DELRAY BEACH, Florida – The U.S. golf equipment industry is on the rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic that slowed it this past spring, according to Golf Datatech, an independent market research firm that tracks retail sales, consumer and trade trends. According to Datatech, U.S. retail golf equipment sales for August 2020 were up nearly 32 percent [...]
The United States Golf Association is moving some of its operations to Pinehurst, North Carolina, one of the premier golf destinations in the world. The announcement was made after all the parties signed off on it Tuesday, September 8th. The new campus at Pinehurst will include a new equipment-testing facility, innovation hub, and a museum/visitor center. [...]
Bluffton, South Carolina--Belfair Plantation's Director of Instruction, Dana Rader has been honored by the Ladies Professional Golf Association as the 2020 recipient of the Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award, an award created by the LPGA Professionals in 2007. It is given to an LPGA Professional member that emulates those qualities valued by Lopez: Leadership; Passion; Giving; [...]
Birmingham, Alabama. Troon, the leader in club management, development, and marketing, is pleased to announce it has been selected to manage Old Overton Club, a private club located in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. Troon Privé, the private club operating division of Troon, will oversee golf, club, food & beverage operations as well golf course [...]
DELRAY BEACH, Florida – The Covid-19 lockdown hit Titleist and FootJoy parent Acushnet Co., hard in the second quarter of this year. Acushnet this morning reported its 2Q earnings at $2.3 million, a 94 percent drop compared to Q1. Acushnet reported 2Q sales at $300 million, down 35 percent compared to 1Q. The Covid-19 lockdown essentially [...]
Jackson, Ms-- Honours Golf, a division of Troon, the leader in club management, development, and marketing, is pleased to announce it has been selected to manage The Refuge Golf Course, a daily-fee/resort course located in Flowood, Miss. The Refuge is currently in the final phase of a three-year renovation and development project and is expected to reopen [...]
ORLANDO, Florida – Cleveland Golf has announced its latest flagship wedge, the RTX ZipCore. Cleveland Golf’s RTX ZipCore launchs in North America on Aug. 14, 2020. RTX ZipCore is both radically new and ultra-familiar. On the inside, its new core has unlocked design freedoms pushing the performance beyond any wedge in Cleveland Golf’s history. Yet on [...]
ATLANTA, Georgia -- TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia is celebrating earning the coveted first place in the private club category of Golf Inc. Magazine's "Renovation of the Year" award, designed to recognize the most outstanding golf course renovations and restorations completed this past year. Judging was base on a combination of 3 factors achievement of goals(50% of score), [...]
MEADOWS OF DAN, VIRGINIA, The Highland Course at Primland, a luxury boutique resort’s collection of first-class amenities, has garnered acclaim from Golfweek as one of America’s finest playing venues. Set within Primland’s 12,000 acres of pristine Blue Ridge Mountains majesty in Southwestern Virginia, The Highland Course earned the No. 2 rating in Virginia among the state’s [...]
Buffalo, New York- OnCore Golf unveiled their second Tour ball after three years of research and development. OnCore's first four-piece ball, the VERO X1 upholds OnCore's commitment to innovation and technology while diversifying the company's portfolio of balls to meet the needs of all golfer performance levels. Building off of their award-winning three-piece tour ball the [...]
