The 2013 European Golf Business Conference now into its 8th year, has fast become a major event for golfing industry players of all levels, and is a once-a-year opportunity to get up to speed with the latest trends and developments in the European and worldwide golf arena. This year the conference will be hosted at the Hotel Tivoli Lisboa in the heart of Lisbon from 23-25th October.
SNAG (Starting New At Golf) in the Czech Republic is helping to grow the game of Golf at a great pace and last week saw the latest SNAG Training Days at Loreta Golf Club, Pysely, hosted by the exclusive SNAG Distributor, Ittec.
CMAE Member John Maguire, the General Manager of Richmond Golf Club, and CMAE Official Suppliers Thompson Perrett & Lobb have successfully completed an arduous two year renovation project.
With a limited budget, they have modernised old bunkers that went into disrepair and added a modern twist to the elegance 122 year old course.
After being amazed by the results, the club entered Golf Inc’s global contest, ‘Renovation of the Year’ and emphatically won, despite being the underdogs!
How did they win the contest?
GolfNow has announced the acquisition of BRS Golf, the No. 1 provider of online golf booking software in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This addition to GolfNow’s portfolio will strengthen its ability to grow the game of golf through a seamless end-to-end technology solution, and will reinforce GolfNow’s ability to offer the most engaging experience possible for golfers.
Following the success of the historic first golf exhibition in the European Parliament last month celebrating “Golf – a European Success”, the website www.europeangolf.eu celebrating golf’s contribution to Europe in social, economic and environmental terms has been launched.
Judy Murray and Colin Montgomerie have announced plans to locate Scotland’s first purpose-built Tennis and Golf Centre of its kind at Stirling, Scotland’s City of Sport.
Zavidovo PGA National Russia has got off to a flying start in their first full season, in what are exciting times for the game of golf in Russia. The magnificent European Golf Design course opened for local market play at the end of last season and since then “The Manor”, the luxurious 10 bedroom clubhouse has been completed and is now accepting in house guests.
Toro is pleased to announce an expanded line of electronic fuel injected (EFI) mowers with additions to its Z Master® Professional 6000 Series and Z Master commercial 3000 Series. All Toro® EFI mowers come equipped with Kohler® Command Pro closed-loop EFI engines that automatically adapt to load, weather, fuel and altitude changes for faster response and up to 25% better fuel economy. With the addition of these new models, Toro now offers one of the most extensive lineups of fuel-efficient EFI mowers in the industry.
“Troon Values Your Time” communicates a pace-of-play standard to guests and members of Troon-managed facilities before the issue becomes a problem on the course. Some essential elements of the initiative include calculating a facility’s “Time Par” for comfortably playing a enjoying the course, and setting “Pacesetter Times,” which are designated morning tee times reserved for players committed to playing at least 20 minutes under the Time Par.
With the British Open fast approaching, Whitekirk’s David Brodie is a busy Manager gearing up for what he knows will be a hectic time for this popular club near Muirfield Golf Club, Scotland.
He may look young, but David was around the last time the Open was in East Lothian with the eyes of the world upon the region, and everyone approaching Muirfield from the south driving right past his clubs welcome sign.
How has the CMAE’s Management Development Programme (MDP) helped him prepare?
Tesco has fundamentally shifted the way it views loyalty to be about the retailer being loyal to customers in the wake of its poor performance over the last year.
Hoebridge Golf Centre’s Mike O’Connell has become the first manager of a public pay-and-play centre in Europe to be awarded the prestigious Certified Club Manager (CCM) qualification.
