Bag Boy: Launches a Golf with Dad Father’s Day promotion on its Facebook page. Entrants can share their favorite golfing with dad story from now till June 17. The grand prize winner will receive two Ryder Cup prize packs, including a personalized Ryder Cup stand bag and two tickets to this year’s Ryder Cup.
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"Who's Your Caddy" Reaches One Million Page Views
Who’s Your Caddy: Golf mobile app reaches one million page views since the app’s launch in early April.
New Jersey Golf Foundation & New Jersey PGA Section Announce Successful Youth Golf Day
New Jersey Golf Foundation, New Jersey PGA: Report that more than 100 junior golfers participated in Youth Golf Day activities on Sunday, June 3, at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood, N.J.
Softspikes®/PrideSports Wraps Up the Weekend With Double Victories
Softspikes: Cleats were worn by the respective winners of the Nationwide Tour’s Rex Hospital Open and ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Costa Navarino Bay Course, RTJ II Design In Greece, Honored On Robb Report’s 2012 ‘Best Of The Best’ List
Bay Course at Costa Navarino (Pylos, Greece): Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects design named to Robb Report’s 2012 Best of the Best list.
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Company Completes Acquisition Of Adams Golf
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Co.: Completes its acquisition of Adams Golf Inc. for $10.80 per share in cash, which represents a transaction value of approximately $70 million.
National Golf Foundation Honors Three KemperSports Properties With Customer Loyalty Awards
KemperSports: Reports that three of its managed properties – Sand Creek Station Golf Club in Newton, Kan., Butterfield Trail Golf Course in El Paso, Texas, and The Wilderness At Fortune Bay in Tower, Minn. – have been recognized in the National Golf Foundation’s annual Customer Loyalty Awards.
Tee Direct Starts Shipping New SuperTuf™ LF Performance Golf Tee
Tee Direct: Introduces its new SuperTuf LF performance tee, which is currently being shipped to the company’s distributors.
FitGolf Performance Centers, The Golf Fitness Experts Adds A New Golf Fitness Coach To The National Staff
FitGolf Performance Centers: Hires Ryan McLean to its national staff of golf fitness coaches.
Sunderland of Scotland: Launches a new range of ultra-performance shirts. The Arizona features a combination of Coolmax Active and a high Lycra elastane content to keep the golfer cool and dry, and has a UPF 40+.
U.S. Golf Association, American Junior Golf Association: Brandon Pierce of Covington, La., and Cassie Wang of Lenexa, Kan., are named recipients of the 2012 Presidents’ Leadership Award. The award was created to recognize one boy and one girl junior golfer who demonstrate leadership, character and community service through their involvement with the Leadership Links program – a joint initiative founded by the USGA and AJGA in 2005. … Metropolitan Golf Writers Association: Sixty-first National Awards Dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, June 19, at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook, N.Y. Hall of Fame golfer and European Ryder Cup captain Tony Jacklin will be recognized for his leadership and achievements and will receive the Gold Tee Award, the MGWA’s highest honor. Other honorees include: Lorena Ochoa (Mary Bea Porter Award), Dave Stockton family (Family of the Year), Golf Digest’s editor-in-chief Jerry Tarde (Lincoln Werden Golf Journalism Award), Tom Cousins (Distinguished Service Award), C.A. “Tony” Wimpfheimer, (Winnie Palmer Award), The Woodmere Club (Club of the Year), LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Classic presented by Kroger, Owens Corning & Owens – Illinois (Bing Crosby Tournament Sponsor Award).
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open: Mark O’Meara, the 1998 Masters and Open Championship winner, has commits to the Champions Tour event, Aug. 17-19 at the En-Joie Golf Course in Endicott, N.Y. … eGolf Professional Tour: Announces Mountain Khakis as an official tour partner for the 2012 season.
Costa Navarino Bay Course, RTJ II Design In Greece, Honored On Robb Report's 2012 'Best Of The Best' List
Bay Course at Costa Navarino (Pylos, Greece): Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects design named to Robb Report’s 2012 Best of the Best list.
Tee Direct Starts Shipping New SuperTuf™ LF Performance Golf Tee
Tee Direct: Introduces its new SuperTuf LF performance tee, which is currently being shipped to the company’s distributors.
Cobra Puma Golf Brings A New Level Of Luxury And Performance To The Golf Industry In Collaboration With Ferrari SpA
Cobra Puma Golf: Introduces the Ferrari Golf Collection that will feature high-end equipment, apparel, footwear and accessories. This long-term partnership between Cobra Puma Golf and Ferrari SpA will create a new type of product that merges both art and science.
Nation’s Largest Golf Retailer Moves Northville Store To Huge Experiential Store In Novi
Golfsmith: Grand opening for its new Novi, Mich., location is scheduled for June 1-3 and will include $10,000 in prizes and giveaways.
CertiFresh Cigar Doubles First Quarter Sales, Adds More Staff
CertiFresh Cigar: Reports a near doubling of first quarter sales versus the same period 2011. The company also hires sales representative Brad Beck to handle Tennessee.
Golf Gods Smile On 80th Anniversary Celebration At Alister MacKenzie’s Sharp Park Golf Course
Sharp Park Golf Course (Pacifica, Calif.): Celebrated its 80th anniversary on May 19 with more than 300 golfers and community leaders in attendance. Sharp Park is a Dr. Alister MacKenzie design.
Crystal Springs Resort’s ‘Fantasy’ Package Features Heavenly Getaway For Golfing Duo
Crystal Springs Resort (Hamburg, N.J.): Announces its Fantasy Golf Package, which includes private instruction at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy and an eight-course dinner with specially paired wines.
FitGolf Performance Centers In Galesburg, IL, The Golf Fitness Experts Are Preparing Their 2012 Stretch Tent Calendar.
FitGolf Performance Centers: Announces that its Galesburg, Ill., franchise will offer stretch tent services this season.
