Jamaica Open: The Trials of Tryall

by Steve Pike | Oct 30, 2023 | Events, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts

Any golfer competing for the first time in the Jamaica Open Golf Championship – now through Oct. 31, at spectacular Tryall Club just outside Montego Bay, would be well advised to listen to those in the know about the unpredictability of the course’s...

Jim Furyk Gets a Blank Canvas at Glynlea CC

by Steve Pike | Oct 27, 2023 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Privare clubs

Jim Furyk began thinking about golf course design back at Manheim Township HIgh School in Lancaster County, PA. “I should have been paying attention to my teachers, but I was drawing golf holes in my notebook,” Furyk said at the ground-breaking of his...

Golfforever signs training deal with LPGA

by Steve Pike | Oct 26, 2023 | Equipment, Fitness, golf business, Golf News, Personalities

GolfForever, the popular at-home golf fitness training system that helps golfers “play without limits,”  has signed a partnership with the LPGA to bring next-generation golf-specific fitness and recovery to the world’s leading professional golf...

A New Look For the Old Course at Broken Sound

by Steve Pike | Oct 25, 2023 | Events, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Privare clubs

Broken Sound Club Director of Golf Jeffrey Waber remembered one of his first conversations with golf course architect Rees Jones. “Rees basically asked, ‘What are you looking for?’ in regards to the $9 million renovation of the Club’s Old...

SQAIRZ Hitting The Retail Market

by Steve Pike | Oct 25, 2023 | golf business, Golf News

SQAIRZ, one of the faster-growing shoe companies in golf, has signed a deal with Worldwide Golf Shops, one of the country’s larger golf retailers. SQAIRZ has seen great success through its direct-to-consumer business model, but many golfers have requested the ability...

Pinehurst, USGA Add Championships

by Steve Pike | Oct 24, 2023 | Events, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Hotels, Resorts, Travel News

Pinehurst Resort today created deeper roots with the U.S. Golf Association. The duo, which in 2020 created the establishment of “Golf House Pinehurst” and the first U.S. Open Anchor Site at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, announced that Pinehurst will serve as...