PGAs of Europe News
Travel company reports increase in business
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Arise Sir Damian, Hungary’s Knight of Golf
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amian McPherson, a British PGA pro who
moved to Hungary in 1998, has been awarded a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his work in establishing a golfing culture there. The award, similar to a
place on the UK’s New Year’s honours list and selected by the president of the state and the prime minister, took place on August 18. It is the highest award that a civilian can be awarded in Hungary and entitles him to be addressed as ‘Sir Damian’. “It has been granted for
my efforts in golf in Hungary during the last 13 years,” he explained “This is the first time in the country’s history that such an award has been awarded for our sport.” Thanks to Sir Damian, there
is now an established PGA with some 40 members, an estimated number of players of up to 3,000 and some dozen golfing facilities.
olfbreaks.com has reported huge growth in golf travel bookings
made with PGA pros. Since becoming an official
supplier to the PGA of GB&I and the official golf travel partner of the PGAs of Europe, Golfbreaks. com said it has worked with PGA pros and educated them on the financial benefits of golf travel. Jim Long, director of PGA
relations at
Golfbreaks.com said: “As a long standing PGA member myself, and having had a lengthy involvement in golf travel around the world, I am passionate about helping PGA pros benefit from taking golf club members and clients away on golfing holidays;
particularly to sunnier climes in the winter months. “Being Europe’s largest golf
travel company, our incredible buying power means we can supply PGA pros with fantastic deals, allowing them more room for their fees. In addition to this we also pay the PGA pro a 5% commission on any golf travel bookings they make with us… plus the pro always gets a free place.” Daniel Grave, commercial
director at
Golfbreaks.com, added: “There are 18,500 PGA pros across Europe and we are helping them all understand the many benefits of taking groups away on golf trips.”
Glenmuir’s quartet of top tournaments
international golf’s most prestigious competitions during a ‘super summer’ of top events for the company. Staff at the Lanark-based
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company were reported to be working flat out to provide clothing for teams in the Vivendi Seve Trophy, the Walker Cup, PGA Cup and Jacques Leglise Trophy. Glenmuir’s shirts and
knitwear were first worn in Neguri, northern Spain, as Great Britain & Ireland’s leading amateur boys took on their Continental Europe counterparts in the Jacques Leglise Trophy on August 26-27. Two weeks later, the very
New title sponsor supports event relaunch
that takes place in Bulgaria on September 27-30, 2011. The event will take place at the newly opened Pravets golf
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course managed by Braemar Golf, situated at the Pravets golf and spa resort, 45 minutes from the capital city of Sofia. So far 18 countries have sent in entries to a total number of
some 34 individuals so far securing their ‘Passport to Pravets’. Ian Randell, chief executive of the PGAs of Europe said: “The
re-launched PGA Professional Championship of Europe is a significant tournament and is considered to be at the pinnacle of European club professional golf. The great thing about this tournament is the international element in which professionals from 31 countries will experience Pravets GC and Bulgarian golf.”
niCredit BulBank has become the official sponsor of the UniCredit PGA Professional Championship of Europe 2011
best of Britain and Ireland’s amateur golf talent wore Glenmuir when the Walker Cup was played on the Balgownie Links of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club on September 10-11. Then the following week,
GB & Ireland’s leading PGA professionals were due to take Glenmuir to CordeValle Resort, California as they made a bid to wrestle back the Llandudno Trophy from the USA in the PGA Cup: golf’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup for PGA pros. Finally, the company is
providing clothing for both the GB&I and Continental Europe teams in the Vivendi Seve Trophy, the precursor to next year’s Ryder Cup featuring the highest ranked European players from the World Rankings and Race to Dubai.
lenmuir will play a key role in four of
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