February 11 – February 14 | Pebble Beach Resort // Pebble Beach, CA
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Champ® To Showcase Champ Zarma At Golf Industry GCSAA Education Conference And NGCOA Annual Conference
Champ: Announces plans to exhibit its new Zarma spike at this week’s Golf Industry Show in San Diego, CA.
Canadian Rockies Courses (Alberta) Garner Golf Magazine Reader's Choice Accolades
Canadian Rockies Golf: Two of consortium’s six properties are voted among “best” in Canada in a Golf Magazine online readers survey. The Fairmont Banff Springs and The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge earned top-three honors for golf, while Banff Springs also received “Best Lodging” distinction.
PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
February 11 – February 14 | Pebble Beach Resort // Pebble Beach, CA
Club Car Introduces Visage At GIS
Club Car: To introduce golf’s first mobile information system, Visage, at the Golf Industry Show, Feb. 10-11 in San Diego, CA. The system utilizes a
combination of cellular, wireless and Global Positioning System technologies
to create what the company calls the “new face of customer experience.”
Fersten Worldwide Appoints Buffalo Communications To Promote Fila Golf
Buffalo Communications: Chosen by Fersten Worldwide, the official licensee of Fila-branded golf apparel and headwear in North America, to provide publicity and media relations services for its Fila Golf Collection.
Actor, Philantrhopist Don Cheadle To Be Celebrity Spokesperson For Dixon Golf
Dixon Golf: Actor Don Cheadle becomes the company’s celebrity spokesman and will play its Earth golf balls during the upcoming AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Honma Golf Announces The Winner Of PP-001 5-Star Putter From 2010 PGA Show
Honma Golf: Myles Collier of Performance Golf Labs in Naples, FL, wins the company’s PGA Merchandise Show promotion and wins a PP-001 5-Star putter.
Sir Christopher Hatton® Unveils The Arbor Collection, The Eco-Friendly Golf Towel Line
Sir Christopher Hatton: Introduces it first eco-friendly golf towel line, The Arbor Collection, which features a combination of 65 percent Birchwood and 35 percent cotton fibers.
Golf Channel Partners With American Golf For Online Tee-Time Booking Service GolfNow.com
Golf Channel, American Golf: Enter into a multi-year, multi-tiered strategic partnership in which Golf Channel will provide American Golf’s roster of more than 110 golf courses with access to its GolfNow.com online tee-time booking service and other digital platforms.
Bringing Back Caddies – For A Good Cause
etcetera // charity (programs)
headline: Caddies Fore Kids Launches In Spring
Caddies Fore Kids: The volunteer-facilitated caddie program will launch its pilot program at Winter Park Country Club in Winter Park, FL. Members of community service-focused organizations will volunteer as caddies at the host course. Golfers can then take a caddie for their round in exchange for a charitable contribution.
Excel Golf To Sponsor Easter Seals Golf Invitational For Second Consecutive Year
Excel Golf Products: Becomes title sponsor of the Easter Seals DuPage and Fox Valley region’s 23rd annual invitational tournament, set for June 17 at Seven Bridges Golf Club in Woodridge, IL. All proceeds from the invitational benefit the region’s Easter Seals Sponsor-A-Child Program.
New England Golf Travel, Colorado National Golf Club and Lodestone Golf Club are Cybergolf’s newest clients
Cybergolf: Signs New England Golf Travel, Colorado National Golf Club and Lodestone Golf Club as its newest clients and will design and host the respective websites, e-mail newsletters and e-commerce systems.
One-On-One Appointment Show Returns As The Most Popular Element Of ING Spring Conference
International Network of Golf: 20th anniversary ING Spring Conference to feature popular One-on-One Appointment Show, a series of 15-minute meetings between people within the golf industry. The conference is May 9-13 in Pinehurst, NC.
The National Golf Club Of Louisiana Selected To Host 2010 Southwest Louisiana Open
National Golf Club of Louisiana: Adams Golf Pro Tour Series selects the club to host the Southwest Louisiana Open, March 25-28 in Westlake, LA.
GolfLogix Announces Compatibility of DROID™ With GolfLogix Golf GPS Application
GolfLogix: Now supports the Motorola Droid, an exclusive smart phone from Verizon Wireless. The Droid is the latest phone added to GolfLogix’s compatible devices for its GPS distance and stat-tracking application.
Advance Registration Ends Feb. 28 For AGCP’s 5th Annual Roundtable Convention And Education Conference
Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals: Holding discounted advance registration for its fifth Roundtable Convention and Education Conference. Advance registration ends Feb. 28.
Ka’anapali Ranked Among 100 Best Shops
Ka’anapali Golf Resort: Makes Golf World’s 100 Best Golf Shops listing, and is the only Hawaiian shop in the top 100.
Pima Showcases Summer Collection
Pima Direct: Launches its summer 2010 collection, which includes double mercerized Supima cottons and performance EcoTec bamboo charcoal knit shirts. Each is available in three new color collections – The Shores, The Links and The Twilight. “Our orders in hand after the first day of the [PGA Merchandise Show] were double that of the entire show last year,” said Jeff Clark, vice president of sales.
FootJoy Has Spider Touch
FootJoy: Introduces the new Spidr2 golf glove, which is designed to optimize grip performance in a number of playing conditions.
