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With all the news coverage about companies deciding to pull the plug on Tiger Woods as a corporate spokesman it might be enlightening to see which ones have not. The list of continuing sponsors (at le — read more »
Posted on 12/23/09 10:18 AM
The big news about the new Tour Edge Exotics XCG-3 irons is not the technology but that the company again is providing golfers with clubs of the best quality and latest technology at the price of less — read more »
Posted on 12/21/09 07:47 PM
Tiger Woods for now is the number one ranked golfer in the world ahead of Phil Mickelson but both of them can’t match what Rory Mcilroy has done. The Northern Ireland native has moved into the n — read more »
Elin Woods and Tiger Woods are finally divorced roughly nine months after Tiger’s extramarital escapades with prostitutes and other women came to light. It’s the end of a life changing tragedy for the Woods family. read more »
The overwhelming problem facing the golf industry is finding new players while retaining those who already play and it’s no secret a solution has not been found. read more »
Acushnet along with its former subsidiary Cobra Golf (sold in May to Puma AG) are seeking an injunction and monetary damages against both TaylorMade Golf and PGA Tour star Camillo Villegas for the August 3rd announcement by TMaG that Villegas had signed an endorsement contract for 2011. read more »
Camillo Villegas and his new equipment company sponsor TaylorMade Golf have been sued by Cobra Golf Inc., part of Puma AG. Cobra is the second company to seek an injunction and monetary compensation for the announcement last week by TMaG that in 2011 Villegas would be joining the list of PGA Tour pl read more »
Has anyone noticed? The past couple of weeks in the world of golf have been very unusual if not down right weird. read more »
Stuart Appleby and Paul Goydos managed 59s at PGA Tour events and there was a 58 by Ryo Ishikawa on the Japanese Tour plus amateur Bobby Wyatt’s 57 in the Alabama State Boys Junior Championship; all in the past few weeks. read more »
Hit it longer
Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ: GOLF) is an aggressive marketer with 75 stores and an extensive Internet business has expanded their drive towards getting more players to be custom fit with the “15 More Yards Guarantee.” Basically, if you get fitted for a n read more »
The debate about the distance the best players in the world are hitting the golf ball seems for now to be on hold. In the entire world the number of professionals and elite amateurs who pound the ball past 300-yards is certainly less than 1,000 and but even that small a number have caused the USGA t read more »
Seems like a simple idea and in the Internet age and it’s surprising no one has done it before but now the National Golf Foundation is counting the number of golfers in the United States read more »
Since the U.S. Open speculation has ramped up concerning Ryder Cup team rosters and of course the outcome of the matches at Celtic Manor in Wales beginning Oct. 1. read more »
A story on the web site “The Street” noted research concerning sales of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 video game as falling far short of last years sales one month after its introduction. read more »
Paula Creamer was absolutely masterful in her conquest of Oakmont in the U.S. Women’s Open. Someone who has not played this brute can fully appreciate how difficult it is, not to mention under USGA championship conditions. read more »
Back in April we reported what could be a significant deal between the fourth largest retailer in the U.S. Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) and Edwin Watts Golf Shops, LLC , the 70+ store chain based in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., to put an Edwin Watts Golf Shop in selected Sears stores.
The first two shop read more »
There’s an old golf adage that says a good swing starts with a good grip. Even the best player of all time, Jack Nicklaus, thought that was true. read more »
An interview on Golf.com with Dick Rugge, Senior Technical Director of the United State Golf Association, revealed a couple of interesting facts read more »
The well-chronicled fall from grace of the world’s number one player has had a far reaching impact on Tiger Woods, his family and golf in general. read more »
There’s new queen of the hill and as unbelievable as it may seem, it’s an American. Cristie Kerr with a win of epic margin securing her second career major leaps from fifth to first in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings. read more »
It was the opinion of many, this writer included, the United States Golf Association’s changing of the allowable dimensions of grooves on club’s with more than 25 degrees of loft (essentially 5-iron and up) was a bad idea.
