Profile Products reaches 750,000 hours without loss-time incident

Representatives from the North Carolina Department of Labor joined employees of ASGCA-major-partner Profile Products to commemorate 750,000 consecutive hours without a lost-time incident at the company’s manufacturing facility in Conover, N.C. A celebration, held at...

Golf participation on the rise in Europe

The number of registered golfers in Europe is up in 2013. Twenty years of stable growth was followed in 2011 and 2012 by market downturns. The recent increase is partly attributable to significant increases in players in France, Germany and the Netherlands.  This...

Courses finding success promoting 9-hole rounds

The “Orlando Sentinel” reports more Central Florida golfers are opting for nine-hole rounds, leading to greater traffice at courses and happier players coming back for more. In discussing the PGA’s “Time for Nine” campaign, “Golf...

Golf in Scotland now a £1 billion industry, new study finds

Golf in Scotland is now a £1 billion industry, according to new research conducted by KPMG in association with Oxford Economics. The ‘Value of Golf to Scotland’s Economy’ report, commissioned by the Scottish Golf Union in conjunction with VisitScotland and Scottish...