Southeast Asia/India Golf Merchandise Exposition, PGA of Asia Conference: Inaugural events will be held concurrently April 30-May 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. “Southeast Asia and India collectively make up a geographic bloc with a total population in excess of 1.7 billion people,” said Mike Sebastian, managing director of the Asia Pacific Golf Development Conferences Pte Ltd, the owner and producer of the Southeast Asia/India Golf Merchandise Exposition. “It is one of the fastest growing regions in the world and is also home to some of the most dynamic economies on the planet.”
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IGF Commences Search For Full Time Executive Director
The International Golf Federation: Its Olympic Committee begins a search for a full time executive director, who will coordinate day-to-day operations from Lausanne, Switzerland, in advance of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Ty Votaw, PGA Tour executive vice president, communications and international affairs, has been serving as acting executive director.
Softspikes Unveils Advanced Research Center (ARC) At The Raven Golf Club In Phoenix, Arizona
Softspikes: Opens the Softspikes Advanced Research Center at Raven Golf Club in Phoenix, AZ. Softspikes will conduct in-depth product development, research, testing and design of golf cleats, field sports cleats, outsoles, tees and other golf and sports footwear innovations.
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Names Vice Presidents Of Brand And Product Marketing For TaylorMade And adidas Golf/Ashworth Brands
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Co.: Names Bob Maggiore vice president of brand and product marketing for the TaylorMade brand, and Harry Arnett vice president of brand and product marketing for the adidas Golf and Ashworth brands.
Utopia Golf Products Expands Sales Force
Utopia Golf Products: Expands its sales force throughout the United States in conjunction with the company’s growth.
Club Car President Gary Michel Named To Environmental Institute Advisory Council
Club Car: Gary Michel, company president and CEO, is named to the advisory council of The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
Crescent Systems
Crescent Systems: Inverness Golf and Country Club in Inverness, FL, selects Crescent’s core software products to help manage its club.
Las Vegas National, Trinity River Golf Tour And Eagle Ridge Golf Club Are Cybergolf’s Newest Clients
Cybergolf: Las Vegas National in Las Vegas, NV; Trinity River Golf Tour in Texas; and Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood, NJ, become Cybergolf’s newest clients.
Tour Resource Center Blog Webinar Big Hit With Participants
Tour Resource Center: Original social media marketing Webinar sold out on Feb. 18 and company plans a second on the same topic, “Social Media Marketing and Your Business” to accommodate the overflow of interested participants.
Skadaddle Media Forges Strategic Marketing Agreement With Dawgs™ Golf To Sponsor OF COURSE, The First-Ever Animated Golf-Themed Web Series
Skadaddle Media: Signs a strategic marketing agreement with Dawgs Golf golf footwear brand to sponsor “Of Course,” an animated golf-themed Web series that will debut March 1.
Las Vegas National, Trinity River Golf Tour And Eagle Ridge Golf Club Are Cybergolf's Newest Clients
Cybergolf: Las Vegas National in Las Vegas, NV; Trinity River Golf Tour in Texas; and Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood, NJ, become Cybergolf’s newest clients.
Skadaddle Media Forges Strategic Marketing Agreement With Dawgs™ Golf To Sponsor OF COURSE, The First-Ever Animated Golf-Themed Web Series
Skadaddle Media: Signs a strategic marketing agreement with Dawgs Golf golf footwear brand to sponsor “Of Course,” an animated golf-themed Web series that will debut March 1.
How To Find The Best College Coach And Golf Team For You On The Tour Resource Center College Tutorial Series
Tour Resource Center: Continues its college golf education blog series, the latest post entitled “How to Find the Best College Coach, and Team for You.”
Pure Grips Signs Endorsement Deal With PGA Tour Professional Matt Jones
Pure Grips: Signs Matt Jones to an endorsement agreement to play its grips on the PGA Tour in 2010.
Crescent Systems
Crescent Systems: Prairie Isle Golf Club in Prairie Grove, IL, selects Crescent’s software for use its club.
Preferred Golf ClubTM and KemperSportsTM Form Alliance
KemperSports: The golf facility management company and Preferred Golf Club, a division of Preferred Hotel Group, announce a joint venture, making many of KemperSports’ golf courses available on a preferred basis to Preferred Golf’s exclusive membership.
Knetgolf / GolfBallsOnly Reports Record Green-Grass Sales Growth
Knetgolf / GolfBallsOnly: Provider of premium, pre-owned, brand-name golf balls reports a company record-high 85 percent increase in its year-over-year sales to green-grass shops.
TeeTimeSavings.com: Re-launches its website, TTS.com, with improved navigation and reformatted course listings and booking procedure.
Crescent Systems: Shelbyville Country Club in Shelby County, KY. chooses the company as its club management software.
Fore! Reservations To Attend Carolinas PGA Merchandise Show
Fore! Reservations: To exhibit at the Carolinas PGA Merchandise Show, Feb. 22-23 in Myrtle Beach, SC.