Golf’s ruling body provided for a staged implementati read more »
TaylorMade Golf has the habit of putting a club on the market and then shortly after, if it proves successful, introducing a tour version (designated by the initials TP). read more »
If you have been following the news Cobra Golf is no more, sold by Acushnet to PUMA AG who have formed a new entity. read more »
Bobby Jones described Pinehurst as, “the St. Andrews of United States golf,” and the best known venue in this small North Carolina village is Pinehurst Resort, home to Donald Ross’ famous Course No. 2. read more »
Adidas Golf’s slogan has always been intriguing. “We make equipment you play” can be taken not only as a fact but a mission statement too, kind of a cocky, pugnacious approach applied not to golf clubs or balls but to shoes, shirts and jackets. read more »
There are hundreds of golf instruction books, tapes and videos; some of doubtful value and a few, a very few really worth the purchase price. read more »
Jack Nicklaus, the best player ever, golf icon, etc. was quoted this week with the comment Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin needs a “brain scan” should Tiger Woods not be one of the top eight in the points qualifying list for the US team and Pavin does not make him a captain’s choice. read more »
Its amazing how little media attention has been devoted recently on Tiger Woods and his problems. Oh, there’s been speculation about a purported impending divorce and how soon everybody’s latest hero Phil Mickelson can overtake Woods as the world’s number one ranked golfer. read more »
June 20th is Father’s Day and as it often does this annual celebration of male parenting falls on a significant day in the golf calendar…the final Sunday of the U.S. Open. read more »
Is there any doubt Tiger Woods, by his behavior, has placed his family life in jeopardy? Of course he has but also his dishonest philandering has put in question his position at the top of the heap in the world of tournaments and golf business. read more »
Any journalist receives press releases. Emails, faxes, telephone calls from people with an agenda, usually to get you to write something nice about their newest, latest and greatest whatever. That’s OK though; they have a job to do but frankly most of these epistles, whatever form they take, g read more »
A lot of golfers felt a twinge of sadness when the venerable club manufacturer MacGregor bit the dust after spending its’ last years traveling down a tortured path of mismanagement and misfortune. read more »
The headline could be, “Masters victor overcomes personal problems & wins.” read more »
Billy Payne, chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, in his annual pre-Masters press conference voiced strong disapproval of Tiger Woods and his scandal-generating behavior. read more »
The press conference Tiger Woods held yesterday is now being analyzed for facts, implications and nuances but the most important thing coming from the half hour he spent in front of the media was his obvious determination to move on. read more »
Jim Thorpe turned himself in yesterday and began his one-year prison sentence. The three time winner on the PGA Tour was convicted of not paying income tax on $5.2 million he earned in prize money and endorsements from 2002 through 2004. read more »
As the world awaits Tiger Woods return to competitive golf at next week’s Masters the media won’t seem to let him alone, publishing and broadcasting all manner of stories. read more »
The announcement yesterday that latest chapter in the long running feud between Acushnet Company and Callaway Golf over the latter’s claim Acushnet’s Titleist Pro V1 violates Callaway patents appears to be a win for Acushnet. read more »
Loiter a while near the first tee of any course in America and you quite probably will come to the conclusion a lot of American golfers have no sense of style, are apathetic about what they wear or both. Men and, truth be told even some ladies, tee it up in unstylish, unflattering even ugly attire. read more »
It’s really a shame some in the media have focused on the reporters or perceptions of their manner while questioning Tiger Woods this past Sunday rather than the subject and topic of the so-called interviews. read more »
Michael Whan, recently installed as LPGA commissioner with the premise of getting the ladies tour back to relevancy in the golf world, is most definitely a different kind of commissioner than the Tour has had for the past few years. read more »
With Tiger Woods making his announcement that he will be competing in the Masters the entire world, not just the golf world, is atwitter. However there is another golf topic deserving of our attention. read more »
Amid all the speculation when Tiger Woods will return to the PGA Tour, the Master’s (April 8-11) is a prime candidate for the honor of being the event he decides is worthy of his presence, an interesting bit of news surfaced yesterday. The Master’s will be coming to you not only in livin read more »
Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, said, there were “lies, damned lies and statistics.” read more »
Endorsement contracts employing commentator David Feherty and well-known touring pros Camilo Vellegas. J.B. Holmes, Ian Poulter, and Jason Gore are part of the deal for Puma to purchase Cobra Golf from Acushnet Company, parent of Titleist and Foot-Joy. read more »
Bushnell Pro 1600
Bushnell Outdoor Products has the top reputation in the laser range finder business and upped the competitive ante with the introduction of the new Pro 1600 last year. We put the Pro 1600 Tournament Edition up against two other laser range finders and it finished on top by a read more »
In the seemingly never ending saga of Tiger Woods, the past week essentially hasn’t been any different from the previous weeks once the bimbos stopped coming out of the woodwork to be counted on the “me too” list. read more »
Here’s a trivia question – who was the first player to win on the PGA Tour using a golf ball that was not white?
