Bridgestone Golf: Introduces the first web-based live chat golf equipment consultation service – B-FIT. The service is free and allows golfers to participate in a two-way, one-on-one chat with Bridgestone’s expert ball-fitting technicians.
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Sears And Edwin Watts Golf Officially Open Golf Industry's First "Store-Within-A-Store" Retail Model In Friendswood, Texas
Edwins Watts Golf Shop, Sears: Open the first U.S.-based golf store-within-a-store retail model, located in Sears at the Baybrook Mall in Friendswood, Texas.
May Weather: Glass Half Full
Pellucid Corp.: Reports that May provided neutral weather with Golf Playable Hours basically flat at minus-1 percent vs. May 2009. That kept the year-to-date GPH figure up slightly at 3 percent through May.
Boxgroove Partners with North Florida PGA
Boxgroove: Partnership with the North Florida PGA. Both entities have as goals to encourage involvement in and enjoyment of golf and to help foster the growth of the game.
International Junior Golf Tour Announces Adoption Of BlueGolf Services
International Junior Golf Tour: Adds BlueGolf’s suite of membership and tournament services, allowing the IJGT to improve membership interaction and provide in-depth tournament results and analysis.
Reynolds Plantation Renews As Supporting Partner Of EWGA
EWGA: Announces that Reynolds Plantation, located in Greensboro, Ga., has renewed its sponsorship as a supporting partner of the association.
TGA-Premier Junior Golf Provides Franchise Opportunity For PGA / LPGA Professionals And Entrepreneurs Looking To Grow The Game
TGA-Premier Junior Golf: Offering franchise opportunities for PGA and LPGA professionals, and entrepreneurs. TGA – Premier Junior Golf develops after-school golf programs for children in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Golf Grapplers Endorsed By Super Senior Long Driver, Mike O’Barsky
RGA Global: Golf Grapplers get endorsement of Mike O’Barsky, a 2008 qualifier for the Re/Max World Long Drive Championship World Finals. Golf Grapplers are lightweight, rubber-spiked overshoes that convert casual or athletic shoes into golf shoes.
Heritage Golf Group Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
Heritage Golf Group: Celebrating its 10th anniversary. The company began in 1999 with three employees and today represents properties throughout Texas, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Feel Golf Kicks Off Its US Expansion Program By Adding A New Sales Rep Group
Feel Golf Co.: Hires Russ Williams as its new sales manager. Williams will head up a team of sales representatives who will serve U.S. green grass and major golf retailers.
Fore! Reservations Announces Summer Software Special
Fore! Reservations: Offering a Summer Software Special for new customers that install the company’s golf course management and marketing software prior to Aug.31.
Southworth Development Partner Joe Deitch Named One Of The 30 Most Influential People In The Financial Services Industry Over The Past 30 Years By Investment Advisor Magazine
Southworth Development: Principal partner Joseph Deitch is named one of the 30 Most Influential People in the Financial Services Industry over the past 30 years by Investment Advisor magazine.
Golf Grapplers Endorsed By Super Senior Long Driver, Mike O'Barsky
RGA Global: Golf Grapplers get endorsement of Mike O’Barsky, a 2008 qualifier for the Re/Max World Long Drive Championship World Finals. Golf Grapplers are lightweight, rubber-spiked overshoes that convert casual or athletic shoes into golf shoes.
Cybergolf To Host, Design PRGA Website
Cybergolf: To design and host the Puerto Rico Golf Association’s website and e-mail marketing system.
Online Golf Equipment Counterfeiters Arrested In Shanghai
U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group: Reports that on May 20 the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau issued formal arrest warrants charging two shop owners with selling counterfeit golf equipment at the Shanghai Longhua Apparel Market.
Caddy For A Cure Announces Nationwide Sweepstakes With Office Depot And Newell Rubbermaid Office Products
Caddy For A Cure: Partners with Office Depot and Newell Rubbermaid Office Products in a nationwide promotion – Caddy For A Cure Sweepstakes – that will award the winner an opportunity to caddy for Davis Love III during a PGA Tour pro-am.
PGA Fall Expo Features $7,000 PGA Professional Challenge Cup, Amateur Shoot-Out & Industry Golf Outing In 2010
PGA Fall Expo: Announces that three pre-show tournaments – the $7,000 PGA Professional Challenge Cup, the Amateur Shoot-Out and the Industry Golf Outing – will be played at the Revere Golf Club on Aug. 15. The PGA Fall Expo is Aug. 17-18 in Las Vegas.
AccuSport Announces Golfsmith Vector Pro And Vector Links Installations
AccuSport: Completes installation of its Vector Pro and Vector Links simulators in five Golfsmith locations. “We have multiple units in each store and began a Vector Links simulator expansion project last year that has carried into 2010,” said Bill Brawley, AccuSport sales director.
Coursetrends Announces The Shadowood Golf Course Of Seymour, IN And Turtle Hills Golf Course Of Muenster, TX As Its Most Recent Clients…
CourseTrends: Adds Shadowood Golf Course of Seymour, Ind., and the Turtle Hills Golf Course of Muenster, Texas, as its newest clients, and will design and host the courses’ websites, e-mail marketing and e-commerce.
New Hot Stix Golf Club Fitting Center To Open At Bayonet Black Horse
Bayonet Black Horse, Hot Stix Golf: Announce a new onsite club fitting facility. The Bayonet Black Horse location will be equipped with technology to customize every club in a player’s bag, and golfers will have access to tour-level built demo clubs, similar to the custom prescription recommended through their fitting. Bayonet Black Horse is located in Seaside, Calif.
