• How do I create an event?
• What if I want to set up a league/roll-up/community?
• Is there a simple way I can communicate with the players?

The answers to these questions can be found with Golf Genius. Through their industry-leading tournament management system that is fit to all formats and event types, you can take your customer experience to the next level and deliver a fantastic golf event.

What is a tournament management system?

Tournament management systems (TMS) provide options for you to plan and set-up a golf tournament. Quite simply, these systems are where a PGA Professional or tournament director spends all their time behind the scenes getting everything ready to run a smooth and successful golf event.

Golf Genius’ tournament management system provides PGA Professionals with a complete set of tools to manage a wide variety of golf events across your busy events calendar. It saves you time, allows you to deliver a great experience and can help generate additional revenue.

What does the Golf Genius tournament management system involve?

Player Portals
For each event or league/society/roll-up, PGA Professionals can easily create a bespoke tournament portal to communicate information directly to players, including tee times, pairings, daily results and live leaderboards.

Online Registration
The Golf Genius Club Premium has one of the very few registration systems in the industry built exclusively for golf. This allows players and teams to register for an event online or on their mobile devices, in a matter of minutes.

Email and Text Messaging
When using Golf Genius’ tournament management systems, PGA Professionals can send customised email and text messages with information specific to each pairing and player.

Managing an Event
Golf Genius provides a streamlined process to handle single round events on a single course – with the quick event setup feature. It also allows each event to have any number of tournaments, multiple tournaments in a round or tournaments over multiple rounds.

Player Rosters
The Golf Genius TMS provides a Master Roster (containing all players at a particular club or facility), an Event Roster (the set of players participating in each event), and a Round Roster (the set of players participating in a particular round of a multi-round event or league).

Golf Courses
Golf Genius includes the ability to search the USGA Course Rating Directory and download courses with basic course information along with the ability to fully manage all course and tee details.

Pairings and Tee Sheets
Creating tee sheets to suit your goals. Golf Genius can satisfy virtually any scheduling objective sought by a tournament organiser.

Tournament Formats
The Golf Genius TMS can support an array of tournament formats, such as Cha Cha Cha format, Skins, Gross/Net Bias or 2×2 scramble.

The process of creating an event:

 You can make your next golf event your best yet, with support from Golf Genius. Find out more about the most widely used and fully featured Tournament Management System available today at GolfGenius.com/tm and get in touch at intlsales@golfgenius.com to get your Golf Genius account.

The Confederation of Professional Golf [CPG] has joined Sports Travel Group [STG] in promoting and organising the ground-breaking International Pro-Am, as it heads to the stunning Lily Country Club in Oslo from 28 June to 01 July 2023.

The International Pro-Am was launched in Turnberry in 2019 with a unique offering that brought together the very best in golf and travel in a format that included numerous chances to win a variety of prizes including luxury travel experiences.

The event explores the very best in food and travel experiences and centres around Oslo and the chance to play on two of Norway’s finest courses, Miklagard Golf Club and Kongsvinger Golf Club, while staying at the five-star Lily Country Club.

“We are delighted to partner with STG for this exciting and unique Pro-Am,” said CPG Chief Executive, Ian Randell. “STG are renowned for their commitment to excellence and providing unforgettable experiences and this Pro-Am is sure to be a great example of that.”

The itinerary includes a main event tournament played over two rounds, a light-hearted team tournament, a pro-shootout challenge and a final day matchplay format with its own prize pool.

Professionals travel for free when accompanied by three paying amateurs, and are guaranteed €500 with additional prizes on offer for a top-five finish in the main event and the pro shootout.

“Taking the International Pro-Am to Oslo this summer really reflects what the event is all about: unique, luxury travel experiences that golfers may not have considered visiting with their clubs previously,” explains Billy Gammon, a co-founder of The International Pro-Am. “Overlaid on that are a number of competitive events, with unique formats and each with their own prize pots, which we hope will make the experience memorable for the Professionals and amateurs alike.”

