Four things you can learn from playing with better golfers

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One of the things we hear from beginning or inexperienced golfers is that they sometimes feel “intimidated” when playing with really good golfers, and it keeps them from enjoying themselves on the course. But you know what? Unless your name is Rory McIlroy, there’s always going to be someone out there better than you. And […]

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Golf people are like old soldiers. They just never quit.

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Golf people are like old soldiers. They just never quit. Even as a teacher, promoter or director of a club, they can’t ever seem to let go. Debbie Mastromarino spent the past 17 years of her life dedicated to helping kids learn, as well as love, the game in her post as director and president […]

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Keeping It Simple

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As we gain experience playing golf, we try to do more and more to improve in order to reach loftier goals and lower scores.  We buy more clubs and more equipment, then work with our new toys to get better. And since we love the game and are fully immersed in the sport, we follow […]

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VISION 2020 Delivers Inspiration in Barcelona

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The 9th European Golf Business Conference hosted by the European Golf Course Owners Association last week in Barcelona has been hailed as ‘the best to date’’ with over 500 golf courses represented from 27 countries, writes John King. The EGCOA’S VISION 2020 project which was developed to provide a roadmap for the sustainable development of […]

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Make golf lessons work for your game

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There are many reasons why golfers seek out instruction. For instance, they may want to be able to hit the ball farther, straighter and more consistent. Does that sound familiar? On the other hand, why do most golfers choose not take golf lessons? That’s right. There are more golfers playing the game right now who […]

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Argentine golf prodigy began by swinging a broken broomstick at discarded tomatoes, onions

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Dylan Reales started learning to play golf by swinging a broken broomstick at fruit and vegetables discarded at a temporary market in front of his house in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires. Tomatoes, onions and even crushed cigarette packages were his first make-believe golf balls. “I began hitting everything I came across […]

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700 kids through the Golf SA Interactive Zone @ Westfield

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To tie in the with the second week of the school holidays, Golf SA set up an Interactive Golf Zone in the Centre Court Area at Westfield Marion. Golf was brought to life for three-days between 7 – 9 October at SA’s largest Shopping Centre with Golf SA promoting MyGolf, the National Junior Golf Program […]

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PGA Pros Smash Thousand Free Lessons Barrier

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The Ryder Cup wasn’t just a roaring success for Paul McGinley and Europe with a team of PGA pros smashing through the one thousand free lessons barrier at Gleneagles. Indeed such was the demand for coaching that hundreds had to be turned away daily from the PGA Swing Zone as spectators eagerly sought the chance […]

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Female Golfers ‘Under-Served’, Says Study

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Orlando, United States: Golf Datatech, LLC, the golf industry’s leading independent research firm for consumer, trade and retail golf trends, has released the results of the Women in Golf 2014 Study. It’s a comprehensive study of the playing and purchasing habits of the serious female golfer. Today, female golfers make up more than 20% of […]

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Who is your champion?

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I’ve been fortunate over my career to work with a variety of facilities, companies, and people and in different countries. A question came to mind in recent times about all these experiences I had – why did some facilities and companies have huge booming businesses and programs and others did not? The answer: There was […]

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