Answer: Wayne Levi won the 1982 Hawaiian Open with an optic orange ball. read more »
Today there are programs for young men and women who wish careers in golf however in even the recent past the pathway to being a golf professional was not always as clear and certainly today’s career seekers have better resources available. read more »
OK, it has been a few hours since Tiger Woods did his thing in front of some friends, employees, PGA Tour execs and his mother. Plenty of time for us media types to make profound judgments filled with pithy terminology. read more »
The announcement this afternoon Tiger Woods will meet with “a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates” with no questions allowed and a few media people in the room is not…repeat not…the way to start building back the image, trust and relationship with the pu read more »
The WGC – Accenture Match Play Championship begins tomorrow without Tiger Woods, a three-time winner, who is still on the self-imposed hiatus from tournament golf and according to his last public statement, repairing his marriage. read more »
Sometimes called the “poor man’s Pro V1” the Titleist NXT Tour has been updated for 2010 along with a new Titleist NXT, which replaces the old NXT Extreme that had been out for two years. read more »
To golfers Florida is a wonderful place to live or visit or watch their favorite professionals tee it up and with more than 1,200 golf facilities the state has the largest golf economy in the country. It is instructive to look at the numbers of this $7.5 billion Florida golf economy as much for what read more »
When golf’s governing bodies, the USGA and R&A, decided to allow the use of distance measuring devices (DMDs) there was wide spread applause led by the makers of laser range finders and GPS receivers. read more »
Like so many new products the Eazy Bag was the result of an idea of people not in the golf business, Lisa and Tim Dylina are just avid players who came up with a solution that solves a number of problems associated with every golf bag. read more »
In spite of reports the missing Tiger Woods will return to PGA Tour competition at the Accenture Match Play Championship in two weeks, don’t count on it. The original news story appeared in an Australian newspaper yesterday and was subsequently picked up by other news outlets. read more »
At last week’s PGA Merchandise Show two topics dominated many conversations with the first being the Tiger Woods debacle. His fall from grace and his return to the PGA Tour was discussed endlessly with a significant minority raising the question of “if he will return” rather than & read more »
The 57th PGA Merchandise Show closed Saturday and the Monday morning QB sessions can now begin. read more »
In this morning’s Global Golf Post, editor Brian Hewitt makes comments regarding Tiger Woods, his self-centered behavior and how in part sports fans were “enablers” for Woods. read more »
Williams Formula One is a big name in that sport and now the company, Williams Sports has jumped into golf in what might be called a big way with a $50,000 set of clubs. Yes, that’s not a misprint and presumably they are not anticipating selling a bunch of sets at the local muni. read more »
Many, if not most golfers, seldom think about the fact the game they play is also a business. With something in the neighborhood of 25 million people in the U.S. who play at least occasionally (nobody knows the actual number) and with some $25 to $30 billion spent on golf annually, it ranks among th read more »
Nike Golf has enjoyed some success in the past year with the Victory Red (VR) irons so for the 2010 season they are extending the line to include two drivers, a fairway wood model and a hybrid club. read more »
Jack Nicklaus, nicknamed “Ohio Fats” when he turned pro in 1960 and challenged the reigning king of golf Arnold Palmer, is 70 years old today. He won’t officially celebrate until tomorrow though as he’s on Christmas Island on a fishing trip and to save you looking it up, Chri read more »
Shush! Quiet! Do you hear it?
