Q-Link reports that a record number of retailers have ordered its product and attributes the success to demand generated by the company’s $4 million marketing campaign, including an infomerical featuring a number of top PGA Tour players.
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Rounds Finish Year Flat
The National Golf Foundation reports that same-store rounds played in the U.S. were down 8.1 percent in December 2005 vs. December 2004. As a result, rounds finished the year at -0.1 percent, or flat as compared to 2004.
Accu-Length Enjoys Booming Success at 2006 PGA Merchandise Show As New Products Lead The Way
Accu-Length reports on its success at the PGA Merchandise Show, where the company intoduced its new junior golf glove and a new line of clubs.
BunkerShot.com Launches Ohio Edition
BunkerShot.com launches an Ohio edition and names Stuart Hensel as the new editor.
La Costa’s Famed Tournament Course Open to Public This Spring
The La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., announces that on selected Tuesdays from March through June it will offer a "Play Like The Pros" package scheduling play on the 18-hole composite layout used in the annual WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
GreenToTee Golf Academy First In Chicago To Acquire Revolutionary New Sam PuttLab
The GreenToTee Golf Academy in Glencoe, Ill., acquires the SAM Putt Lab, a device that uses an ultrasonic frequency to analyze the putting stroke. The academy is one of only nine in the United States using the lab.
GSGA Competitions Advisory
Entries are now being accepted for the 25th Georgia Mid-Amateur Championship, scheduled for May 19-21 at Cartersville Country Club.
Srixon Collects Top 10s Around The World
Srixon staff professional John Rollins tied for fourth at the Buick Invitational. Rollins plays Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball and forged irons.
CEO Golf Challenge Announces Package Deal
The CEO Challenge announces a discounted package deal for its four major championship events in 2006.
Chichester Golf Club Professional Honoured By PGA
Chichester Golf Club in Chichester, West Sussex, England, announces that Richard Kirby has been honored as a PGA advanced professional.
Golfer’s Guide Marketing Solutions
WeaverRidge Golf Club in Peoria, Ill., chooses the Golfer’s Guide Marketing Solutions to shape its new Internet presence.
Northern California PGA Announces Jim Flick as Keynote Speaker for Player & Teacher Forum
The Northern California PGA announces that the Player and Teacher Development Forum has been set for Feb. 27-28 in Sacramento, Calif.
BuffaloGolfer.Com’s Travelin’ Duff Takes 2006 Myrtle Beach tour
BuffaloGolfer.com announces plans for a review of Myrtle Beach, S.C., courses in July.
West Michigan Golf Show Reaches the 18th
The 2006 West Michigan Golf Show, preparing for its 18th year, will be held Feb.10-12 at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Calgary / Niagara Falls – Newest Home to Renowned Jim McLean Golf Schools
The Niagara Parks Commission in Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada, and Shaw-Nee Slopes Golf Course, in partnership with Jim McLean Golf Schools, announce plans to establish a teaching academy at NPC’s Legends on the Niagara and Shaw-Nee Slopes this year.
BRIEFLY
Graphite Design International reports that its shafts were used by both Chad Campbell and Tiger Woods en route to their respective wins at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and Buick Invitational. … A 45-hole championship course, designed by Phil Mickelson, will be the centerpiece of a 1,700-acre master-planned community in Coachella Valley, Calif. … Winn Inc. and its founder and CEO, Dr. Ben Huang, file a patent infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against Compgrip USA Corp. and its principal, Hong-Sung Chu. … PGA National Resort and Spa hires the Coral Gables, Fla., firm Attenta Laidlaw as its new advertising agency of record.
AccuFLEX Golf Becomes Corporate Advertiser Of The Professional Clubmakers' Society PCS
AccuFlex Golf becomes a corporate advertiser of the Professional Clubmakers’ Society for 2006.
La Costa's Famed Tournament Course Open to Public This Spring
The La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., announces that on selected Tuesdays from March through June it will offer a "Play Like The Pros" package scheduling play on the 18-hole composite layout used in the annual WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
Golfer's Guide Marketing Solutions
WeaverRidge Golf Club in Peoria, Ill., chooses the Golfer’s Guide Marketing Solutions to shape its new Internet presence.
Northern California PGA Announces Jim Flick as Keynote Speaker for Player & Teacher Forum
The Northern California PGA announces that the Player and Teacher Development Forum has been set for Feb. 27-28 in Sacramento, Calif.
