Never a doubt! 💥@BrookeHenderson rolls it in from off the green for birdie!#HGVLPGA | @GolfChannel pic.twitter.com/sopNFXeYG3 — LPGA (@LPGA) January 21, 2022 Brooke Henderson was five under through 15 holes before a bogey-birdie-bogey finish on the final three holes of Friday’s second round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando left her […]
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Are You Going To Next Week’s PGA Show In Orlando?
The PGA Show resumes next week as a face-to-face affair in Orlando after being a virtual event a year ago. It starts on Tuesday at the PGA Show Demo and Fitting Day at Orange County National, followed by three days of exhibits, education seminars and conferences and networking events at the Orange County Convention Center. […]
The People Got Their Point Across About Toronto Munis
It came as no surprise that there were so many passionate golfers who gave up their time to speak to the City of Toronto’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee considering a review of city courses on Tuesday, including a controversial potential of reducing Dentonia Park to nine holes. What wasn’t clear at the beginning of the […]
Notes: Awards Night Registration, Acquisitions And More
The PGA of Canada has announced that registration is officially open for the Virtual PGA of Canada National Awards, which begins at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 27. You can register here … Chicago-based Club Champion has acquired Canadian fitter and builder Tour Experience Golf (TXG) of Toronto. Terms of the deal were not disclosed […]
Rounds Continued Their Upward Trend In 2021
When we were putting up our 2021 calendars a year ago, the pressing question from a golf industry perspective was can its momentum continue from the year before when COVID-19 took hold. The pandemic had the industry concerned with the health and safety of golfers and staff members, but also forced safety protocols that affected […]
Will 2022 Be The Final Year In Which COVID Is A Concern For Golf Operations?
The first GNN Poll of the year was decided by the length of a tap-in birdie. GNN readers were asked if they expected Omicron, the latest Covid-19 variant, to have a major impact on the operation where they work when the 2022 golf season gets underway. The No side took a slight majority, 55 per […]
New Year Predictions Are Especially Foolish In 2022
One of the more poignant posts on social media over the holidays read, “The scariest thing about 2022 is that it’s pronounced 2020 too.” Whether 2022, no matter how you say it, is a replica of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic remains to be seen. It could be worse. It could be better. […]
Proud Papa Pollock Was Too Humble To Think He Was Teaching, But You Could Always Learn From Him
Just when you figure, after more than 40 years, that there’s little left to learn in this business, a chat with Gary Pollock tended to keep you humble. It’s not that Pollock was purposely deflating an ego with his informative sessions in a show booth or on the phone. His humility prevented Pollock from believing […]
Will Omicron Affect The 2022 Golf Season Where You Work?
Happy New Year! May your 2022 be less stressful than the previous two years, but if you go by the the last GNN Poll of the year, 2021 was no less stressful than 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a majority of the respondents. Of course, the pandemic wasn’t the sole […]
Was 2021 Less Stressful Than 2020?
With another year drawing to a close, the holiday season offers time for us to spend time with family and friends, certainly more time than last year when people were more isolated as society came to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, most of us have been vaccinated, double vaccinated and, in many cases, […]