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Posted on May 12, 2015
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A manufacturer of fine, robust and easy-to-assemble golf push carts, has designed a brilliantly simple, high-performance four-wheel model called Flip ‘n’ Go, which has landed on UK shores. The model has been engineered to ensure even weight distribution and therefore stability, no matter what the terrain. The four wheels work in tandem to ensure the trolley will perform on even the most undulating layout. Adhering to Axglo’s unwavering commitment to functional minimalism, the Flip ‘n’ Go has been intuitively designed with...

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Posted on April 30, 2015
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Foremost Golf has announced it is to team up with seven major club manufacturers during May and June to offer a free club fitting with the purchase of any new driver, fairway wood, hybrid, wedge or set of irons, as well as a complimentary golf lesson with a Foremost professional when spending over £300. PING, TaylorMade, Titleist, Callaway, Wilson, Mizuno and Srixon will all be participating in the unique promotion, which is designed to help golfers to ‘enjoy better golf’ by...

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Posted on April 29, 2015
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Close House has announced the installation of a Mizuno Performance Fitting Centre at its Academy and Driving Range. The new centre will feature Mizuno’s premium swing DNA facilities, an outdoor fitting suite with launch monitor technology and a full Mizuno Fitting Cart, as well as extended wood and wedge fitting packs. Close House is the ninth venue within the UK and Ireland to install a Mizuno Centre of this kind, joining the likes of Royal Birkdale, Woburn, Celtic Manor and Killeen Castle. Mizuno’s...

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Posted on April 28, 2015
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Welwyn, Hertfordshire – March 2015 – Golf Marketing Services Ltd (GMS) announces that Voice Caddie has appointed the agency to handle its PR across Europe in 2015. As the creators of the world's very first voice-guided golf GPS rangefinder, the South Korean based Voice Caddie first entered the golf market in 2010. In the four years since, Voice Caddie has become number-one in the South Korean golf GPS market and continued to expand globally, providing golfers around the world with heightened confidence...

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Posted on April 28, 2015
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Birchwood Park Golf Centre, in Wilmington, Dartford, has nominated the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance as its chosen charity for 2015. The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance responds to over 2,500 serious medical emergencies in the South East every year and is available to anyone living in the region, 24 hours a day. Melanie Drake, General Manager at Birchwood Park, said it’s a charity close to her heart: “Last year we had several incidents with our senior members where we needed...

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Posted on April 27, 2015
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Birchwood Park Golf Centre, a BGL Golf venue, announces that Kieran Poole has been appointed as the new PGA Head Teaching Professional at the Dartford based leisure destination. Poole joins Kent’s most popular pay and play venue from Orpington Golf Centre, where he served as the Head Professional for two years. Prior to Orpington, Poole headed up the teaching professionals at Bulbury Woods for two years in what was his first head professional position. “I’m extremely excited about the opportunity to join the...

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Posted on April 24, 2015
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Foremost professionals saw their grip sales soar by a staggering 19% thanks to the recent Golf Pride MOT Your Game Campaign which ran with marketing support from Today’s Golfer magazine. The campaign was run exclusively for the Elite Marketing Programme (EMP) professionals for a month during February and March and during that period sales generated by just over 200 participating members amounted to well over £120,000. All over the country, participating Foremost professionals saw grip sales rocket at a time when sales...

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Posted on April 23, 2015
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Forest of Arden, a Marriott Hotel and Country Club, has announced the appointment of five new staff within its golf operations team. The first of these appointments is Fraser Liston who will assume the Director of Golf role with immediate effect. Liston joins Forest of Arden from Marriot Tudor Park in Maidstone, and will be responsible for driving overall golf revenues, ensuring customer experience, upholding course conditioning and continuing positive business development. Also joining the team at the West Midlands destination...

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Posted on April 22, 2015
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Burhill Golf and Leisure Limited (BGL Golf), owners and operators of ten destinations across the UK, has announced it is to give away 30 junior memberships at nine of its UK venues in May as part of National Golf Month. The initiative will see a total of 270 junior golf memberships given away across seven of its golf centres (Abbey Hill, Birchwood Park, Hoebridge, Ramsdale Park, The Shropshire, Thornbury and Wycombe Heights) and two of its clubs (Aldwickbury Park and Redbourn). The...

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Posted on April 21, 2015
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Strengthening its already strong association with the event, PING has agreed to be the official apparel supplier to the 2015 European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team. The recently launched Spring/Summer 2015 collection is the inaugural collection designed and manufactured exclusively under PING’s direction. The team will wear garments from the ladies collection that have been engineered exclusively with the lady golfer in mind. The collection offers the highest specification fabrics, combined with the craftsmanship and unrivalled innovation associated with the brand since...

