April 2002

Open Championship Prize Money
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
The 131st Open Championship, which will be played at the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, Muirfield from 18th to 21st July will carry record prize money of £3.8 million.......... Full Story

Championship golf club on the market
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Alan Lovett and Alan Bloom of Ernst & Young, Joint Administrators of Nitto Albion Plc and Nitto (Oxfordshire) Limited, have instructed HLL Humberts Leisure to offer The Oxfordshire Golf Club for sale.........
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QLink – The 15th Club in a Golfer’s Bag
Monday, April 29, 2002
A whole host of golfers have noticed their golf has improved once they started wearing a QLink pendant.......
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1st PGA Europro Tour Event
Monday, April 29, 2002
Lamerwood Golf Club in Wheathampstead, Herts, is the venue........ Full Story

New Acushnet Fitting Centre
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Ryder Cup captain and Titleist staff player, Sam Torrance was guest of honour at Brampton Park Golf Club to mark the official opening of the Acushnet Fitting Centre and Brampton Park Driving Range........ Full Story

New Course on Essex Landfill Site
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Plans are now in place at the Channels Golf Club in Essex to convert a landfill site, which has been in use for around ten years, into a new golf course.......... Full Story

Meeting of ‘Missionaries’
Monday, April 22, 2002
The PGA of Europe has called a meeting of golfing missionaries to discuss future plans and policies for spreading coaching opportunities to emerging nations on a world scale, at the Belfry on 17th May........
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Just The Facts!
Friday, April 12, 2002
The Week's Review from GolfUndustry online in the USA
TaylorMade continues to rack up wins on the PGA Tour
The view from America for the week......... Full Story

Maxfli Transfer Completed
Friday, April 12, 2002
January’s announcement of the exclusive licensing and distribution agreement between TaylorMade adidas Golf and Dunlop Slazenger Group was an important milestone for the Maxfli brand......... Full Story

Humberts Leisure Reports Acquisitions
Friday, April 12, 2002
Humberts Leisure, the specialist firm of chartered surveyors and leisure business consultants, is pleased to report the acquisition of two golf courses........ Full Story

The Player's View by Seve Ballesteros
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
The new technology has changed the game and changed the golf courses. Professionals are carrying bunkers that used to be in play, golf courses are shortening............ Full Story

The Club Manufacturers Viewpoint
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Majority should not have to take USGA limitations
By Larry Dorman (Callaway vice-president of global public relations......... Full Story

New MD for Textron
Monday, April 8, 2002
Steve Chicken has been appointed to the position of managing director of Textron Golf, Turf and Specialty Products International, with effect from 3rd April 2002.........
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Another Caribbean Assignment for PGA Design
Monday, April 8, 2002
Following the successful development and opening of Tobago Plantations Golf and Country Club, PGA Design Consulting's latest course design and development project is for a new golf course................. Full Story

Tony Jacklin Elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Thursday, April 4, 2002
Jacklin becomes the fourth European Tour member to be elected, following in the footsteps of Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer........
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Top Players Head to the Belfry for the Benson & Hedges International Open
Tuesday, April 2, 2002
Leading players from all over the world have confirmed their participation in the 32nd staging of the Benson and Hedges International Open this year...... Full Story

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