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Contents
Publisher:
Paul Ryder Regulars Features
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Tel: 01622 699105 6 News 18 Field Report: Catching up with
Callaway in partnership with Perry Ellis • Ping Collection
Contributing Editor:
Nickent arrives in the UK • Big Bounce for There is a new company in the
Duncan Lennard
Bridgestone • Eddie Reid on why pro shops European golf trade, Ping
are not endangered • BGIA Apparel & Collection Europe Ltd, but the
Layout and Origination:
Footwear Report: Romania • Roger Sherman move is more about continuity
Steve Bevis at
talks money • Golf Foundation reports record than it is about change
Design & Media Solutions, Maidstone
year • Little Tour presence for Pringle
Tel: 01622 681366
12 View from the industry 22 Showcase: Putters
Secretary:
Peter Allison, managing director of Yes! Golf, There is no more variety in an
Karen Wright talks passionately about how club pros equipment category than there is for
Tel: 01622 699109
should be taking the fight to online retailers putters. We display 20 of the latest
flat sticks; grooves, wings,
Circulation & Subscriptions:
14 Launch pad weights and all
Karen Wright CentreCup is a new putting
Tel: 01622 699109
training aid that enables
golfers to hole putts with 26 Field Report:
their eyes closed Made to measure
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taken in producing this issue, no responsibility is accepted for Ennis at the controls.
such views or for any inaccuracies contained herein.
Duncan Lennard spoke to Ennis
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PowaKaddy’s Simon Homer talks exclusively and future
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to Robin Barwick about the company’s new
SGB Golf is the UK member of the European Sports Trade Preferential Stockists Programme, a range of 30 Showcase: Accessories
Publishing Group, a co-operative of leading business magazines.
ESPG partners exchange news and publish Sports Retail Europe,
products that caters for the entire buggy From belts and bags to
the only pan European sports trade magazine –
free to SGB Sports & Outdoor subscribers.
brigade, and how the future could be bracelets and brollies, we
ESPG members include SAZ (Germany), SPORTeco
brilliant white take a look at some of the
(France), cmd (Spain), Sportfack! (Sweden) and
Sportimyyja (Finland). extras attracting golfers’
34 Custom-fit workshop attention in 2009
Neil Cooke, technical director of Golfsmith
Europe, continues his series on custom-fitting
by taking a look at the sticky issue of
component bonding
Why not take a look at our website, too?
Many of you will not be aware that SGB has a website for
Preferred UK Media Partner of the ispo Group
its group of two sports titles giving useful information on
the company, industry issues plus archives of recent
copies of SGB titles. Check out
www.sgb-sports.com.
www.sgb-sports.com
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