News Archive for August, 2010
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Celtic Manor Congratulates Ryder Cup Players
Sir Terry Matthews, the owner of host venue The Celtic Manor Resort, has congratulated the golfers who have won places on the strongest European team ever assembled for The Ryder Cup .....read the full story »
EGP Supports Development of Talented Players
The England Golf Partnership (EGP) is offering the best young golf talent aged 16-19 a means of combining high performance coaching while developing their full-time education .....read the full story »
Venue Announced for Golf Industry ‘Oscars’
Golf Tourism Scotland has confirmed that the 2010 Awards will take place at the Macdonald Marine Hotel & Spa in North Berwick .....read the full story »
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Travel Insights from KPMG
Golf Travel Insights 2010 survey from KPMG’s Golf Advisory Practice reveals more than half of golf tour operators have experienced an increase in customers .....read the full story »
Visage System at Top Abu Dhabi Courses
Club Car announce that both Saadiyat Beach Golf Club and Abu Dhabi Golf Club have introduced the innovative Visage System to their Club Car fleets .....read the full story »
Campey’s Roadshow is Action Packed
Campey Turf Care System has announced sixteen UK Demo Dates for Autumn 2010 – attendance is free and the bookings hotline is already open for reservations .....read the full story »
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Instant Success for LiveTeeTimes Launch
The latest entrant into the UK’s online tee times market, LiveTeeTimes, launched last week and scored an instant success .....read the full story »
Golfbreaks.com Launches 2011 Pro-Am Series
Exciting NEW four-day Pro-Am format will suit both modern day professionals and amateur golfers .....read the full story »
New Website for Senior Golfers
A new website aimed at senior golfers – golfat55plus.com – has been launched by Midlands freelance journalist Tim Beard .....read the full story »
PGA Benevolent Fund Gets £5,000 Boost from De Vere
Generous golfers from across the country have boosted the PGA Benevolent Fund by more than £5,000 – thanks to the support of the De Vere hotel group .....read the full story »
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Layer Up With FJ
New FJ Base Layer completes extensive layering system developed specifically for golf and centered around the goal to Make Every Day Playable. .....read the full story »
Luffenham Heath gets Open Championship Qualifying
The Lincolnshire course has been extended to 6,550 yards from the new Championship blue tees, with the addition of two new greens, six new tees, plus six new bunkers to catch longer-hitting players .....read the full story »
Teesside stocks up on more Deere
Teesside Golf Club at Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, has recently updated its course maintenance equipment fleet with four new John Deere machines .....read the full story »
GTC Launches Quality Scheme
The Greenkeepers Training Committeehas contacted its entire current network of Approved Training Providers inviting them to apply to join a new GTC Quality Assured Scheme .....read the full story »
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Coffee Table Travel Book on Golf in Greece
Travel writers Burke and Euser offer insight into what is no doubt the biggest investment in Greek tourism in recent years .....read the full story »
Mixed Performance by UK Clubs & Courses
New research from market analysts Plimsoll indicates a growing performance gap in the UK Golf Courses & Clubs industry. The market has never been more fragmented, says the report .....read the full story »
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Four Year Payback!
Long term savings make Wiedenmann Terra Spike a sound investment for Harborne GC .....read the full story »
Counting America’s Golfers
The National Golf Foundation has launched the ‘American Golf Census’ aimed at counting the country’s estimated 27 million golfers .....read the full story »
FUN is key at Golf Partnership’s Junior Academy
Coaches say that we have much more chance of keeping youngsters in the game when golf coaching becomes more FUN and informative .....read the full story »
Seve’s New Charity Golf Event Goes Nationwide In 2011
National Golf Club Challenge to double in size next year with a new event in support of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation, working in partnership with Cancer Research UK .....read the full story »
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Developments at Wynyard Golf Club
A new hotel and 50 exclusive individual residences are all part of a multimillion pound programme to go on public display next week .....read the full story »
East Berkshire to The Fore
The delightful course at East Berkshire Golf Club in Crowthorne has now seen two years of renovation under the direction of Swan Golf Designs .....read the full story »
Attendance Up at PGA Fall
Pre-Show expectations were exceeded and there was a 16% increase in attendance at the 2010 PGA Fall Expo in Las Vegas this week leaving the golf industry ‘energized’ for the coming months .....read the full story »
Ping Swings with Mercedes-Benz Actros
The latest Tour vehicle for the high-profile golf equipment manufacturer is an environmentally-friendly Mercedes-Benz Actros rigid .....read the full story »
DAB International Wins Solheim Cup Appointment
DAB International Ltd will be responsible for all the official event merchandising in the build up to and during the tournament. .....read the full story »
