Scottsdale Portion Of The Journey Begins

SCOTTSDALE, Az. – I arrived in Scottsdale on Monday night from Tampa and, starting at the incredibly beautiful Boulders Resort, I’ll spend the next week doing some travel stories and attending the Waste Management Phoenix Open, a name that inspires jokes, but one that belies the calibre of this PGA Tour event. Besides, a few [...]

Show Is About Relationships: John Solheim

ORLANDO—Inside the PING booth at the PGA Merchandise Show last Friday, chairman and chief executive officer John Solheim was chatting with a variety of visitors, which took precedence over selling in his mind. “We don’t bring a sales force here. We have executives here. We have fitters here. We can talk details and work with [...]

Do You Go For The Person Over Qualifications?

GNN blogger Kyle German brought up a good point – and don’t let him know I said that – with this blog that appeared just over a week ago. We had been chatting about the skeleton staff that his facility keeps for the winter months and how to keep them motivated. He said one of [...]

I Agree With Kyle…Go For Personality Over Qualifications

Kyle German is dead on in this blog in which he talks about hiring the individual over qualifications. Sometimes, you have people walk in and say, `Hi, I’ve been in the business 20 years. I’ve worked at several different golf courses. I know all there is to know about golf.’ You say to yourself, `the [...]

Consider The Ball In Your Teaching

Orlando – With the official launch of the new Pro V1 and Pro V1x yesterday at the PGA Merchandise Show at the Orange Country Convention Centre, Matt Hogge has a vested interest in getting across a message that would help the Titleist cause. On the other hand, Hogge is a PGA professional a well as [...]

Pro V1 and Pro V1x Get A Makeover

Ten years after Titleist introduced the original Pro V1 golf ball, it was back at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando on Thursday with a new Pro V1 and Pro V1x “We have tested and validated the performance of the new Pro V1 and Pro V1x with players throughout the pyramid of influence with resoundingly [...]

CPGA’s 100th Will Be A Special Occasion

Due to a personal matter, I was unable to make it to this week’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando and will miss the Canadian PGA annual meeting being held there. We continue to go forward with our strategic plan, but it’s also the association’s 100th anniversary and I think it’s going to be a big [...]

Orlando Will Be A Quicker Trip

Orlando, Fla. – I arrived in Orlando on Wednesday for this week’s PGA Merchandise Show and, for the first time ever, I’ll be staying very close to the Orange County Convention Center instead of a location that requires a rental car or shuttle for the daily commute to the show. The brisk morning walk will [...]

One Day, I’ll Make It To The Orlando Show

I’ve never been to the PGA Merchandise Show, which gets underway this week in Orlando, but I’ve always wanted to go and not just to see the new products that are there. I’d like to take a look at the size and scale of the show just to see how it’s done, especially with what’s [...]

Hey, This Isn’t What We Talked About!

The usual conversation over several years when it came to changing the buying show landscape in Canada was about cutting down the number of them across the country each fall. A popular alternative was one big super-show for all of Canada, or one eastern and one western event for convenience, with one in Quebec, perhaps. [...]

There Are Gems To Be Found At Orlando Show

I’ll be at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando on Thursday and Friday. It seems that it’s just so busy nowadays, so I’m going to fly in really early on Thursday and get to the show all day and again Friday morning and then, play golf Friday afternoon and have a nice dinner with the [...]

Cobra S3 Has E9 Face Technology

The E9 face technology in the new Cobra S3 driver and S3 Max Driver is designed to expand the sweet zone by 30 per cent. Instead of a circular sweet spot around the centre of the face, Cobra employs a canted, elliptical pattern. “We looked at tens of thousands of hits across the driver clubface [...]

Orlando Show Gives A Good Read Of The Industry

I’m looking forward to going to the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, which gets underway this week. I haven’t been down in years. Admittedly, I get into a bubble because I do so much management and marketing, but I miss learning about the equipment and what’s new in the industry. I’m looking forward to walking [...]

CGSA Names Two More Award Winners

Jason Honeyball, golf course superintendent and environmental manager for the OslerBrook Golf and Country Club in Nottawasaga, Ont., has been named the 2010 winner of Canadian Golf Superintendents Association/Toro Environmental Achievement Award. In other news, Dean Piller, former president of the CGSA and 2010 Superintendent of the Year, was named the recipient of the Gordon [...]

Industry Notes: Jan. 25, 2011

Sunice has resigned PGA Tour player J.B. Holmes to an endorsement contract for 2011. Holmes has worn the Montreal-based outerwear company’s product since 2008, including the Sunice Silver Polo Collection, Sunice GoreTex outerwear and an assortment the company’s layering pieces. “We expect J.B. to have a great year and are optimistic that his standing on [...]

Summer Dates, New Venue For Ontario Show

The Ontario PGA Buying Show, which has already undergone considerable change in the last couple of years, continues to evolve in a big way. The Ontario show, which had become more of a rep show in a pipe-and-drape format, was handed back to the Ontario PGA last fall by Reed Exhibitions, who purchased the show [...]

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