For more information on The International Pro-Am visit https://cp.golf/2023international, to enter a team visit TheInternational.golf

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Dr Mark Bull: The relationship between the physical possibilities and impossibilities and the swing

When: 17 October, 2022 – 09:00 – 17:00

Where: Houtrak Golf, Netherlands

Price: €200 excluding VAT for PGA and GPA* members; €300 euros excluding VAT for non PGA and GPA Members. (This amount includes lunch)

Delivery Language: English

Mark Bull will visit Amsterdam on the 17th of October and will share his knowledge about the golf swing in combination with possibilities and impossibilities. He will spend the entire day working at Houtrak Golf with interested golf professionals and physiotherapists. You will be able to immediately apply the information that Mark provides in practice.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Anatomical imbalances and how they affect how we move/sway.
• Understanding why we move the way we do within the golf swing.
• How we learn movement within the golf swing.
• Movements that may be related to pain/injury
• Movements consistent with clubhead speed.
• Use of case studies around player development, both in terms of performance and well-being.
• Understanding 3D kinematic data in addition to club kinetics and ground reaction forces.
• Exploring the story behind the data, what did the player do to produce the values we see on the screen…
• It will be a practical day where theory will alternate with practice.

Program:

• 09:00 reception
• 09.30 start program part 1
• 13:00 Lunch
• 14.00 start program part 2
• 16.30-1700 end of program

Prices:

• 200 euros excluding VAT for PGA and GPA* members.
• 300 euros excluding VAT for non PGA and GPA Members.
• This amount includes lunch; *GPA – Golf Physiotherapist Organisation

Minimum number of participants 10
Maximum number of participants 24

To Register Contact jh@pgaholland.nl

The PGA of Belgium’s modernisation of coaching work and services seminar with Paul Kaster, Kayleigh Franklin and Dr. Nick Molinaro is open to all PGA Members.

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Modernisation of coaching work and services seminar with Paul Kaster, Kayleigh Franklin and Dr. Nick Molinaro

When: 3-day seminar, Wednesday 26 October – Friday 28, 10am-5pm (Possibilities of coming to one day only)

Where: Royal Bercuit Golf Club, Belgium

Price: PGA Members – 335€ or 125€/day

Delivery Language: English

Major education seminar of the season where we hope to see as many pros as we can, as we will be covering the modernisation of the coaching work and establishing how to build ones coaching services in these modern days and reach international appeal!

With special intervention by Kayleigh Franklin (TPI level 3) on site on the 26th and by Dr. Nick Molinaro by video conference.

All 3 days will have specific contents that are possible to follow day by day, as you will be able to discover in the following schedule:

Day 1:

1. Paul & Kayleigh Franklin Introduction
2. The Assessment Process & Live Lesson with a Junior Anthony Selects (?)
   1. How Paul starts with a client
   2. Kayleigh’s Role in the Assessment
3. Creating a Plan
   1. Paul determines plan based on the player’s goals, movement capabilities, apparent “golf IQ.” Plan takes into account fitness issues if Kayleigh is able to see the client first.
   2. What comes first?
   3. If Kayleigh didn’t see the client first, I conference with her and her team afterwards regarding fitness evaluation and player’s goals. Speed potential is a big subject for anything we are doing.

