The Acushnet Company’s new 2023 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls each made their PGA Tour debut last week at the Sanderson Farms Championship – a week earlier than expected. The company’s tour seeding process for 2023 Pro V1 and Pro V1x had been scheduled to begin this week at the Shriners Hospitals […]
Category: Golf Balls
Callaway Golf CEO Chip Brewer Praises Topgolf’s Strong Financial Numbers
Calling Topgolf a “keystone for our modern golf thesis,’’ Callaway Golf President/CEO Chip Brewer, on Aug. 4 lobbied Wall Street analysts on what he termed the ability of the golf entertainment division to continue to put up quarter-after-quarter of strong results. “If some investors initially look at the Topgolf business as either risky or […]
Callaway Golf CEO Brewer: Too Early to Determine LIV Golf’s Impact on the Company
Callaway Golf President Chip Brewer told Wall Street analysts this afternoon that it’s still too early to tell if the fight between the PGA Tour and upstart LIV Golf tour will have any impact on his company’s sales or its marketing initiatives. Callaway Golf earlier this summer suspended its endorsement contract with Phil Mickelson, following […]
Bridgestone Golf launches “Bridgestone Golf Experience” Featuring Tiger Woods and Fred Couples
Bridgestone Golf today introduced of the “Bridgestone Golf Experience,” which it says is a way bring Tiger Woods and other Bridgestone Tour staff players directly into living rooms, pro shops, and clubhouses. With the Bridgesone Golf Expereince, according to the company, consumers can utilize an augmented reality web application on their smartphones to see and […]
Palm City, FL., Couple Brings Buckets Golf & Apparel to Life
Sometimes you do something just for the love of the game. Golf probably fits that category better than most. Mac and Lindsay Ross are the latest to attempt to make it work with Buckets Golf & Apparel, a golf lifestyle company that currently sells three-piece golf balls in a unique round tub for $26.99 per […]
Callaway’s Brewer On “New Ground” in Dealing with ELY’s Struggling Stock Price
It’s rare that an executive of a publicly traded company speaks on the record about his or her company’s stock price, but that’s what Callaway Golf president and CEO Chip Brewer did on a May 10 conference call with Wall Street analysts to discuss his company’s Q1 earnings. Despite strong quarterly numbers the past two […]
To Combat Shipping Challenges, Titleist Parent Acushnet Company Airfreighting More Inventory
The stories of shipping problems to and from ports across the globe have become almost legendary since the Covid pandemic hit full bore beginning in March 2020. The Acushnet Company, parent and Titleist and FootJoy, hasn’t been immune to those freight challenges or the associated cost increases. To combat some ot those shipping challenges, […]
Acushnet President Maher Predicts Return to Full Production of Golf Balls in June
After delays and shortages much of the past several months, David Maher, president and CEO of Titleist parent Acushnet Co., said that raw materials availability has “improved in recent weeks to the point where we will be in a position to return to full production levels in June.’’ The raw material shortages, which Maher attributed […]
Tiger’s Back! Bridgestone Golf Celebrates Woods’ Return to The Masters
For those who can’t get enough Tiger Woods, Bridgestone Golf is celebrating his return to the Masters with one-off versions of his TOUR B XS limited edition golf ball with the sidestamp, #TigersBack22. The ball, which are not for sale, will be given away in Augusta over the next few days. It is the exact […]
USGA and R&A Distance of Golf Report: Cleanup on Aisles 1 to 18
The USGA and R&A version of “Trading Places’’ crop report was released today and it’s loaded with authentic golf governing bodies gibberish. The “Distance in Golf’’ update report cites the USGA and R&A continuation to focus on distance and work an to assess “potential future changes that address the long-term cycle of consistent increases in […]