People who dislike exclusivity based on discrimination against gender, race, faith, sexuality or political hue are termed ‘reasonable people’. That such xenophobia seems anachronistic in the developed world in the 21st century is a reasonable enough stance. Wimmin like to shame bastions of maleness in an often aggressive manner, and the voice of what the…
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Business, Golf
Is the R&A Anchored in Reality?
by Dominic O'Byrne •
I’ve been known to miss a putt or two but I’m missing this R&A / USGA anchoring issue by a mile. And there’s a bloody great hole involved here too… likely in the reasoning behind wanting to push for the ban on anchoring. Golf’s ruling bodies risk becoming a laughing stock over the issue of…
Business
Sir Alex Ferguson and Des Tutu
by Dominic O'Byrne •
You would have been proud of me, Dear Reader. My left brain was kvetching and boiling with guilt about not posting the minimum recommended once weekly blog, right brain countered that followers already deluged with blogs, tweets and e-nuggets of questionable import had earned time out. So I posted nothing. I scoured the golf news…
Business, Golf
Golf Lessons for the Hard-of-Thinking
by Dominic O'Byrne •
Thirteen years in the golf industry and I never encountered James McCormick. Along the way, I did indeed meet crackpot inventors, gullible fools, hopeful dreamers, nasty bastards and outright charlatans among a lot of thoroughly decent and gifted people. McCormick is in a league of his own, though… Golf Equipment makes a lot of money,…
Business, Golf
Golf Europe 2012 in Augsburg is an offer you can’t refuse, say new owners
by Dominic O'Byrne •
Although late in coming, some helpful further information from the new owners of Golf Europe throws some new light on the proposed 2012 trade fair and future events… In the light of dwindling attendance figures from 2002 until 2010, by the time of the show’s last appearance at MesseStadt (the monster venue at the end…
Business
A European Golf Trade Event… Write-off or The Right Stuff?
by Dominic O'Byrne •
In May this year, Messe Munich announced the ‘postponement’ of Golf Europe 2011. While it’s true that we all have seen a decline in exhibitor and visitor numbers year on year since 2002, a good many businesses regretted the lack of an event this year; dwindling numbers aside, the event still represented the best opportunity…
Golf
What’s important
by Dominic O'Byrne •
Between 2002 and 2008 we enjoyed (seriously enjoyed) boom time in golf. We’ll do figures later, but this has been like a siege. Clients and suppliers have generally managed to get by. But more importantly, they have given credit for products and services way beyond what is reasonable. When the good times return, we’ll look back…
Golf
STX Putters come out to play
by Dominic O'Byrne •
Is this the putt of the TPC? Kevin Stadler with a specially made STX Putter -41 feet http://tinyurl.com/5efn9ahttp://tinyurl.com/5efn9a