Day 2:

1. Morning:
   1. Paul works with player who was subject of the evaluation.
   2. Putting evaluation with the same player before launching into golf swing.
   3. Discussion of what we would do on the course if playing holes is possible as part of the evaluation.
   4. Fitness program is something they will get started on as we begin to work on golf swing things.
   5. Early golf swing work should be simple, especially if there are mobility or stability impediments that show up in the fitness screening and/or a grip change is involved in the early stages.
   6. Grip, set up and pivot/post changes can be extremely productive but also can go against a player’s DNA if they have been playing a certain way for a while. These changes need to be discussed gradually and carefully based on the player’s mental/emotional makeup and state. For the coach to observe and decide. The art of coaching.
2. Afternoon:
   1. Club fitting and it’s role in the process
   2. Performance can be bought
   3. Shoes
   4. Ball fitting
   5. Zoom Presentation by Dr. Nick Molinaro
   6. Paul discusses his mental coaching styles, who he has learned from and worked with including Dr. Nick, Bobby Foster (Golf Mental Workshop) and Dr. Rick Jensen.
   7. Discussing process oriented thinking with players early on sets the stage for how you function and communicate as a coach.

Day 3:

1. Morning:
   1. Putting
   2. Playing Lessons & On Course Assessment
   3. Using Data – GameForge & Arccos
2. Afternoon:
   1. Developing Practice Plans
   2. Focus on Skills
   3. Q&A

For more information or questions contact Director of Education of the PGA of Belgium, Anthony Otterström, at anthony.otterstrom@pga.be.

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The AESGC International Pro-Am returns in 2023 for its 9th edition at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club [AESGC] in the United Arab Emirates, from 30 January – 03 February.

The Pro-Am event sees up to 28 teams of 1 PGA Member and 3 amateurs compete over 72 holes for both the Team Pro-Am and individual Professional titles – with the Pro event carrying a prize fund of €28,000*.

A week of championship golf, combined with fantastic social events off the course, as well as other activities including a Par-3 competition on AESGC’s Academy course and a shooting competition at AESGC’s world-renowned shooting club facility.

2022 Champion and four-time AESGC International winner, Chris Gane (PGA of GB&I) said of the event: “I’m lucky to be able to come out from the UK this time of year to play…and it’s the same for the team, it’s such a nice place and they feel great about being here.”

There is no Pro-Am package fee for each participating professional bringing a team of three amateurs with amateur packages start at AED 5,750 (approx. €1590) per person, including:

• 6 night’s accommodation in the Al Ain Rotana, including breakfast and taxes. Sunday 29 January – Friday 03 February (check out Saturday 04 February)
• €28.000 professional prize fund*
• Transport to and from the hotel for practice round and 4 tournament days
• Complimentary use of all Academy facilities including the par 3 course throughout the event
• Official practice round on Monday 30 and entry to the Pro-Am team event: Tuesday 31 – Friday 03
• Shared golf carts for practice and 4 competition rounds
• Buffet lunch at the golf clubhouse on Monday 30 – Friday 03
• Gala dinner and Awards Ceremony with drinks on Friday 03
• Optional Par 3 Golf Tournament and Shooting Tournament
• Player Giveaways

For more information on the 9th AESGC International Pro-Am visit https://cp.golf/9thAESGC, and for more information on Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club visit aesgc.com.

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* Prize fund will decrease pro-rata by €1.000 for each team less than 28 competing.

PGA of Austria Professional, Georg Schultes, completed a wire-to-wire win that included multiple course records at the Aegean Messinia Pro-Am in Greece, where 71 teams from 26 countries competed across three of the four courses at Costa Navarino.

Having previously finished in second place four times in both the AEGEAN Airlines Pro-Am and Messinia Pro-Ams across the past 8 years, Schultes has finally captured his first win in the year that the two popular events have merged together, setting a new standard for international Pro-Ams.

“It’s amazing to win – having finished second four times then to finally get it across the line is really satisfying,” said Schultes. “Obviously with the Golf Genius live scoring it makes it interesting and you can see what you have to do – so it was a little nerve-wracking on the last few holes…!

“I’ve had a wonderful time and I’m sad it’s over – glad to have won but sad to be going home tomorrow. I’ll keep coming back as long as I keep getting invited back – If my amateurs can put up with me for the week then I’ll be here!”

