VGM Club: Partners with T.B.T.I., a leading provider of ATM machines for the hospitality industry.
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Golf Channel Am Tour Partners With Antigua
Golf Channel: Announces a multi-year partnership with The Antigua Group, makers of Antigua and Slazenger apparel, making Antigua the official apparel of the Golf Channel Am Tour.
Custom Clubfitting Leader Henry-Griffitts Launches New, Improved Website
Henry-Griffitts: Launches its redesigned website, Henry-Griffitts.com, which better showcases the company’s offerings, history and philosophy.
Edwin Watts Golf Officially Opens First-Ever Brick & Mortar Shop In New Jersey … Inside Sears Store
Sears Holdings, Edwin Watts Golf Shops: As part of a multi-year agreement, opens the first Edwin Watts shop in New Jersey as part of a store-within-a-store retail model. The Sears is located in Livingston, N.J.
Expectations Exceeded; 16% Attendance Increase And An Industry Energized At The 2010 PGA Fall Expo
PGA Fall Expo: Reports a 16 percent increase in attendance for this year’s show, citing a change in location as part of a successful week that ended Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nev.
Edwin Watts Golf Officially Opens First-Ever Brick & Mortar Shop In New Jersey … Inside Sears Store
Sears Holdings, Edwin Watts Golf Shops: As part of a multi-year agreement, opens the first Edwin Watts shop in New Jersey as part of a store-within-a-store retail model. The Sears is located in Livingston, N.J.
Fore! Reservations CEO Harry Ipema Featured In Golf Business Canada
Fore! Reservations: CEO Harry Ipema wrote Golf Business Canada’s summer issue cover story, “Third Party Distributors Friend or Foe?”
Billy Casper Golf Selected To Manage Tomoka Oaks Golf And Country Club (Ormond Beach, FL)
Billy Casper Golf: Chosen to manage the semi-private Tomoka Oaks Golf and Country Club in Ormond Beach, Fla. The announcement increases BCG’s management presence to 10 properties in Florida and 18 in the southeast region.
Junior Golf Corporation Taps L2 Communications For Public Relations Services
Junior Golf Corp.: Chooses L2 Communications as its public relations agency. Junior Golf Corp., located on Hilton Head Island, S.C., is the operating entity for the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy and the International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT), has appointed L2 Communications as its public relations agency.
Signs The Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association In Jensen Beach, Fla. To Design And Host A New Website And E-Mail Marketing System For The Association.
Cybergolf: Chosen by the Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association in Jensen Beach, Fla., to design and host the association’s new website and e-mail marketing system.
ClubPay’s New White Paper “Help, I’m The Controller, Not the HR Director!”
ClubPay: Announces its newest whitepaper “Help, I’m the Controller, Not the HR Director!”.
CourseTrends Announces The Wentworth Golf Club Of Tarpon Springs, FL As Its Most Recent Client…
CourseTrends: Announces Wentworth Golf Club in Tarpon Springs, Fla., as its newest clients, and will design and host the club’s website.
ClubPay's New White Paper "Help, I'm The Controller, Not the HR Director!"
ClubPay: Announces its newest whitepaper “Help, I’m the Controller, Not the HR Director!”.
Jennifer Song Gets 2nd Win In 8 Pro Starts
Sterling Sports Management: Reports on client Jennifer Song, who won the Greater Richmond Golf Classic to climb to No. 4 on the Duramed Futures Tour money list, and likely earned her LPGA playing card for 2011.
Adidas Golf’s Wear In The World Program Concludes; Company Names Steve Olsen Its New Social Media Catalyst After 50-Day, Nine-Country Globetrotting Job Interview
Adidas Golf: Hires Steve Olsen of Green Bay, Wisc., winner of the company’s Wear in the World Adventure job interview promotion, as the company’s social media and e-marketing coordinator.
DnA Golf Launches New Distribution Model For The Golf Industry
DnA Golf: Launches a new distribution model that expands the way the company will sell and market its products. “We believe the world of distributing consumer products is rapidly changing,” said Howard Lindsay, company CEO. “Whether it’s the phenomenon of social networking, the economy, or just the way of the world, the reality is that people buy products from other people and people trust recommendations from people they know.”
Association Of Golf Clubfitting Professionals Education Convention Schedule
Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals: Announces the schedule for the fifth Rountable Education Convention, scheduled for Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Columbus, Ga.
Adidas Golf's Wear In The World Program Concludes; Company Names Steve Olsen Its New Social Media Catalyst After 50-Day, Nine-Country Globetrotting Job Interview
Adidas Golf: Hires Steve Olsen of Green Bay, Wisc., winner of the company’s Wear in the World Adventure job interview promotion, as the company’s social media and e-marketing coordinator.
NicklausTravel.com Launched
Nicklaus Companies: Partners with Emagineering to launch NicklausTravel.com, which provides details and an innovative reservation system for more than 130 Nicklaus Design courses and associated lodging.
July Weather: Many Markets Beat By The Heat
Pellucid: Reports that hot July weather brought a downward turn of national Golf Playable Hours to minus-5 percent vs. July 2009. That figure erased the previous slight Year-to-Date GPH positive figure.