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3
NEWS
FROM THE EDITOR
T
he golf season
is well and truly
off with a bang
– a fantastic first Major of
the season at Augusta with
Sergio a popular winner.
Almost everyone I have
spoken to about it is happy
for Garcia; even those from
the UK wanted him to win
over Rose to get that Major
monkey off his back .
As well as a truly
spectacular end to The
Masters we have also seen
positive retail figures and
rounds played well up in
the first quarter of 2017<
WELCOME TO THE MAY ISSUE OF GOLF RET
May 2017
3 NEWS FROM THE EDITOR T he golf season is well a
Club Fitting, Tuition and Play FORALLGOLFPROFESSI
5 NEWS National Golf Month 2017 starts with a ban
MICROHINGE INSERT TECHNOLOGY
A NEW WAY TO ROLL UNMATCHED ROLL WITH OUR N
9 NEWS Exclusive Open accommodation for golf tra
TO THE CORE INNOVATION INTELLI
11 NEWS O’Hara wins at Ladybank Callaway
Wales’ ‘PGA Professional of the Year’ joins love.
13 NEWS Free golf show a success T housands of
NEWS 14 BGIA Raises £10,000 for The Golf Foundat
15 NEWS Single World Handicap System in developm
NEWS 16 Picture:(from left) M
17 NEWS PGA honours WPGA pioneers
NEWS 18
19 NEWS Durham Golf Resort marks anniversary wit
PGAs discover PEAK training with Foresight Sports
21 NEWS The Dye London granted planning permissi
NEWS 22 European Tour Properties engage 59club to
23 THE BIG INTERVIEW Motoring along nicely With t
THE BIG INTERVIEW 24
25 ADVERTORIAL Devoted to Golf, Dedicate
approved, Polygiene’s anti- bacterial fabric trea
27 CUSTOM FIT The most important stick in the b
understand what is going on with the putter – we
29 CUSTOM FIT It is vital that
Plane speaking from Jim Hardy In a follow-up to h
Getting things done 31 GR INSIGHT In the mo
COMPANY PROFILE 32 It’s a family affair Bijal Pat
33 GR INSIGHT Technical Advances? Technology has
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR EXTENDED
35 INDUSTRY FIGURES Excellent results for the fi
Golf Datatech is a world leader in golf industr
37 INDUSTRY FOCUS Golf’s best- kept secret Wil
Demand for the Triton driver in Europe has surpri
39 A place in the sun Nuno Goncalves, Head of Gol
40 What are the most popular items in the pro sho
41 La Manga Club to host 4th annual World Golf Aw
42 Club de Golf Alcanada adds state-of-the-art tr
43 GUEST COLUMN May Day review time With the s
PRODUCT FOCUS 44 A different way to travel GOLF
45 ADVERTORIAL Experience t
US Masters 2018 - Your Golf Travel’s five destina
47 10 MINUTES WITH Ben Davis, Your Golf Travel T
One System. One Frame. T WICE the Choice