Champ: Sixty-eight percent of European Tour’s Castello Masters field wore its spike products, including seven of the top-10 finishes who wore Champ’s Stinger spikes.
CourseTrends announces the Hobbs Hole Golf Course of Tappahannock, VA as its most recent client…
CourseTrends: Hobbs Hole Golf Course in Tappahannock, VA, signed as newest client.
Feel Golf Introduces New Wedges and Irons for 2010
Feel Golf: Company will unveil a new line of wedges and irons at the 2010 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, FL. The lines will go by the names of Satin and Gun Metal.
ECCO Men’s Golf Street Premier Pioneers Hybrid Sport-Casual Shoe Category
Ecco: Golf Street Premier hits the streets as a hybrid shoe for on and off the course. Golf Street Premier includes eccentric color pops of cactus green, fanta orange and chili red, along with metal-rivet accents. Ecco’s newest offering retails for $140.
Bridgestone Helps Power Every To PGA Tour Card
Bridgestone: Tour staff member Matt Every won Nationwide Tour Championship with company’s B330-S and J36 Combo irons in his bag. The victory clinched Every’s PGA Tour card for 2010.
Softspikes® Family of Cleats Capture Trifecta on Weekend Sweep in Professional Golf
PrideSports: Winner of the Frys.com Open wore Pulsar cleats, while the respective winners on the Nationwide and Champions tours wore Softspikes-brand cleats. On the three tours combined, no fewer than 92 players finishing inside the top 39 wore PrideSports products.
Tour Resource Center Offers Prizes for Best Golfer Tips
Tour Resource Center: Company launches online promotion in which everyday golfers submit their best golf tips. Prizes include iPod Nano, iTune gift cards.
Matt Every Plays the TaylorMade R9 Driver to Win Nationwide Tour Championship and Earn 2010 PGA Tour Card
TaylorMade: Tour staffer Matt Every played the R9 driver, R9 3-wood, Burner 5-wood and Adidas Golf footwear en route to winning the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship. Every was one of 15 players affiliated with TaylorMade-Adidas Golf who earned their 2010 PGA Tour cards.
PrideSports’ PINS (Performance Insert System) Technology To Serve As Original Equipment In New adidas Golf TOUR360 4.0 Shoes
PrideSports: Company’s proprietary Performance Insert System will serve as original equipment for Adidas’ Tour360 4.0 shoe. The news comes on the heel of PrideSports announcing that its ThinTech cleat design will also be original equipment in the shoe line.
Cybergolf adds Teravista Golf Club in Round Rock, TX as its newest client
Cybergolf: Announces Teravista Golf Club in Round Rock, TX, as its newest client.
Aldila’s NV® helps Frys.com Open champ set PGA Tour consecutive 36-hole record of 122 and post his second Tour victory
Aldila: Frys.com Open winner plays the NV shaft in his driver en route to also setting a 36-hole tour record score of 122 – a pair of 61s.
Golfpac Travel Promotes PGA National Holiday Package
Golfpac Travel: Offering a one-night/one-round package to PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The package starts at $199.50 with a two-night minimum.
Gary Player Sees Bright Future For Golf In Asia
Gary Player Group: Speaking at the recent Asia Pacific Golf Summit, Gary Player spoke about Asia’s promising golf future: “I have been traveling to Asia and enjoying its fascinating culture and hospitality since the 1950s. The exponential growth that has taken place in recent years is remarkable and the passion for the great game of golf in Asia is just amazing and exciting. I look forward to spending a lot of time here in the future as we continue to build great golf courses for people to enjoy.”
Golfalot Price Index Featured In Pro Shop Europe Magazine
Golfalot.com: Website celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Golfalot Price Index by announcing that golf trade publication Pro-Shop Europe will publish the index results and reports in each monthly issue.
Sunice® Hires Team Of 27 Veteran Golf Sales Representatives
Sunice: Outerwear brand hires 27 golf sales representatives. The team will help sell the 2010 Sunice outerwear collection, which includes the new Ultimate Jacket V2.
Pocono Mountains Home to “Best New” Course in United States
Jack Frost National: The Pocono Mountains region course earns a spot on Golfweek’s triennial ranking of the Best New Courses in the United States. Jack Frost National, a Terry Lagree-design, opened in 2007.
FlightScope® Named Official Launch Monitor System of the Ontario PGA
FlightScope: Named the official launch monitor system of the Ontario PGA. FlightScope will exhibit its technology at the Ontario PGA Golf Merchandise Show, Oct. 28-29.
Fourteen Golf Announces Another JLPGA Victory
Fourteen: Masters GC Ladies champion played the company’s MT-28 V4 wedges (52, 56 and 60 degrees), along with three SF-206 woods (No. 3, No. 5 and No. 7).
Michael Jonzon’s Improbable Victory at Castello Masters Caps Clutch Weekend for TaylorMade-adidas Tour Staff
TaylorMade: Staff professionals Michael Jonzon and Phil Blackmar win European Tour’s Castello Masters and Champions Tour’s AT&T Championship, respectively. For Jonzon, winless in 12 years, the victory secured his European Tour card for 2010.
» Media
Turner Sports: Announces that, according to Nielsen, online traffic for the golf websites it represents – PGATour.com, PGA.com and Yahoo! Sports -averaged 6.2 million monthly unique users in the third quarter of 2009. That total was more than two times the nearest competitor.
» Names and Notables
Old Course Experience: The exclusive provider of guaranteed tee times at the Old Course at St. Andrews announces its ninth Father and Son Tournament, April 17-22. The 72-hole, two-man team competition will be held on the St. Andrews New Course, Kingsbarns Golf Links, Crail Balcomie Links and culminate with the final round on the famous Old Course. Entry fee begins at $3,900 per person. For information, visit Old-Course-Experience.com. … Harmony Links Golf Company completes the transformation of the City of La Harpe (IL) Lamoine Valley Golf Club’s sand greens and tees to the SofTrak Commercial System synthetic greens and tees. The four-week project included Harmony Links’ redesign, project management, construction, renovation and synthetic turf installation on the 2,568-yard, nine-hole course. … Quail Lodge Golf Club in Carmel, CA, is chosen to host the California Women’s Amateur Championship, Nov. 3-7. The list of previous champions include Patty Sheehan, Juli Inkster and Natalie Gulbis. … LPGAssociation Teaching and Club Professional: Recognizes the following members for their achievements in 2009 – Kelley Hester (University of Georgia), Coach of the Year; Linda Nevatt (The ACE Club, Lafayette Hill, PA), Professional of the Year; and Rita Reasons (Nancy Quarcelino School of Golf, Spring Hill, TN), Teacher of the Year. … IMG Golf Course Management: Chosen to provide pre-opening technical services and operational consulting to Lan Hai Golf Club, a new 36-hole project currently under construction on Chongming Island, Shanghai, China. IMG now has nine golf course management clients in China.
