Acushnet Holdings Corp.: Acquisition of Links & Kings, a Utah-based company maker of handcrafted leather golf and lifestyle products, is announced.
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Thrasher Golf To Unveil New Golf Ball Washer At 2018 PGA Merchandise Show
Thrasher Golf: New Twister H2O golf ball washer, which can wash up to 23,000 golf balls per hour, will be exhibited.
Club Car Introduces New Tempo™ Connect Golf Cars At PGA Merchandise Show
Club Car: Tempo Connect, a golf car featuring enhanced technology and a new in-car entertainment experience, will be introduced.
Bobby Weed Golf Design Tapped To Design Golf Course At New Hobe Sound Club
Bobby Weed Golf Design: Selected to design the golf course at Grove XXIII, a members-only private club under construction in Hobe Sound, Fla. The golf course is scheduled to open 2019.
Zero Friction Sales Show Huge Growth, According To Newest Golf Datatech’s Numbers
Zero Friction: Reports, according to Golf Datatech, that 2017 Q4 sales increased 17.5 percent in on-course markets and 40 percent off-course.
Vision Perfect Software Announces ViPer Phone Scoring App Release.
Vision Perfect Software: Launches its ViPer Web App Pro cloud-based tournament management solution suite of applications.
Pellucid Corp.: January issue of Pellucid Perspective features a look back at 2017’s State of the Industry, and offers a few industry predictions for 2018.
Ahead’s 2018 Summer-Fall Headwear Place Accent On Innovation
Ahead: New line of summer and fall headwear will be introduced. The lines will feature the use of heathered performance fabrics that are trending in the athleisure marketplace, along with bright neon plastic mesh fabrics reminiscent of the 1980s.
Golf Channel To Deliver Worldwide Coverage Of The 2018 PGA Merchandise Show, “The Major Of Golf Business,” Tuesday-Friday, Jan. 23-26
Golf Channel: To air nearly 20 hours of news and instruction coverage during the PGA Merchandise Show’s four days, beginning Tuesday with the Demo Day and continuing Wednesday-Friday from the show at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
Four Los Cabos Courses Voted To Golf Digest’s “World’s 100 Greatest” List
Los Cabos Tourism Board: Four of the Mexican region’s golf courses – Diamante Cabo San Lucas’ Dunes course, Cabo del Sol’s Ocean course, Quivira Golf Club and Querencia Golf Club – have been chosen to Golf Digest’s World 100 Greatest Golf Courses list.
Par 2 Golf Debuts the “Ultimate Putting Game”
Par 2 Golf: New putting game, which doubles as a training aid, is released.
N.G.B.A. Welcomes New Member Scott Jackson Of Nevada Bob’s
National Golf Buyers Association: Scott Jackson is named a new association member. Jackson has owned Nevada Bob’s in Gulfprt, Miss., and Covington, La., for 22 and 11 years, respectively.
Lamkin Named In National Golf Foundation Top 100 Businesses In Golf
Lamkin Corp.: Golf grip manufacturer is selected to the National Golf Foundation’s biennial Top 100 Businesses in Golf list.
Fry/Straka Selected To Renovate Union League National Golf Club
Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design: Selected by the Union League of Philadelphia to renovate the 27-hole championship golf course at Union League National Golf Club in Swainton, N.J. The project will initially address greens complex improvements, but will expand into a complete reimagination of the course over a period of years.
TPT Golf Lowers Price Of All Shaft Models To $499
TPT Golf: Price of each of its 11 golf shaft models has been reduced to $499. The company will also launch its 15-LKP-LT-LW shaft at the PGA Merchandise Show.
Vessel Debuts Luxury Golf Line At PGA Show Orlando
Vessel: Hand-crafted bags will be exhibited at the annual show for the first time. Included in Vessel’s line is the 3.5-pound stand bag that was introduced in August and has been updated with new features and colorways.
Yamaha Unveils Groundbreaking New Vehicle At PGA Merchandise Show
Yamaha Golf-Car Co.: Drive2 golf car line will be exhibited, along with the YamaTrack GPS utility at both Demo Day and at the Orange County Convention Center.
The Only Father/Daughter Duo To Showcase Their Golf-Related Businesses In Side-By-Side Booths Looking To Make An Impact At The 2018 PGA Show.
CaddySnax: Customizable nutrition box, which features snacks, an electrolyte supplement and a wet-nap, to be exhibited. Also, CaddySnax, owned by Jill Mann Strite, will exhibit next to Mann USA’s Marvin the Golf Caddy Dog, which is owned by Strite’s father, Harold Mann.
Amidst Brick & Mortar Retail Chaos And Contraction, Innovative Golf Retailer Thrives And Expands
Club Champion: Club fitting company reports annual same store sales growth in excess of 50 percent, and announces plans to open at least 30 stores over a two-year period.
www.clubchampiongolf.com
SkyGolf® Introduces The SkyCaddie® LX3, Golf's Most Accurate GPS Watch
SkyGolf: Introduces the SkyCaddie LX3 watch. The wearable device provides dynamic distances to the front, center and back of each green from your angle of approach, along with fairway and layup targets into the green.
www.skygolf.com