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Posted on April 16, 2015
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Sprowston Manor, a Marriott Hotel and Country Club, has announced it is to work alongside England Golf to launch a number of new ‘Get into Golf’ initiatives, focussing solely on women and girls. With help from Lauren Spray, the Women and Girl's Participation Manager for England Golf, Sprowston Manor will run a series of golf taster sessions aimed at introducing golf in a fun and enjoyable format to those who might not otherwise have thought about taking up game. The main ‘Get...

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Posted on April 15, 2015
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Power management company Eaton announced today that its Golf Pride Grips Division was the leading grip brand played by PGA Tour professionals at the 2015 Masters tournament. 79 of the 97 players competing in the year’s first major— a total of 81% — trusted their games to Golf Pride grips. In fact, 26 of the top 30 finishers (32 players including ties) used Golf Pride grips at Augusta National Golf Club. Golf Pride’s popular Tour Velvet family of grips were used...

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Posted on April 10, 2015
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Hoebridge Golf Centre, part of BGL Golf who own and operate ten destinations across the UK, has completed a £180,000 refurbishment of its driving range. Situated in Old Woking, Hoebridge’s new facility is set to officially open on Saturday 11th April. Customers will notice major improvements to the outfield targets, with the addition of new pitching nets and distance markers, as well as a completely new pitching green. The refurbishment has also seen improvements to the infield facilities, including refreshing the...

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Posted on April 10, 2015
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British golfers now have the chance to try a new craze that has been sweeping across America. Frasercorp Ltd recently took delivery of the first batch of the latest 4WD GolfBoard™ single person transport vehicles that were hailed as one of the hottest products at last year’s PGA Merchandise Show in Florida and they are now available for hire at The Grove, Essendon, Cheshunt and a growing number of other golf courses across the UK. Lease deals are available to clubs from...

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Posted on April 9, 2015
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Close House has announced it has added its already impressive portfolio of golf facilities with the addition of a nine-hole pitch and putt style course. The new short course will sit alongside the two stellar championship 18-hole layouts at the venue, which are the world’s only Lee Westwood golf courses. Owner Graham Wylie aptly announced the addition while caddying for Close House attached Tour professional Lee Westwood at The Masters annual par-3 competition at Augusta National Golf Club. While the north-east venue already...

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Posted on April 7, 2015
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PING announced today it will sell 5,000 limited-edition all-pink PING G30® drivers, inspired by the one used by two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, and donate $60 to the Bubba Watson Foundation for every pink driver sold. “Bubba has a huge heart and continues to use his success on the golf course to help people in need, especially children,” said John A. Solheim, PING Chairman & CEO. “As we’ve seen on the golf course with his shot-making skills, he’s a creative thinker...

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Posted on April 2, 2015
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For six days in June, 288 of the world’s best amateur golfers will descend upon Carnoustie for the 120th playing of the Amateur Championship. It will be the fifth time that Carnoustie has staged the prestigious R&A run event, with qualifying also taking place at neighbouring Panmure. Scottish golf fans will be hoping for another victory on home soil, with Stephen Dundas taking the spoils in 1992 when Carnoustie last played host to the championship. Last year also saw Scottish success, with...

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Posted on April 2, 2015
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Danish company ECCO – a leading global manufacturer of innovative footwear – announces its Casual Hybrid range, available immediately. The Casual Hybrid combines trend-setting silhouettes, remarkably-premium materials and advanced performance technologies. It is offered in a sleek sneaker version for men as well as modern-classic Brogue options for men and women. Each is highly water repellent via the proprietary ECCO HYDROMAX™ treatment. “The pioneering spirit that led us to introduce the first hybrid footwear in golf continues to drive our innovations season...

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Posted on March 31, 2015
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PING staff player, Louis Oosthuizen, will showcase the brand’s new Spring/Summer Apparel Collections throughout The Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club next week. This, the inaugural collection designed and manufactured exclusively under PING’s direction, has been engineered exclusively with the golfer in mind. As a leading innovator in golf since 1959, this line offers the highest specification fabrics, combined with the craftsmanship and unrivalled innovation associated with the brand. The new collection features the “Eye Mark” that takes its inspiration from...

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Posted on March 31, 2015
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PING staff player, Louis Oosthuizen, will showcase the brand’s new Spring/Summer Apparel Collections throughout The Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club next week. This, the inaugural collection designed and manufactured exclusively under PING’s direction, has been engineered exclusively with the golfer in mind. As a leading innovator in golf since 1959, this line offers the highest specification fabrics, combined with the craftsmanship and unrivalled innovation associated with the brand. The new collection features the “Eye Mark” that takes its inspiration from...

