Golf Retailing

June 5th saw the world come together for its third annual celebration of women & girls golf – Women’s Golf Day 2018. Events across the globe kicked off in Sydney, Australia, finishing over 24hrs later, and almost a full turn of the globe away, in Hawaii, with golfing communities being strengthened and created all along the way. The 2018 event...

As the year draws to a close, members of the Golf Consultants Association (GCA) can look back on a busy and prosperous 2015 - with many of them busier than ever before. Golf sector trainer Frank Newberry will start the new year with a bang after being selected to deliver three two-hour sessions as part of the BIGGA Turf Management...

With just eight weeks to go until Christmas, OnlineGolf.co.uk, one of the UK’s largest online retailers of golfing equipment and accessories, has revealed the five gifts and stocking fillers that are likely to be most popular for golfers this Christmas. Gifts 1.     Garmin S1 GPS Enabled Watch (£119) The UK’s best selling GPS golf watch provides golfers with the distance to the front, back...

One of the world’s top golf architects has pledged to create a spectacular new challenge for London’s golfers before the decade is out. Today’s announcement that an application has been submitted to start construction of The Dye London on land near Edgware, north London, means that celebrated US golf architects Dye Designs will be bringing their unique brand of creative...

Complementing the August launch of its SLDR driver, TaylorMade has introduced the SLDR fairway woods and rescue clubs. TaylorMade claims its SLDR driver is already the most played driver on the PGA & European Tours, and while the fairways and rescue clubs are already on Tour as well, the SLDR rescue clubs are set to reach UK retailers from...

Aldila's new Tour Blue and Tour Green shafts are now available through leading club manufacturers and golf retail outlets. After successful testing on the Tour, Aldila is now launching its Tour Blue and Tour Green shafts and has begun shipping them through leading manufacturers and distributors worldwide. Engineered with the latest materials and manufacturing technology, the Tour Blue/Green shafts are designed...

Adams Golf is celebrating after the Tight Lies Fairway Wood won a Product Award at Golf Europe 2013 in Ausburg, Germany. The Product Awards at the Golf Europe trade fair recognise an innovative entrepreneurial spirit within the golfing industry. On receiving the award, Simon Homer, Head of Adams Golf Europe, said: “We’re delighted to win a Golf Europe Product Award...

New luxury golf breaks from Lindner Golf & Wellness Resort Portals Nous allow visitors to discover for themselves why the stunning Son Gual has leapt an impressive nine places to be rated the 44th best golf course in Golf World's benchmark Top 100 Courses in Continental Europe 2014 rankings. The €30m Son Gual golf course opened only in 2007 and...

The Foremost & Golf Monthly Awards, held at Harrogate’s Majestic Hotel on October 9th, has quickly become the highlight of Trade Show week in the UK. A hotbed of industry activity and a celebration for the buying group and their successful members, the Awards were again attended by some of the UK golf industry’s most influential people. The dinner was hosted...