I hate to rain on the USGA’s “While We’re Young” campaign to combat slow play, but it shows you how out of touch the blue bloods in Far Hills really are. Although it’s a cult classic for people of my …
USGA’s “While We’re Young” ads miss the mark
I hate to rain on the USGA’s “While We’re Young” campaign to combat slow play, but it shows you how out of touch the blue bloods in Far Hills really are. Although it’s a cult classic for people of my …
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TaylorMade calls staffer Garcia’s remarks “offensive”
Showing that class that’s lacking in its long-time staff player Sergio Garcia, TaylorMade-adidas Golf today issued this statement regarding Garcia’s “fried chicken” comments directed at Tiger Woods:
“Sergio Garcia’s recent comment was offensive and in no way aligns with TaylorMade-adidas Golf’s …
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TMaG’s Toulon says anchor ban could spell end for Couples and Langer
TaylorMade-adidas Golf has established itself as being the industry’s leading metal woods company in part by being brash. Earlier this year, TMaG President Mark King said the USGA’s then-proposed ban on players anchoring long putters and belly putters against their …
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Thomas says anchor ban a “bad rule”
There are few people in golf as outspoken as Frank Thomas. The man who spent 26 years as technical director for the U.S. Golf Association developing the testing protocols and equipment rules as they exist today, doesn’t like what he …
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PGA of America’s Bishop “disappointed” in anchor ban decision
PGA of America President Ted Bishop said today his organization is “disappointed” the USGA and R&A are going to ban the anchored stoke in 2016. The ban, as detailed in Rule 14- 1b, is directed at players who connect belly …
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It’s official: USGA and R&A to ban anchoring in 2016
Claiming they are “protecting the tradition” of golf, the U.S. Golf Association and The R&A today announced the adoption of Rule 14-1b of the Rules of Golf that prohibits anchoring the club in making a stroke. The new Rule will …
TaylorMade-adidas Golf reports 13 pecent sales increase for Q1
TaylorMade-adidas Golf reported first quarter sales of $599 million, a 13 percent increase compared to Q1 of 2012. The company did not report any earnings numbers. By comparison, metal woods rival Callaway Golf reported first quarter sales of $288, although …
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GolfTEC passes four million mark in lessons given
GolfTEC says it passed the four million mark in lesson given on April 30. The Denver-based company, founded in 1995 by PGA professionals Joe Assell (CEO) and Mike Clinton (COO) is the largest provider of game improvement in the industry …
adizero shoe line has adidas Golf off to record start in 2013
Talk about putting your best foot forward. adidas Golf, part of the TaylorMade-adidas Golf portfolio, said it has achieved record-breaking footwear sales for the first part of 2013, with February marking the highest sales period for the global golf brand …
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TaylorMade moving its golf ball plant in 2014
TaylorMade-adidas Golf will open a new golf ball manufacturing plant in January 2014. The company says the planned 120,000 square foot facility will occupy 25 acres in Liberty, S.C., approximately 28 miles east of its current facility in Westminster, TMaG …
GolfRedefined.com looks to change the way drivers are tested
If you’re one of those golfers who can’t get enough of testing new equipment, then GolfRedefined.com might be for you. It’s sort of the “Netflix” of golf.
GolfRedefined.com claims to be first online site to give golfers the opportunity to select, test …
Callaway introduces HEX Chrome+ golf ball
Callaway Golf’s new HEX Chrome+ golf ball is now available at a suggested retail price of $35.99 per dozen. The HEX probably is one of the more underrated series of balls on the market. If you haven’t tried a HEX …
Palmer slams long putters as a “contraption’
Arnold Palmer said today that he didn’t want to argue with anybody over the issue of long putters, but the King used some fighting words in once again expressing his opposition to long putters and belly putters as well as …
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TaylorMade reports record 2012 sales numbers
Spurred by unprecedented sales in its RocketBallz line of drivers, hybrids and metal woods, TaylorMade-adidas Golf reported record sales of more than $1.7 billion in 2012, making it the world’s largest golf company.
The company said its metal woods sales (drivers, …
USGA isn’t backing down on proposed anchoring ban
The U.S. Golf Association apparently wasn’t pahsed at all by PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem’s Feb. 24 announcement that the Tour opposes the proposed ban on anchoring. Shortly after Finchem’s annoucement, the USGA released this statement:
“The 90-day comment period remains …
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GolfTEC closing in on four million golf lessons
A clock on the wall inside GolfTEC’s Denver headquarters tells the story. Sometime this spring, GolfTEC will pass the four million mark for golf lessons given in its 17-year history. No other company even comes close – testament to the …
TMaG boss Mark King predicts demise of USGA
Mark King is nothing if not brash. That’s how he revitalized TaylorMade Golf Co. more than a decade ago. Now as CEO of TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company, King remains bold and direct.
So it’s not surprising that King took a verbal shot …
Clampett’s Impact Zone Golf now available on line and on DVD
There is a lot of style versus substance in golf these days. While most of it centers on the golf clubs and what driver or putter works better than the other guy’s, Bobby Clampett prefers to concentrate on the golf …
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Callaway reports $117 million loss in 2012
Find another shade of red for Callaway Golf Company. The Carlsbad, Calif., based equipment company reported today that it lost $117 million in 2012 on sales of $832 million compared to a loss of $81 million on sales of $887 …
Report says most serious golfers aren’t concerned with anchoring ban
Golf Datatech, the golf industry’s top independent research firm for consumer, trade and retail golf trends, has released a first-of-its-kind study developed to evaluate the reaction of “serious golfers” to the U.S. Golf Association’s proposed new ruling that would prohibit …
