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Hospitality Finder is bringing its premium Green Room Experience to golf — and it has big plans for the sport

Miklos Breitner — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:14:00 +0000

For the better part of a decade, premium sports hospitality has operated on a familiar formula: a marquee, a three-course lunch, a decent view, and a retired athlete answering questions about a game played years ago. Hospitality Finder, the UK-based sports hospitality company founded by Mike Dunderdale, has spent the last several years trying to […]

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Why Colin Mayes is the right man to lead European golf’s business voice

Miklos Breitner — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:26:17 +0000

The boardrooms of European golf don’t usually generate headlines. The sport’s media spotlight tends to fall on Tour players, major championships, and the occasional controversy over handicap systems or equipment regulations. But behind every tee time, manicured fairway, and clubhouse experience sits a more unglamorous reality: the owner or operator who signed the leases, hired […]

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A nation’s moment: The legacy, impact and opportunity of the 2026 Solheim Cup

Miklos Breitner — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:32:26 +0000

The 20th edition of the Solheim Cup, the premier team match-play competition in women’s professional golf, will make history in September 2026 as the first to be hosted in the Netherlands. Staged at Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt from 7 to 13 September, the event represents a watershed moment for both the host venue and the […]

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AI in golf turf management: How modern greenkeepers can use data-driven tools to improve course performance

Miklos Breitner — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:06:14 +0000

Golf course management is undergoing a structural shift. Traditionally, greenkeeping has relied heavily on visual inspection, experience, and reactive maintenance. Today, a new class of AI-powered turf management platforms is introducing continuous monitoring, predictive agronomy, and precision resource allocation. For golf club greenkeepers, the value proposition is straightforward: better turf quality, lower input costs (water, […]

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Investing in tomorrow: the Kate & Justin Rose Foundation names its first bursary recipients

Miklos Breitner — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:52:36 +0000

The Women in Golf Awards has announced the inaugural recipients of the Kate & Justin Rose Foundation Bursary, a landmark initiative designed to open doors for women under 21 who are building careers across the golf industry. From greenkeeping to sports engineering, the three awardees reflect the remarkable range of paths that are drawing the […]

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Beyond the fairway: How technology is reshaping sustainable golf

Miklos Breitner — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:53:39 +0000

Golf has long been scrutinized for its environmental footprint, the vast land areas it requires, intensive water use, and the chemical inputs required to keep playing surfaces in pristine condition. But the industry is at a genuine inflection point. Climate change is compressing management windows, regulators are tightening restrictions on water abstraction and pesticide use, […]

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How Sotogrande is rewriting the rules of luxury real estate sustainability

Miklos Breitner — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:33:18 +0000

Spain’s real estate industry gathered on May 21 for the 23rd edition of the ASPRIMA-SIMA Awards, the sector’s highest accolade, drawing nearly 500 executives, developers, and institutional figures. And the prize for the company making the most outstanding progress in ESG went not to a flashy urban tech startup or a deep-pocketed fund manager, but […]

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The death of the mishit: Has TaylorMade engineered human error out of putting?

Miklos Breitner — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:16:27 +0000

TaylorMade’s Spider line has long been the standard-bearer for high-MOI mallet putters, and the Spider ZT (Zero Torque) was already a significant statement when it arrived on Tour earlier in 2025. It quickly gained traction at the highest level, with Brian Harman winning the Valero Texas Open and Haeran Ryu claiming an LPGA Tour title […]

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What golf retailers actually need from your pre-book process in 2026

Miklos Breitner — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:14:11 +0000

It’s July. Your sales reps are on the road, sample bags in tow, calendars packed with appointments at pro shops, green grass accounts, and off-course retailers. The pre-book window is open, that critical July through September stretch when buyers are locking in their spring and summer assortments, committing budgets, and making decisions that will define […]

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The golf club that cracked the culture code, and what every club should learn from it

Miklos Breitner — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:09:48 +0000

In an industry wrestling with chronic staff shortages, an aging workforce, and guests who demand excellence at every touchpoint, one golf club in the northeast of England has quietly built something the rest of the leisure sector is still scrambling to figure out: a workplace people actually want to stay in. Close House, the championship […]

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