Whirlpool Corporation’s Partnerships Create Blueprint for $900 Million Community Economic Revitalization Harbor Shores Resort, host of the 2022 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, sits on a site where 6,000 manufacturing jobs were lost over an 18-month period in the 1980s. Most of these buildings sat empty for years, leaving roughly three million square feet of industrial materials and contaminated soil—enough to fill a football field 80 feet tall. Harbor Shores and its multi-purpose development over the last 10 years with world-class residential, hotel and golf amenities signaled a turning point in Benton Harbor’s history. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Design golf course…
Author: Glen Turk
Glen Turk
Glen Turk is a Wisconsin native who has been the Senior Writer/Editor of Midwest Golfing Magazine since 2006. Besides being an avid golfer, Glen enjoys traveling, music, and cheering on the finest professional sports team of all-time, the Green Bay Packers. Glen’s ultimate golf goal is to play in all fifty states and currently he is more than half way there. His other dream, albeit far-fetched, it to record an ace in all seven states of our distribution area. Thanks to an ace in Illinois in 2015, and one in Michigan in 2016, he has three down, four to go!
Edinburgh, UK – January 27, 2021 – Shot Scope (www.shotscope.com), a leading international manufacturer of GPS-based golf management systems, today announced a series of upgrades to its platform, allowing users to review ‘strokes gained’ data for all facets of their game on the mobile app. Strokes gained is a way of analyzing where a player sits when comparing every aspect of their performance with other players within a dataset. This approach to performance analysis will allow Shot Scope users to gain a greater understanding of which areas of their game they may need to work on in order to improve…
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Feb. 1, 2021— SRIXON®, a global leader in golf ball technology and innovation, is proud to announce the launch of the seventh generation Z-STAR Series golf ball. Srixon’s Z-STAR and Z-STAR XV are available in Pure White™ and Tour Yellow™ and officially launch in North America on February 26, 2021. The seventh-generation Z-STAR features a 0.6mm cover that is thicker than previous generations for enhanced spin and control around the greens. When paired with the revolutionary FastLayer Core that dramatically increases ball speed to deliver maximum distance, the new generation offers unparalleled feel. “The new Z-STAR…
Pinellas Park, Florida. (January 27, 2021) – SIK Golf, creator of patented Descending Loft Technology, and Cobra Golf, a leader in golf club innovation, today announce a long-term partnership which will see the brands working together on technology that was used in the first 3D Printed commercial putter, launched by Cobra in 2020. The two companies plan to continue working together on future products currently slated for launch in Summer 2021. This partnership, the genesis of which was SIK Golf partner and long-time Cobra Golf ambassador Bryson DeChambeau, has the common goal of bringing superior putting performance to the masses…
Today’s golfers demand a lot from their shoes, and we kept hearing that there was something missing. Whether it was one of our tour professionals or an everyday golfer, they all wanted the same thing: a high-performance spiked shoe that was lightweight and extremely comfortable. We took that as a challenge to not only fill this void that players were looking for, but also create something exciting that would stand alone at the top and launch a new category of spiked footwear. After nearly two years, multiple prototypes, configurations, and infusing our latest technologies to get everything right, we’re introducing…
Script to Screen, a performance-driven marketing agency with 30 years of experience transforming products and services, such as Bare Escentuals, Shark Rotator, Gwynnie Bee, and Nutrisystem, into bestselling brands, has launched a 120-second TV spot for Adams Golf Tight Lies Fairway Wood Clubs, upon being contracted by TaylorMade Golf for commercials, website redesign and social media management. The campaign, managed by M2 Marketing and Management, was designed by Script to Screen to share details of Adams Golf clubs design enhancements and prove that the brand has once again provided state-of-the-art products that will greatly enhance the sport and your score.…
Player’s Black Combo Set is Most-Requested product in recent history;joins popular Player’s Combo Sets combining ICON Blades and Award-Winning PTx PRO Irons with various long-iron alternatives. Fort Worth, Texas – January 21, 2021 – On the heels of introducing a number of long iron alternatives, including the UiHi utility irons and VKTR+ hybrids which led to The Player’s Combo Set – one of the best-selling products in their recent history – the Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company today unveiled a Limited Edition Player’s Black Combo Set. The Company will introduce a limited run of the Player’s Black Combo set comprised…
FAIRHAVEN, Mass (Jan. 21, 2021) – Increasing performance through every single layer of the golf ball, the new Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x models are designed for longer distance, even more greenside spin and control and softer feel – with the unmatched ball-to-ball consistency and quality that golfers expect from Titleist. Available beginning Jan. 27 in golf shops worldwide, 2021 Pro V1 and Pro V1x are the result of new core, casing layer, cover and aerodynamic technologies – including proprietary 388 (Pro V1) and 348 (Pro V1x) dimple designs optimized for extraordinary distance and consistent flight – that combine…
Troon®, the leader in club management, development, and marketing, is pleased to announce it has acquired Indigo Golf Partners, the company formerly known as Billy Casper Golf. Indigo Golf Partners is one of the largest golf course management companies in the United States. Headquartered in Reston, Va., with regional offices and teams across the nation, the company owns and operates more than 160 golf courses, country clubs and resorts in 29 states. Members and guests of Indigo-managed facilities will continue to experience the same outstanding service, incredible course conditions and excellent food and beverage options. ”Leaving the industry better than…
Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY), an industry leader in golf equipment and innovation, announced its new family of Epic Drivers and Fairway Woods. The Epic product line is framing the future of speed, with exceptional new technologies that are designed to deliver fast ball speeds for every type of player. Epic Speed, Epic MAX and Epic MAX LS Drivers Three new driver models are available – Epic Speed, Epic MAX, and Epic MAX LS. Exceptional ball speeds start with the Company’s new A.I.-designed Jailbreak Speed Frame. Previous Jailbreak architectures stiffened the body in the vertical direction. By applying Artificial Intelligence,…