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EQUIPMENT giant Ping has announced the signing of European Tour player Eddie Pepperell on a multi-year agreement. As part of the deal, the 28-year-old from Frilford Heath GC will compete wearing a Ping hat and carry a staff bag bearing its logo, joining the likes of Tony Finau, Louis Oosthuizen, Bubba Watson and big-hitting Cameron […]
SkyCaddie Users Dominate MCB Tour Championship – Madagascar 9 of the top 15 finishers in last weekend’s MCB Tour Championship – Madagascar event on The Staysure Tour used a SkyCaddie SX500 GPS rangefinder, including the event’s winner Barry Lane. SkyCaddie’s ground-mapped GPS data was used by the event’s Tournament Directors to set the pins and […]
Compact New SX400 Joins SkyCaddie’s Ultra-fast GPS Range SkyCaddie’s new SX400 gives golfers the powerful features found in the award-winning, Tour-proven SX500 model, in a more compact size. The SkyCaddie SX400 is available in the UK from October 2019 at RRP £299.95. Save time and play faster on the golf course with the SX400 and […]
Zen Green Stage Scores Sky Sports Hat-Trick At Royal Portrush The adjustable Zen Green Stage completed a hat-trick of Open appearances last week, once again acting as the dynamic and exciting centrepiece for the Open Zone during Sky Sports Golf’s impressive TV coverage of the 148th Open Championship from Royal Portrush. Its TV appearance in […]
Toptracer Range Introduces Historic Old Course At St Andrews In Virtual Golf Mode (Dallas, Texas) – Toptracer, an extension of global sports and entertainment leader Topgolf Entertainment Group, is the the world’s leading ball-tracing technology revolutionising how fans watch and play golf, and has added the hallowed grounds of the Old Course at St Andrews […]
Zest.Golf Enter Spanish Market With Leading Tee Sheet Provider iMaster.golf Zest.Golf have reached an agreement with GolfSpain to connect their respective technologies to benefit golfers and golf courses. GolfSpain are the leading provider of golf management systems and tee sheet technology to the Spanish golf course market under the iMaster.golf brand. They provide extensive booking […]
Carryway Reveal Solheim Cup Captains’ Cars Custom-made golf buggies will go on a tour of the UK before the contest at Gleneagles in September Scotland, 3 May 2019 – Carryway, an Official Supplier to The 2019 Solheim Cup, today unveiled the Captains’ Cars, the golf buggies which will be driven by the Team Captains at […]
Jacklin Invests In Zest.Golf In Quest For Tech Change Tony Jacklin CBE, a pioneer throughout his esteemed career in golf, has decided to invest in a new technology company making its own bid to drive change within the golf industry. Zest.Golf Technologies, with offices in Scotland, the ‘Home of Golf’, and tech partners in the […]
Major Brands Will Be At British Golf Show Callaway, Cobra, The Belfry, Duca del Cosma, Zen Green Stage and Power Tee are some of the latest well-known brands to confirm their presence at this year’s inaugural British Golf Show. Working alongside golf retailer Custom Lab Golf, Callaway and Cobra will be offering visitors the chance […]
SkyCaddie And The PGA Go The Distance SkyCaddie, the brand which walks every golf course to ensure the maps on its distance measuring devices are accurate, has taken another step forward by extending its PGA Partner agreement. The two-year extension means the partnership is now in its 13th year and also includes title sponsorship of […]
Dramatic 60-sec Zen Green Stage Video Debuts At PGA Show A dramatic new 60-second promotional video for Zen Green Stage demonstrates the exciting progress made in 2018 by the Sheffield-based Zen team. Visible now on Zen Oracle’s YouTube channel, the video was produced for last month’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida, where the Green […]
Jesper Thuen Appointed General Manager Of ECCO® GOLF USA Danish golf footwear innovators, ECCO GOLF, have announced that current Head of Golf for Asia-Pacific, Jesper Thuen, is to take up the role of General Manager of ECCO GOLF, USA, effective January 14th. Thuen, a former touring professional, has been part of the ECCO GOLF family […]
SkyCaddie SX500 Scores First Professional Win Golf’s hottest new distance measuring device, the SkyCaddie SX500, scored its first professional win last week in the PGA Pro-Captain Challenge 2018 qualifier held at Royal Mid Surrey Golf Club, and the event’s leading finishers were quick to praise the new technology. A limited number of SkyCaddie SX500s were […]
Lancashire Clubs Challenged To Play Generation Game GOLF clubs in Lancashire are being challenged to help the sport appeal to a new generation of female players – who have never known a world without the internet or mobile phones. The first county conference on how clubs can attract more female players heard a call to […]
Seeing people running away from a booth at a major industry show is not normally seen as a recommendation of one’s work – but that’s exactly what it was for golf course animation specialist Harris Kalinka at the recent Golf Industry Show (GIS) in Orlando. The UK and Latvia-based company was showcasing its outstanding work […]
G/FORE has shown once again it can be relied upon to influence others with its 2017 autumn/winter collection. While other school reports from the 2017 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando might have read “must do better”, G/FORE was in the good books with its Disruptive Luxury theme, which encapsulated the brand’s trademark innovative design with […]
Europe’s largest online golfing community, HowDidiDo, has relaunched its website with a fresh look, smoother navigation and an exciting, new social-media influenced timeline. In addition, the site is now more mobile friendly offering an even greater depth of golfing data that is also available through a smartphone app for both iOS and Android. The recently […]
