Grahame Jenkins, director and shareholder of Premium Golf Brands (PGB), an Irish company with a slew of own brands, licenses and distribution rights in the golf business, left the company at the end of October, after he obtained a judicious offer to sell his shares to Alan Dwyer, one of PGB's three other shareholders. A former managing director of Ashworth Europe, Jenkins set up PGB in 2008 with Charlie Casson, former men's product manager at Ashworth, and Eurostyle, an Irish golf distribution business owned by Alan and Peter Dwyer. Among other assets, PGB owns Green Lamb and Dwyers, two golf apparel brands; it has licensing rights for Cutter & Buck in the U.K., Ireland, Spain and Portugal; and it obtained a global licensing deal for Calvin Klein Golf, for which Jenkins built up an international distribution network. The discussion about Jenkins' sale and departure started after a plane crash in February, which caused the closure of the air link between Belfast, where Jenkins resides, and Cork, where PGB is based. The drive takes about five hours. Unsettlingly, Jenkins was scheduled to fly on the plane that crashed, and he canceled only two days earlier. He intends to use his longtime experience in the golf business to obtain assignments as a consultant.

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