Golfing Magazine: Selects the Bettinardi BB54 putter as its product of the week for Dec. 17-23.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Jumps 25 Spots In Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 500 Franchise Companies Ranking
TGA Premier Junior Golf: Moves up to No. 295 on Entrepreneur’s 34th Franchise 500 ranking, the third straight year the national after-school junior golf enrichment program has made the list.
O'Connell, Wearner Join Swingbyte Advisory Board
Swingbyte: Announces that Chris O’Connell and Trent Wearner, both of whom are ranked among Golf Digest’s Best Young Teachers in America, have joined the Swingbyte Professional Advisory Board.
The STX Holiday Season Facebook Promotion Is Almost Over With Only Days Left To Register To Win The Soon To Be Released "Pitch Black" Putters
STX Golf: Company’s holiday Facebook promotion to win a new Pitch Black Series putter, which has never been seen, closes on Dec. 31.
Softspikes®/PrideSports Finishes With 50+ Wins In 2012 Season
Softspikes: Reports on product usage during the 2012 season, which included being worn during 19 win on the PGA Tour and 19 on the Web.com Tour.
Editor's Note
The Apparel Wire will publish its last edition of 2012 on Wednesday, Dec. 19. The Apparel Wire will resume publishing in January. We wish you a happy and safe holiday season.
Sergio Garcia Wins Iskandar Johor Open Playing RocketBladez Tour Irons
TaylorMade-Adidas: Tour staffer Sergio Garcia, playing the new RocketBladez Tour irons, won the Asian Tour’s rain-shortened Iskandar Johor Open with a third-round 61.
SuperStroke Golf Wins Asian Tour Iskandar Johor Open
SuperStroke: Ultra Slim putter grip was played by the Asian Tour’s Iskandar Johor Open winner.
“Hawaii TV Show”
Where To Play Golf: Showcases Hawaii in its newest radio show, featuring an interview with Debbi Bishop, general manager of the Hilton Waikoloa Village Beach Resort, and featuring Tom Weiskopf’s Beach Course and Robert Trent Jones II’s Ocean Course.
DeLozier Presents “Lessons From America” To International Developers, Builders At Asia Pacific Summit
Global Golf Advisors: Company principal Henry DeLozier addressed the recent Asia Pacific Golf Summit, calling for international developers to heed the past misstep of their American peers. “In the ’90s and early 2000s, golf communities and golf courses were planned and loans were approved without a true sense of customer demand and market research. So we ended up with far too many courses that were built on shaky financial footing.”
Arnold Palmer Named Regular Columnist For GolfChannel.com
Golf Channel: Announces that Arnold Palmer will become a regular columnist for GolfChannel.com, where he will share his opinions about issues affecting the game of golf through an exclusive column, “Arnold Palmer’s State of the Game.”
Adams, TaylorMade, Titleist Make ING’s Final Ballot In Product Ingenuity-Market Leaders Category
International Network of Golf: Announces Adams Idea Tech V4 hybrids, TaylorMade RocketBallz fairway woods and Titleist AP2 712 Series irons as the finalists in ING Industry Honors’ product ingenuity-market leaders category. The winner will be announced at the PGA Merchandise Show in January.
Isaac “Sasquatch” Sanchez With Golf Channel’s “Big Break Greenbrier” Accepts Golf Ambassadorship Role With Sevillano Links at Rolling Hills Casino
Sevillano Links at Rolling Hills Casino (Corning, Calif.): Announces that Isaac “Sasquatch” Sanchez, who participated on Golf Channel’s “Big Break Greenbrier” golf reality series, has become an ambassador for the resort.
Sunice Introduces The Albany Gore-Tex Jacket For 2013
Sunice: Debuts its 2013 Albany jacket from the Hurricane Collection. The jacket, a new style to the collection, is 25 percent lighter with 25 percent more stretch than other jackets in its category.
Schmidt-Curley Design Named Asian Golf Monthly’s “Best Golf Course Architect” For Second Consecutive Year
Schmidt-Curley Design: Ranked as Asia-Pacific’s Best Golf Course Architect for the second consecutive year by Asian Golf Monthly. Schmidt-Curley has designed more than 80 courses across the Asia-Pacific region, and this was the sixth straight year it finished top three in that category.
Eagle Golf To Manage Concessions For Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Eagle Golf: Reaches an agreement with the city of Thousand Oaks, Calif., to manage concessions for the city’s Civic Arts Plaza.
Day 9 Of Dynamic Brands 12 Days Of Christmas Giveaway: Burton Pro Stand Bag
Dynamic Brands: Features Burton’s stand bag as the product of the day on Day 9 of its 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway.
NCAA Division I Golf Championships Coming To Golf Channel
Golf Channel: To broadcast coverage of the NCAA Division I Golf Championships beginning in 2014 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan. The men’s and women’s championships will be aired in 2015.
Montecristo: Paradise Found In Nicaragua
Montecristo Golf Club (Montecristo Beach, Nicaaragua): Reports that its nine holes of the Mike Young design are scheduled to open in mid-2013 as a featured amenity of Montecristo Lifestyle Estates.
Callaway Golf’s New X Hot Irons Bring The Heat
Callaway Golf: Introduces its X Hot and X Hot pro irons that will be available to golfers on Jan. 25.
