Sicily’s Verdura Resort is riding high at the pinnacle of Italian golf after being named as the country’s number one golf course and resort in a comprehensive new ranking of the best courses in Italy. The luxury venue’s East Course took top honours in Golf World’s inaugural list of the ‘Top 100 Courses in Italy’ just nine months after reopening following a major upgrade by acclaimed golf architect Kyle Phillips. Verdura also finished first in the ‘Best Resorts’ category, while there was further good news for the Rocco Forte hotel with the venue’s West Course being rated as fifth in…
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.
Partnership Kicks Off with deWiz Onsite at LPGA Professionals National Championship, July 24-27, Kingsmill Resort. deWiz’s New Wearable Tech Revolutionizes Golf Instruction by Delivering Easily Accessible Swing Data and Instant Feedback deWiz and the LPGA Professionals announced a multi-year proud partnership, which will feature deWiz’s revolutionary wearable tech with the LPGA Professionals’ world-leading women’s golf professional membership. deWiz is a new training aid that seamlessly delivers a comprehensive layer of swing data in real time and instant feedback that is unprecedented for golf instruction by using neuroscience and haptic feedback via an electric pulse. “As we continue to introduce deWiz…
Bushnell Outdoor Products have unveiled their latest innovative GPS device – the Phantom 2 Slope Building on the success of the Phantom 2 GPS device launched last year, Bushnell has now added a Slope feature to this upgraded device which offers more precise compensated distances to account for a hole’s incline or decline. Slope Technology can also be simply disabled which makes the Phantom 2 Slope legal for tournament play. Golfers can also enjoy the ease and convenience of getting GPS-provided distances around the course with the Phantom 2 Slope. It features large, easy-to-read front, centre and back distances, an…
EP Golf Ventures, LLC will invest in startups that can drive innovation and add strategic value to the golf industry and PGA Professionals Elysian Park Ventures and the PGA of America have created EP Golf Ventures, LLC, a new investment partnership designed to support innovation in the golf industry. Elysian Park Ventures, the private investment arm of the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group, holds a vast portfolio of some of the most promising brands and companies operating in sports technology, entertainment, health, fitness and wellness. EP Golf Ventures will invest in areas that drive value across the $84 billion-plus golf…
At The Old Course at St. Andrews, where golf began, one of the game’s greatest players is turning to state-of-the-art technology to help him conquer The 150th Open Championship. Tiger Woods had his Full Swing KIT launch monitor on the practice range Wednesday, as he has at both The Masters and PGA Championship earlier this season, to prepare for the season’s final major – the ultimate test for players coming together from every tour around the globe. The KIT was developed for Tiger after years of him using Full Swing’s industry-leading indoor simulators. Given his positive experience with the simulator,…
Belton Woods Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort will become the latest of The QHotels Collection’s venues to play host to the 2022 PGA EuroPro Tour, when it welcomes The CPG Classic to the challenging Lakes Course in Lincolnshire this week. The event, which takes place between July 13-15 and will be supporting England and Wales Blind Golf, is the second of three tournaments that the UK’s largest developmental golf tour is staging in partnership with The QHotels Collection, which was named as the tour’s official hotel partner for 2022. Belton Woods – which is home to the oldest PGA tournament…
PING announced the introduction of the ChipR, a fully-engineered short-game solution that combines elements of a putter and wedge to help golfer’s improve performance around the greens. The PING ChipR is available for custom fitting and pre-sell beginning today at authorised PING golf shops around the world. The investment-cast, 431 stainless steel club is inspired by the PING Chipo, introduced by PING Founder Karsten Solheim in the late 1970s for golfers who lacked confidence with a traditional wedge and frequently struggled around the green. “Golfers who fear chunking or blading their chip shots are really going to benefit from the…
Qondor, a French company, has developed an innovative technology designed to create new experiences for golfers while increasing operational efficiency Thanks to their “Pay as you golf” solution, players can pay the number of holes they play.Their “Qadence” solution ensures a good pace of play on your golf course. It alerts the operations team if slownesses happen so that they can quickly act before the slow play sets in. After a massive success in France, Qondor is now seeking to expand their solution to the United-Kingdom and are partnering with Business France to work on their expansion strategy in the…
Trump Turnberry has appointed Blair Harvey as its new Golf Sales Membership Director, with the PGA professional from Inverclyde looking to build on the success of the resort’s current membership structure. Harvey brings a wealth of experience from the business world, having worked for Prosports International Qatar in the Middle East where he spent five years as country manager. He successfully helped grow the business to become the largest sports retailer, distributor and events partner in the country. As well as a business background, Harvey is an avid golfer and a professional player. Starting the game as a 12-year-old at…