2001& 2002 Industry News Stories

News Stories 2002

• Newly -Updated Website Provides Visual Treat
• If anyone sees me near a boat again
• Nancy Lopez Golf Unveil New Delma Wood
• Cobra Success Hits New Heights as Forward Orders Treble
• TaylorMade Burner to Ignite the Market
• Dear Santa - All I want for Christmas is...
• Ping Introduces new i3+ irons with improved performance
  
• Ping Introduces New Specific Trolley and Cart Bag
  
• TaylorMade 500 Series Power from In to Out

August - December 2001

• Scotland's Ryder Cup Bid
• Middle East is Golf's New Growth Hot Spot
• Sunderland Ryder Cup Coup
• Technological War of Words
• Will Municipal Courses Become a Thing of the Past?
• Crown Sports Choose SDA Systems
• Business Driving Force On and Off Fairway
• Wales Submit Bid to Ryder Cup Committee
• Vale of Glamorgan's New Course to Boost Ryder Cup Bid
• Aeration - when to do it
• Businesses Back Wales
• QMUC Offers World's First MBA in Golf & Country Club Management
• Wales Bid Exceeds Ryder Cup Requirements
• Scotland Secures Hotels for Ryder Cup Bid

June / July

• Father & Son Make Greenkeeping History
• The Golf Market: Facts & Figures
• Première Golf Assured Of Big Increase In Exhibitors
• Managing Wear - Knowing Your Limitations
• Golf Course Renovation: Skilled Experience Counts
• Ely Callaway Dies Aged 82
• Foot and Mouth Fallout
• Golf Going Strong in Germany
• Action on Turf Pests & Disease
• Turf Supplies Low
• Caddies Get St Andrews Approval
• World of Golf Brings New Jobs
• Golf Courses: A Walk in the Park?
• On Course: Preparing for an Event
• Disabled Golfer Wins Test Case
• Agronomy Visits Being Subsidised by the R&A
• Callaway Sees Revised Revenue Growth
• Turf Care Conference Attracts Worldwide Audience
• Huxley Golf Expansion Creates Distribution Opportunities
• Golf Foundation AGM

April / May

• Callaway and Ashworth Strategic Alliance
• Callaway: New "Store in Store" Concept
• Callaway's New Marketing Campaign
• Callaway Successor Annnounced
• TaylorMade-Adidas Record Q1
• TaylorMade Re-Appoints Steinbach
• Junior Golf in England
• New VPs at Callaway
• Golf as a Business Tool
• Golf Court: Golf by the Hour
• Callaway Reports Record First Quarter
• Bracken Ghyll: Update
• Fire Destroys Royal Mid-Surrey Clubhouse
• Pros Receive Boost from Welsh Ryder Cup Committee
• Planning Application Submitted: Wentwood Hills
• Golf Pages Tees Off in June
• Première Golf 2001 Off to a Flyer

March

• Club Management Issues: Outsourcing
• Financing Replacement Course Machinery
• Foot and Mouth Disease Precautions
• The EGU Answer Some Questions
• Plan Now, Drain Later
• Searching for the Right Club Professional
• Callaway Revises 2000 Results
• Students Have Top Designs for Course Architect Awards
• Wales' Golf Profile Expands
• Penfold Right On The Ball
• American Golf Buys Clubhaus Clubs
• Architects' Change of Plan
• Marriott Appoints Golf Course Consultant
• Surrey Firm Scoops SoftSpikes Award
• Free Mats: Save the Course & Environment

February

• Digital Archiving
• Scottish Clubs at Odds with SGU
• Quick Fixes: A Fast Growing Problem
• BTME 2001: Report from the Exhibition
• Lessons From America
• Abnormal Weather?
• Golf's Role in Scotland's Economy
• Taiwan Authorities Jail Golf Club Counterfeiters
• Nike Golf Acquires Impact Technologies
• Feature: Bracken Ghyll Golf Club - A Dream Realised
• Brush-T Secures Distribution Deal
• Junior Event Seeks Sponsor
• Shake Up at American Golf
• BTME to be Extended
• SGU Debts Hit £1 Million
• Golf Digest Sold Off
• Free Golf in Spain
• Titleist Takings Down
• Champ Spreads Their Tentacles
• Teardrop Deal Goes Through
• Carbite Merger Off
• New President At MacGregor
• Short Term Leases For Golf Cars
• Faldo Appearances Limited by Design
• Couples Sticks with Maxfli
• Grips Contract Goes to China
• Callaway Profits Soar
• Golf Jobs Merry-go-Round
• Eddy Shah Buys The Wiltshire
• Faldo Adams Split Still Unresolved
• Willow Valley's New Year Drive

January

• Pros Inc Rebrands as Octagon's Golf Division
• New Chairman for St. Andrew's Links Trust
• Crichton's Admirable Task
• President Patino Succeeds Jacobs
• Finchem Refuses to Back Drugs Testing
• Callaway Acquire Mediterranean Distributor
• Greenkeepers Federation Munich Meeting
• R&A Plan Conference
• Interview: Peter Dawson, Sec. of R&A
• SSS and Handicapping: 2001 Revisions
• When The H&S Inspector Calls
• Death by Misadventure
• New Golf Bag Storage System
• Compass Homing In On Clubhaus?
• Ashworth Moving On Up
• Swan Spreading Its Wings
• Weather Forecasts Via Mobile For Golfers
• Finchem Urges Conformity
• ISM Taken Over For £12.5m
• US Golf Companies To Merge
• John Letters Under New Management
• Woosnam Turns to Huxley Golf