Schmidt-Curley Design: Hires Shane Witcombe as a lead designer. Witcombe, a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, has worked on more than 40 golf course design projects worldwide.
Nike Golf Introduces The VR Pro Cavity Irons For Predictable Distance
Nike Golf: Introduces its new VR Pro Cavity irons that, the company claims, will offer more forgiveness, distance and better ball flight than tour-level forged irons.
Body Balance For Performance To Launch Consulting To The Golf Fitness Industry At The PGA Merchandise Show.
Body Balance for Performance: To launch a series of new consulting products.
Three New Rules To Rule Your Golf Game
RuleGolf: To launch three new golf tool products that, the company reports, “play off the rules of the game, and empower vision and focus on the course.”
NGF Brings On Former Golfweek President Clayton Morris To Drive Database Of American Golfers Effort
National Golf Foundation: Hires Clayton Morris as the organization’s vice president, director of the Database of American Golfers.
“Putting Yourself In Her Shoes: Your Course Playbook For A Winning Season” EWGA CEO Leads Friday PGA Merchandise Show Presentation
EWGA: CEO Pam Swensen will moderate “”Putting Yourself In Her Shoes: Your Course Playbook for a Winning Season” at the PGA Equipment Forum stage on Friday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m.
David Leadbetter To Receive NGCOA Lifetime Achievement Award
National Golf Course Owners Association: Announces that David Leadbetter will receive the organization’s 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award. Leadbetter will be recognized at the NGCOA’s annual conference on Feb. 9.
Outdoor Demo Day Tees Off Biggest Week In The Business Of Golf Today, January 26, At The 58th PGA Merchandise Show In Orlando, Florida
PGA of America: Outdoor Demo Day, which is expected to attract more than 5,000 PGA professionals and invited VIP retailers, kicks off the 58th annual PGA Merchandise Show.
International Club Suppliers / entegra To Showcase Food, Supplies Procurement Program At Golf Industry Show, Booth 1271
International Club Suppliers: Announces its plans to exhibit.
GolfStyles Offers Product Review Section From Hot Items At PGA Merchandise Show
GolfStyles: Announces plans for a special Product Review section, featuring hot items discovered at the PGA Merchandise Show, in the spring issue.
GolfTalk Live’s Lou Guzzi Among America’s Top 100 Instructors
GolfTalk Live: Reports that Lou Guzzi, director of instruction for the radio show, has been named to Golf Magazine’s list of America’s top 100 golf instructors.
Weather Update
Due to overnight weather conditions, the 2011 PGA Merchandise Show Outdoor Demo Day will open under a one-hour delay at 10 a.m. Outdoor Demo Day shuttle buses will depart from the Orange County Convention Center beginning at 9:20 a.m. and run every 20 minutes. As needed, updated weather-related information for the event will be posted to www.pgashow.com
Vision Perfect Software: Announces release of its ViPer Tournament Manager and ViPer Web Registration products. The new products include a conversion to Dot Net programming utilizing a SQL Database platform.
Dorfman Pacific: Introduces the Scala Pro hat and towel program. Four ball cap style in at least 13 color options each are shipped with a quality golfer’s towel, available in six top shades. The total price is $15 at wholesale/suggested retail of about $35, and includes the customer’s logo on both items.
Stoneybrook West Golf Club (Winter Garden, FL): Offering $10 off green fees during February for every $5 donation made to the Central Florida Humane Society.
Georgia State Golf Association: Awards Pete Cox of Cobb with its Bill Todd Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a GSGA volunteer. … Club Managers Association of America: Sunshine Region’ Charity Tournament, held on Nov. 2 at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, FL, raised $23,500 for the Kids’ Kidney Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. … Golf Course Superintendents Association of America: Announces the selection of J. Rhett Evans as the organization’s chief executive officer. … World Golf Tour: Virtual golf game, launched in 2008, surpasses the 100 million mark in total rounds of virtual golf played. The website currently has had more than 1 million monthly unique visitors. … Bay Area Golf Show: Announces dates for Northern California’s largest consumer golf expo as March 11-13 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. … American Society of Golf Course Architects: Selects James Dobson, a longtime golf writer and editor, to receive its Donald Ross Award that recognizes an individual who has made a positive contribution to golf and golf course architecture. The award will be presented at the association’s annual meeting, May 15 in Denver, Colo.
ACE Group Classic (Feb. 18-20, Naples, FL): Adds four major champions to the Champions Tour’s latest tournament field list – Paul Azinger, Mark Calcavecchia, Mark O’Meara and Nick Price.
Sundog Eyewear Introduces New Creamer, Mahan Models
Sundog Eyewear: To introduce three new Paula Creamer Collection models and the Hunter Mahan H Evo model for 2011 at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, FL.
Bermuda Sands Apparel Introduces Junior Youth Shirt
Bermuda Sands Apparel Co.: To introduce its Junior Youth shirt at the PGA Merchandise Show.
Prodigy Headwear Announces Waldorf As Endorser
Prodigy Headwear: Announces that PGA Tour player Duffy Waldorf has become a brand ambassador.
