This is the scenario Reed Exhibitions and The PGA of America each have feared for years. Coming off a record-setting year in golf equipment and apparel sales – and without a 2021 PGA Merchandise Show postponed due to Covid-19 – several of the golf industry’s top companies have elected to pass on the 2022 […]
Category: Golf Instruction
Tiger Woods Hitting Balls With Full Swing KIT Launch Monitor
Lost in the hoopla of the first video in nine months of Tiger Woods hitting golf balls, is the fact that he took the swings using the outdoor Full Swing KIT Launch Monitor (NOT Trackman). “I asked Full Swing to make a launch monitor that I could trust every shot and they delivered more than […]
Southern Caifornia PGA Section Partnering With College Golf Experience
College Golf Experience , exclusively endorsed by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), has announced a new partnership with the Southern California PGA Section (SCPGA). This new partnership will provide thousands of SCPGA’s junior tour members and parents the opportunity for unprecedented access to college coaches and education about collegiate golf and the recruiting process. CGX will […]
Nemacolin Adds Tech and Design Upgrades to its Golf Academy
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, […]
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 […]