Schultes’ first round of 67 on The Dunes Course set a fresh course record, his second round of another 67 also set a brand new tied course record on the International Olympic Academy Golf Course alongside Asaf Cohen (PGA of Israel) and Sion Bebb (PGA of GB&I), and combined with a final round, one-under par 71 at The Hills Course, was enough to give him his winning -10 (205) total.

One shot behind was PGA of Spain Member, Liam Murray, whose horseshoe birdie putt on his 54th hole kept him just one shot behind on -9 (206), which was made up of a 68 and two 69s.

Third place fell to Asaf Cohen, a former Messinia Pro-Am winner, with a -7 (208) total that included a level-par 71 opener, followed by his record 67 in Round 02, and a two-under 70 at The Hills in the final round.

Former Aegean Airlines Pro-Am Winner, Henrik Engdahl (PGA of Greece), also receives special mention for his course record-setting three-under par 69 on The Hills Course, making it three from three course records from the Professionals during the tournament week.

The Team Pro-Am event honours were taken by the team of PGA of Greece Professional, Christos Nikopoulos, and teammates, Maksym Kutkovskyy, Maryna Kutkovska and Aris Vovos with a total of 263 points (-47) after a battle that came down to the very last hole of the event.

Two points behind, each on 261 (-45), with second place on countback was the team of Richard van Matre, Bill Karnazes, Anthony Karnazes and Alexandros Meimaridis, followed by Liam Murray, Garo Kaprelyan, Todor Chakov and Dimitar Georgiev in third on countback, and Mike Bosch (PGA of Canada), Anastasios Chondronikolis, Dean Bradshaw and Constantinos Morfesis in fourth place on countback.

For more information on the 2022 Aegean Messinia Pro-Am visit https://cp.golf/2022aegeanmessinia

The PGA of Finland’s latest Speed Production Seminar with Steve Furlonger and Lee Cox is open to all PGA Members.

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Golf’s Ground Reaction Forces and Speed Production practical seminar by Steve Furlonger and Lee Cox

When: 18th and 19th October, both days from 9AM to 4PM

Where: Golf indoor facility in Espoo, Finland (15km from Helsinki city center)

Price: PGA members 120€ (+VAT 24%)

Delivery Language: English

• Seminar for golf professionals about creating more speed in the golf swing and how to teach it to a golfer.
• First day morning session we’ll start with some theory behind the speed production and ground reaction forces.
• Then in the afternoon and Day two Steve and Lee will have work shops how to give lessons on speed production to a golfer. Participants will get hands on training on how to organise a productive lesson on speed.

Find out more at and register by contacting Teemu Laakso at teemu.laakso@pga.fi.

– Final day of the Junior Ryder Cup to be held at Ryder Cup host venue for the first time
– New format introduced for 2023, with the first two days taking place at Golf Nazionale
– Singles matches to be held at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Ryder Cup Europe today announced that the final day of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup will be played at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, in Rome, on the eve of the Ryder Cup.

In a change to the previous format, the Junior Ryder Cup will now take place over three days instead of two, with the Ryder Cup venue hosting the decisive singles matches for the first time.

Golf Nazionale, which hosted the Italian Challenge Open earlier this year, will be the venue for the first two days of foursomes and fourballs between male and female juniors from Europe and the United States on Tuesday September 26 and Wednesday September 27.

The competition will then move to Marco Simone Golf & Country Club on Thursday September 28, the day before the venue hosts the Ryder Cup itself, providing an exciting curtain-raiser to golf’s greatest team contest.

Edward Kitson, the Ryder Cup Match Director, said: “Playing the Junior Ryder Cup singles matches at Marco Simone will be a fantastic experience for the 24 players who get the opportunity to compete in front of Ryder Cup crowds on the Ryder Cup course.

“It will also be another great spectacle for the fans who will be able to see some of the most exciting future talent in action, alongside the final practice day for the Ryder Cup followed by the opening ceremony which includes the announcement of the first day pairings.”

