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Garmin partners with Intermap on innovative golf applications
Garmin has signed a worldwide multi-year joint development agreement with Intermap Technologies, a company specializing in geospatial content development and intelligence solutions, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Intermap’s proprietary 3D, high-resolution NEXTMap Digital Terrain Model (DTM) will enable Garmin to deliver precise terrain information for 42,000 golf courses around the world. ...
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German golf grows during the pandemic
The number of licensed golfers in Germany rose by 1.36 percent to 651,417 in 2020, the highest increase in a year since 2012, according to a new report by a golf economy expert, Falk Billion, titled Golfmarkt Deutschland 2021. The report, which can be downloaded free of charge, is published ...
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Golf is thriving in the U.K. despite Covid restrictions
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) reports that somehow in the age of Covid-19 and despite the course closures in November, rounds of golf played in the U.K. during the fourth quarter of 2020 were up year-on-year by 41 percent. They were already up in the third quarter by 59 percent. The ...
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U.K. still hungry for golf, despite Coronavirus
The provisional results of a review by Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) of 80 golf courses in the U.K. suggest that rounds played in England, Scotland and Wales during October were up by 65 percent year-on-year. The research firm, which covers some 200 golf courses in the region, will be releasing ...
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ArticleGolfino and American Golf come under common ownership
The concentration of the market has also impacted the golf sector. Endless, the British private equity fund that took over the U.K.-based American Golf chain in 2018, has now acquired Golfino, the German brand of golf apparel, but not its mono-brand retail stores, and placed the operation under new management. ...
