Nemacolin, the award-winning resort in Pennsylvania, recently unveiled technology and design upgrades to The Nemacolin Golf Academy. One of the premier, luxury golf destinations in the mid-Atlantic region, Nemacolin opened the 4,000-square-foot space with all new furnishings, seven flat-screen TVs, and new décor. The learning, practice, and entertainment space has also been outfitted with a simulator, […]
Category: Golf Instruction
Michael Jordan’s Black Cat Ventures Partnering With V1 Sports
With a recently-closed round of funding from Black Cat Ventures, V1 Sports says it pursue projects that further cement the brand as “the No. 1’’ one solutions provider for golf instructors, coaches and improvement-driven athletes. Black Cat Ventures is the golf technology fund founded by Michael Jordan and managed by his partners Ken Weyand and Darren May, the […]
Hank Haney to Appear at World Amateur Handicap Championship in Myrtle Beach
Hank Haney, one of golf’s more acclaimed teachers, will be a featured guest at the 38th annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship, appearing at the World Largest 19th Hole on Aug. 31. A 72-hole, net stroke play event, the World Am has annually attracted more than 3,500 players from all 50 states. It will be Aug. […]
V1 Sports Bringing Summer Software Summit to Butch Harmon Floridian
V1 Sports, developers of the leading video analysis, ground pressure, and stat tracking technologies for coaches and athletes will hold its Summer Software Summit at the Butch Harmon Floridian in Palm City, Florida. This full-day educational event is geared for teaching professionals seeking to expand their coaching knowledge, and to educate attendees on best practices learned […]
Desert Mountain Junior Sports Academy Teams With Discover Golf to Create a New Learning Environment
The golf industry has never been known for thinking outside the box. That’s particularly true when it comes to junior golf, where what was good for your parents and grandparents, in terms of lessons and engagement, generally is seen as being good today. But Desert Mountain Club and Richard Franklin, a junior golf instructor and […]
Dick’s Sporting Goods “reengineering” its Golf Galaxy business
Dick’s Sporting Goods Executive Chairman Edward Stack said his company, which saw a 119 percent jump in revenue in Q1 of 2021 vs Q1 of 2020, is” completely reengineering’’ its Golf Galaxy business. “The game of golf is in great shape,’’ Stack said in a conference call with Wall Street analysts. “Our golf business has […]
Big Day on Wall Street for Callaway Golf and Dick’s Sporting Goods
One of the biggest days in the recent history of golf’s publicly traded company finished this afternoon with Callaway Golf hitting a 52-week high of $37.29 per share before closing at $37.18. ELY opened this morning at $35.50 per share. Titleist and FootJoy parent Acushnet Co., which recorded a 52-week high of $53.99 this past […]
Sean Foley joins MindTRAK Golf as partner
MindTRAK Golf Inc., a Mindset Training System for golfers designed by former PGA Tour player Richard Zokol, has signed noted instructor Sean Foley as a partner in the company and a member of MindTRAK’s Board of Directors. “Richard Zokol is incredibly accomplished in the game of golf, and his work with MindTRAK is about […]
Bundle your golf swing with Swing Align
While most ordinary golf training aids focus on one basic skill, the innovative Swing Align device delivers the high value of what it feels like to properly swing a golf club to all golfers for a low cost. When golfers rehearse positions or take swings wearing Swing Align, there’s no mistake, they’re feeling what it’s like to swing more like an elite […]
Manchester (VT) Country Club launching Premier Junior Golf Program
Manchester Country Club, one of southern Vermont’s premier golf courses and family friendly clubs, is introducing a Premier Junior Golf Program that will combine professional training, instruction and competitive play. Led by Manchester’s Head PGA Golf Professional Peter Weatherby, the program is geared toward middle school, high school and college prep players and features top level instruction and the ability to transfer learned skills into competitive play situations […]