by Steve Pike | Feb 17, 2026 | golf business, golf course management, Golf News, Personalities
KemperSports, a leading golf, sports, and hospitality experience company, has named Sara Kearney as its first Chief Marketing Officer. A hospitality industry leader, Kearney has more than three decades’ experience leading branding, marketing and operations for hotels...
by Steve Pike | Feb 15, 2026 | charity, Events, golf business, Golf Courses, golf entertainment, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts, The Masters, Travel News
Tickets for one of golf’s more popular and enduring charity events – Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am – go on sale Feb. 16, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern). This year’s pro-am is a milestone event, celebrating 30 years....
by Steve Pike | Feb 15, 2026 | Hotels, Personalities, Travel News
White Lodging, one of the hospitality industry’s leading hotel development, ownership, and management companies, has named Ebrahim Ansari as General Manager of Hotel Trinity Austin, Autograph Collection, its newest lifestyle hotel currently under development in...
by Steve Pike | Feb 14, 2026 | Apparel, Equipment, Fashion, golf balls, golf business, golf entertainment, Golf News, Personalities
Callaway Golf’s (CALY) sale of 60 percent of Topgolf to Leonard Green & Partners, which closed this past Jan. 5 for $1.1 billion, included approximately $800 million in cash in this transaction. Callaway Golf President/CEO Chip Brewer told Wall Street analysts his...
by Steve Pike | Feb 8, 2026 | Culinary, Events, Personalities, Restaurants
Okeechobee Steakhouse in West Palm Beach – Florida’s oldest steakhouse – on Feb. 24 will feature WhistlePig private-selected barrel with a five-course tasting menu. Okeechobee Steakhouse Owner Ralph Lewis will reveal its WhistlePig exclusive barrel select,...
by Steve Pike | Feb 4, 2026 | golf business, Golf News, golf shoes, Personalities, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods
8AM Golf, a leading holding company of premium golf-related brands, has taken a significant equity stake in golf shoe company PAYNTR Golf, marking a major milestone in PAYNTR Golf’s evolution while also bolstering its strong growth trajectory since launching in 2021....
