PGA of America: Announces that beginning in 2019, the PGA Championship will be played in May. Also, the PGA Tour announced that The Players Championship will be moved from May to March on the schedule.
[PGA.org]
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Volvik Staffer Maurice Allen Wins Again On World Long Drive, Ranked #1 In World
Volvik: Tour staffer Maurice Allen defeated Trent Scruggs to win the 2017 World Long Drive Catawba Classic and become the new No. 1 in the World Long Drive Ranking.
SST Pure® Announces The Winner Of The Barracuda Championship Has Had His Iron And Wood Shafts SST Pure Aligned This Season
SST Pure: Reports that the Barracuda Championship winner had the club shafts of his woods and irons aligned with the company’s shaft alignment technology. The service is available to players on-site at each week’s PGA Tour event.
The Wall Street Journal Reports On Quick.golf
Quick.golf: Responds to a published report in the Aug. 4 issue of the Wall Street Journal that cites the pay-for-play company as a viable alternative to help golf.
Swing By Swing Acquires Top Social Golf App, GottaGolf
Swing by Swing Golf: Completes the acquisition of GottaGolf, a ball tracer and social app that has a reported audience of more than 250,000 golfers.
U.S. Senior Open Championship: The deadline to purchase 2018 U.S. Senior Open season passes ends Sunday, Aug. 13, Each pass features a commemorative, personalized badge celebrating the 100-year history of The Broadmoor along with a host of other benefits, including a merchandise credit and preferred parking.
Knuth Golf’s Award-Winning High Heat Metalwoods Up For Grabs In ING/Jamison Booth At World Amateur
Knuth Golf: Announces it will be a prize sponsor in the ING/Jamison Golf Group at the Myrtle Beach World Am Golf Expo in late August.
TecTecTec Celebrates PGA Championship With Special Offer On Laser Rangefinders
TecTecTec: Offering customers 10 percent off on any of the brand’s laser rangefinders through Aug. 13. The options include the VProDLX 1K, the VPro500 and the VPro DLX.
Just4Golf To Premiere Luxe, A Luxury Line Of Fashion Club Covers, And New Fall Collections At PGA Fashion And Demo Experience
Just4Golf: To premiere its Luxe line of fashion club covers, along with new fall collections, at the annual show, Aug. 14-16 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Oban Kiyoshi Black Triumphs On Tour; Kiyoshi Tour LTD And Purple Post Top 10 Finishes
Oban: Kiyoshi Black shaft was played in the Barracuda Championship winner’s Adams Super 9031 hybrid.
"Design Thinking" – Golf Industry's New Direction!
Asia Pacific Golf Summit: Andy Stangenberg, founder and president of Q-Principle, will be a guest speaker at the November conference in Danang, Vietnam.
Omega Ambassadors Rory McIlroy And Sergio Garcia Become "Astronauts For The Day" At The 2017 PGA Championship
Omega: Brand ambassadors Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia donned astronaut suits and took turns driving a lunar rover in promoting the brand’s Speedmaster timepiece at the PGA Championship.
Nippon Shaft Wins Women's British
Nippon Shaft: Steel 950GH shafts were played in the irons of the Women’s British Open champion.
July Golf Weather Impact: Much-needed National "Bounce"
Pellucid Corp.: Reports that available rounds for July were up 3 percent compared to July 2016. That spike lifted the year-to-date figure into a neutral (+/- 2 percent) range for 2017.
[pellucidcorp.com]
Custom Renovation Of Rooms Underway At Mission Inn Resort & Club
Mission Inn Resort and Club | Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.: In the process of a $3.5-million renovation of 170 guest accommodations at the resort. Completion of the phased project is scheduled for late December.
[missioninnresort.com]
Knuth Golf's Award-Winning High Heat Metalwoods Up For Grabs In ING/Jamison Booth At World Amateur
Knuth Golf: Announces it will be a prize sponsor in the ING/Jamison Golf Group at the Myrtle Beach World Am Golf Expo in late August.
[knuthgolf.com]
NBC Sports Group Expands Largest Digital Business In Golf To 15 Million Engaged Golfers With Acquisition Of Revolution Golf
NBC Sports Group: Acquires Revolution Golf, a golf direct-to-consumer digital platform with nearly 2 million subscribers.
EP NY Presents Spring 2018 Collections
EP NY: Presented its spring 2018 collections last month during Summit Golf Brands’ annual sales meeting.
EWGA Evolves Golf Programs Department To Enhance Future Growth Of Women’s Game
Executive Women’s Golf Association: Names Meaghan Francella, a former LPGA winner, as the organization’s director of golf and promotes Jenna Boyce to director of golf operations.
[ewga.com]
Hideki Matsuyama Takes FedExCup Points Lead With Srixon Z-Star XV Golf Ball, Wins World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational
Srixon / Cleveland Golf: Tour staffer Hideki Matsuyama won the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational playing the Z-Star XV golf ball.