Aw, it’s gone…the predicted uproar from PGA Tour players now they no longer are allowed to play with square or box grooves. read more »
Callaway Golf likes to talk about their number one position in the iron’s segment of golf equipment business with pride and well they should. The company has had many more winners in its iron lines than non-winners and for 2010 is introducing the Diablo Edge game improvement model and the Diab read more »
Golf and the technology of global positioning or GPS have had a beneficial marriage for awhile and as in most marriages the relationship changes over time. The service giving yardages to the green, hazards and even exact hole locations has become much less expensive and is therefore gaining in popul read more »
Sometimes things pop up which don’t require a lot of analysis and this release from Florida’s Lynn University is one of them. See the text below:
Danny Noonan and the gang from Bushwood Country Club form the central theme of a new Lynn University course, “Caddyshack 101: Lessons fr read more »
The Sony Open in Hawaii, this weeks’ stop on the PGA Tour, has a lot of history going all the way back to 1971 when it began as the Hawaiian Open, an unabashed advertisement of Hawaii’s charms to winter bound mainlanders. From 1990 through 1998 with a new sponsor and name it was played a read more »
Even though it’s not exactly the new year there’s no rule predictions can’t still be made. Therefore when a flash of insight hit while reading Jack Nicklaus’ remarks regarding Tiger Woods’ advance on the Golden Bear’s all time record of 18 major championships it w read more »
SeeMore putters received a lot of press coverage back in 1999 when Payne Stewart used one on his way to winning the U.S. Open at Pinehurst where in the final round, head to head with Phil Mickelson, he seemed to make everything.
In spite of that publicity the company could not make a go of it so in read more »
Adams Golf is getting a small jump on the rest of the golf equipment makers by announcing their newest line of drivers and fairways prior to the PGA Merchandise Show which kicks off Jan. 28th in Orlando, Fla. Actually this isn’t a big deal since the next 30 days will see all the companies beat read more »
Vanity Fair magazine has a photo of Tiger Woods on its’ February issue cover. Some have described it as showing an “edgier Tiger,” whatever that means. Others have put it in the same category as the Golf Digest cover last month “10 Tips Can Take From Tiger,&rdq read more »
Since SBS International signed up last May to replace Mercedes-Benz as title sponsor of the season opener for the PGA Tour as lot has changed, not the least being the consequences of Tiger Woods scandal on the Tour and golf in general.
But life and the Tour go on and the renamed SBS Championship sta read more »
The young man, just 19, had been without question a golf prodigy. For several years he had been competing against national caliber players even taking home championship trophies and everyone talked about how he would win more than one of golf’s majors. However until now that lofty goal had elu read more »
So today is Tiger Woods 34th birthday and boy a lot has changed for him, his family, golf in general and the PGA Tour.
No need to recite all of his admitted “transgressions” again, however in all the media blather and posturing little attention has been paid to the effect of Tiger&r read more »
The big news about the new Tour Edge Exotics XCG-3 irons is not the technology but that the company again is providing golfers with clubs of the best quality and latest technology at the price of lesser brands…i.e. well below the “name brand” irons. read more »
A few days before the Induction Ceremony for the 2009 class into the World Golf Hall of Fame Jack Peter, Senior Vice President and Chief Executive, took the time to sit down for an interview covering a wide range of topics.
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