The Junior Ryder Cup features the best male and female junior amateurs from Europe and the United States in a head-to-head mixed event, with both teams comprising of six boys and six girls.

Past Junior Ryder Cup players include Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas – all of whom have gone on to become World Number One and Major Champions in the men’s game – as well as women’s Major winners Suzann Pettersen and Lexi Thompson. In all, 23 Junior Ryder Cup participants have subsequently represented their continents in either the Ryder Cup or Solheim Cup.

Both the European and United States Junior Ryder Cup teams will feature six boys and six girls who must not have turned 18 before January 1, 2023 and must not be enrolled to play college golf in the USA during 2023.

In 2018 at Golf Disneyland Paris, Europe narrowly missed out on a first victory since 2006, as Team USA triumphed 12 ½ – 11 ½. The 2020 edition of the Junior Ryder Cup was cancelled due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

The Qualification process and Captains for both the European and American Junior Ryder Cup teams will be announced shortly.

Find Out More at RyderCup.com

The 10 models, consisting of high moment of inertia blades and ultra-forgiving multi-material mid-mallets and mallets, are available for pre-order beginning today for £280 (UK RRP). Each model can be custom fit for stroke type, length, lie, loft and grip type.

“What’s most exciting about our new PING putter models is how different they are from each other,” said John K. Solheim, PING CEO and President. “Rather than applying one common technology to every model, our engineers took a more singular approach, applying proven innovations to different head styles to improve the performance of our most popular designs while introducing some brand-new models. For example, several of the new models offer milled faces for a firmer feel and others provide a softer feeling insert. In the blade models, which includes the Tony Finau-inspired Anser 2D design, we put a priority on delivering high-MOI, clean-looking designs by placing tungsten weights in the heel and toe. The use of aluminum and stainless steel in the larger mallet designs has resulted in some of our most forgiving models to date, led by the Tomcat 14. Each model also provides confidence- inspiring alignment cues, from single lines to multi-line alignment aids. It’s a very diverse offering but the one thing they all have in common is they offer precision performance on putts of every length.”

A Model To Fit Every Golfer

Golfers can choose from high-MOI multi-material blades, mid-mallets and mallets. Traditional blades include the Anser and the Kushin 4 – both originally designed by PING founder Karsten Solheim – and the new Anser 2D. The new Mundy design, a multi-material traditionally shaped mallet, is named in honor of PING’s first business manager and long-time employee, Jack Mundy. The tour-proven DS72 and Prime Tyne 4 return with a new look and feel while ensuring the performance that’s earned them multiple trips to the winner’s circle in the last few years. Another new entrant to the mallet category is the Tyne G, a hybrid of the original Tyne and popular Fetch (complete with a “gimme” ball-pickup feature). All three stroke types (Straight, Slight, Strong) are represented within the 10-model selection.

Technology You Can Feel

From firm milled faces to soft-feeling inserts, the face technology is engineered based on feedback from our tour staff to match a variety of feel preferences and deliver control and consistency on putts of every length. Two face milling techniques, smooth (firmest) or shallow, are found in seven of the models while the rest deliver the soft feel of our PEBAX insert surrounded by the smooth or shallow milling.

Aligned For Accuracy

Knowing golfers respond to different alignment aids, the new putters offer a variety of solutions. Single alignment cues or multiple lines combine with appealing color blocking to match a golfer’s eye to inspire confidence where it matters most – on the green. The use of platinum and matte-black finishes in several models provides enhanced contrast to assist in alignment while creating a premium appearance. For golfers who prefer the simplicity and influence of a matte-black look, the Anser 2D, Mundy and Tyne G will best fit their eye.

Individual Model Descriptions/specs

Anser

Std Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Slight Arc
Head Weight: 345 g

The winningest putter in history is updated using tungsten toe-heel weights to provide stability and forgiveness, and the shallow milled face delivers a firmer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics. Employs color blocking where the platinum topline contrasts with the black cavity, drawing focus to the front of the putter for improved aiming.

