Federations and Tours, to continue to develop our sport globally. “I…
Legendary golf course architect Ron Kirby has given his final stamp of approval to his most recent piece of work following a four-day pre-opening visit to Apes Hill Barbados last month. The par-72 layout has been cited as a ‘must-play’ venue with stunning views over the Caribbean Sea to the west and Atlantic Ocean to the east. Set within 475 acres of natural, unspoilt terrain and perched on one of the highest points of Barbados 1,000ft above sea level, Apes Hill is the most elevated golf experience on the island. Kirby’s visit followed hot on the heels of an exclusive…