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Posted on March 26, 2015
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Foremost’s Spring Workshops were a huge success once again this year, with a total of over 250 members attending at golf clubs all over the United Kingdom. “We are delighted to report that so many members attended this year’s Workshops and judging by the feedback that we have received so far, they have been a huge success,” said Peter Durham, Foremost’s Head of Membership Services, who hosted the Workshops together with his team of Regional Business Development Consultants, David Murch, Matt...

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Posted on March 23, 2015
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Ramsdale Park Golf Centre, a BGL venue, is pleased to announce the completion of a £125,000 refurbishment of its clubhouse facilities. The renovations, which include a £46,000 refit of the golf shop and a £79,000 restoration of the changing room facilities, were unveiled by Mayor Jenny Hollingsworth of Gedling on Wednesday 18th March. The refit was completed by international retail design and shop fitters The Millerbrown Group, who have a long-standing industry reputation for providing the highest-quality golf shop fitting solutions. Ramsdale Park...

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Posted on March 23, 2015
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BGL Golf has become the world’s first multi-site operator to achieve the international sustainability award, GEO Certified®, at each of its venues. A wide-ranging variety of innovative community engagement, nature enhancement and protection and resource efficiency measures in place across BGL’s ten courses are recognised by this prestigious award. In 2012 BGL Golf, one of the UK’s leading golf course owners and operators, announced their ambition to become the first multi-course owners in the world to put all their courses through...

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Posted on March 19, 2015
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  PING announces the launch of its 2015 technical Autumn/Winter apparel collection, Engineered to Play through the brand’s Sensor platform of performance fabric technologies and incorporating outdoor industry-proven fabrications into the golf apparel market for the first time. To complement the existing technical Sensor platform PING has utilised, an array of carefully selected, finest quality and best performing fabrics feature across the line. Within the Sensor Dry category, PING has partnered with Pertex, a brand whose performance fabric technology heritage and dedication to...

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Posted on March 17, 2015
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Speedflex high intensity fitness centres will help ensure golfers are fit and raring to go after becoming a PGA Official Supplier. The company, whose headquarters are in the north-east, has several centres across the UK with its high- intensity, personal trainer led workouts with instant physiological feedback, growing in popularity. England football legend Alan Shearer is one of several Speedflex ambassadors, with former World No.1 golfer and Ryder Cup winner Lee Westwood also a big fan of the high-tech training programme having...

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Posted on March 13, 2015
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Danish company ECCO – a leading global manufacturer of innovative footwear – announces that a Fred Couples ‘Signature Edition 1992’ version of its acclaimed Casual Hybrid model will be available at select retailers worldwide beginning early April. Co-designed by Couples, the shoe commemorates his two-stroke victory at the 1992 Masters. Produced in a limited run of 1,992 pairs, it boasts an eye-catching white/green color combination and is laser-engraved with Couples’ distinctive autograph on the lateral (outer) side. “The Masters is a really...

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Posted on March 9, 2015
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PING announces the launch of its 2015 men’s and women’s apparel collections with a focus on performance fabrics and cut to help the golfer play their best. This, the inaugural collection designed and manufactured exclusively under PING’s direction, has been engineered exclusively with the golfer in mind. As a leading innovator in golf since 1959, this line offers the highest specification fabrics, combined with the craftsmanship and unrivalled innovation associated with the brand. The new collection features the “Eye Mark” that...

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Posted on March 9, 2015
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Thornbury Golf Centre, a Bristol based BGL Golf and Leisure venue, has announced the appointment of Philippa Irvine as General Manager. Irvine joined BGL Golf, who own and operate nine other venues across the country, in 2009 as a Health & Fitness Manager of their Horizones facility in Woking. She has since completed BGL’s Management in Training (MiT) programme at two of the group’s other venues, so joins the team at Thornbury with a wealth of relevant experience. During her MiT programme,...

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Posted on March 5, 2015
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Spain’s Maria Parra has claimed an early lead in the race to earn a place in the European team at this year’s PING Junior Solheim Cup at GC St. Leon-Rot, Germany. The 17 year-old from Sotogrande tops the European Ranking after claiming 30 points while competing in the Spanish International Ladies’ Amateur Championship at Real Club Pineda de Sevilla. Parra reached the semi-final of the first counting event for this year’s European Ranking before losing 3 & 1 to the eventual...

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Posted on March 4, 2015
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Aldwickbury Park Golf Club, a BGL venue situated in Harpenden, Herts, is excited to announce the completion of a £750,000 refurbishment and development of its facilities, centred on a brand new function room called the Fenwick-Ames Suite. The new suite, which can now accommodate up to 200 covers and has a dedicated entrance and toilet facilities, will provide the ideal venue for any cocktail party, private dinner, conference or wedding. Andrew Shewbridge, General Manager of Aldwickbury Park, said: “We are thrilled with...

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