Anser 2D

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Slight Arc
Head Weight: 360 g

Made popular by multiple-time winner Tony Finau, a PEBAX insert with shallow milled surround ensures a softer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics. Tungsten toe-heel weights provide stability and forgiveness, a single white alignment line contrasts with the matte-black head, and a ball-width cavity floor help frame the ball to make aligning to the target easier.

Kushin 4

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Strong Arc
Head Weight: 355 g

Tungsten toe and heel weights provide stability and forgiveness for improved accuracy, and the shallow milled face ensures a firmer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics. A platinum topline contrasts against a black cavity to draw the focus forward, where a short alignment line and ball-width cavity floor frame the ball. Fits a strong-arc stroke type.

Shea

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Slight Arc
Head Weight: 360 g

Forgiveness is high in the mid-mallets, aided by tungsten toe-heel weights to ensure stability, while the shallow milled face delivers a firmer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics. A platinum topline contrasted against a black cavity with its longer alignment line draws the focus forward, and the ball-width cavity floor helps frame the ball.

DS72

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Types: Straight, Slight Arc
Head Weight: 365 g

Named in honor of Doug Sanders, who served as Karsten’s chief engineer for many years, the DS72 has a shallow milled face to deliver a firmer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics. A platinum topline contrasts against the black cavity where a white alignment line and ball-width cavity floor focus the eye. The more squared off will be aesthetically pleasing to the mid-mallet player. Fit for straight and slight-arc stroke types.

DS72 C

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Straight
Head Weight: 370 g

The center-shafted head offers a visual symmetry, and tungsten toe-heel weights ensure stability for improved accuracy. The shallow milled face provides a firmer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics. The color-blocked head features a platinum topline contrasting against the black cavity with its white alignment line to draw the focus forward.

Tyne G

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Straight, Slight Arc
Head Weight: 360 g

A trio of white lines, ball-width cavity floor and ball-pickup cutout feature distinguish the easy-to-aim Tyne G. The cutout redistributes mass to the perimeter for added stability and forgiveness to improve accuracy with the added benefit of a “gimme” ball-pickup feature. A PEBAX insert with shallow milled surround ensures a softer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics.

Prime Tyne 4

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Strong Arc
Head Weight: 365 g

A top performer evolves for 2023, featuring the customary twin forks that make the head highly stable to ensure forgiveness and accuracy. The shallow milled face delivers a firmer feel, consistent ball speed and pleasing acoustics. New color blocking utilizes a platinum topline contrasted against the black cavity to draw the focus forward.

Mundy

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Straight, Slight Arc
Head Weight: 355 g

Forgiveness is driven way up by joining a lighter aluminum body to a 304 stainless steel sole plate for positioning the center of gravity low/back. A PEBAX insert with a smooth milled surround delivers a softer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics. Three full-length, ball-width alignment lines draw the eye to the point of contact with the ball, simplifying aiming.

Tomcat 14

Std. Length: 35″
Stroke Type: Straight
Head Weight: 380 g

Multi-material construction creates extreme MOI in the Tomcat 14, built with a lighter aluminum body joined to a 304 stainless steel sole plate for positioning the center of gravity low/back for forgiveness. Ball-width runway-style dotted lines track all the way to the ball to aid in alignment. The smooth milled face delivers the firmest feel of the newest PING putters, and slightly faster ball speed.

DS72 Armlock

Std. Length: 41.5″
Std. Loft: 6°
Stroke Types: Straight, Slight Arc
Head Weight: 365 g

Built with a longer shaft and grip and more loft to perform for the armlock style of player, the DS72 offers a shallow milled face delivers a firmer feel and consistent ball speed with pleasing acoustics. A platinum topline contrasts against the black cavity where a white alignment line and ball-width cavity floor focus the eye. The more squared off will be aesthetically pleasing to the mid-mallet player.

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