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Druh wins Ryder Cup License
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IN BLACK AND WHITE: Druh’s Ryder Cup belts will be available from the Ryder Cup website
ruh Belts and Buckles has been appointed an Offi cial Licensee of the 2012 Ryder Cup, and the company is producing a range of handmade belts featuring the Ryder Cup
logo, which will be available through the Ryder Cup website (
www.rydercup.com/shop). Druh, which was founded by former European Tour golfer Simon Hurd, has also come
to an agreement to produce belts for the European Tour’s own merchandise range. The Druh range of belts is made in a variety of 10 water snakeskins and 15 leathers, and in an array of colours, and they come with interchangeable buckles.
www.druhbeltsandbuckles.com
ball-fitting programme and emulate the success of the programme in the US,” says Steve Kettlewell, managing director of Bridgestone Golf UK. The appointment coincides with the brand introducing two new display trucks to help cope with its increasing number of fitting days at golf clubs in the UK.
Golf Foundation heads to the London Club: There are still places available for the Golf Foundation’s 26th annual Pro-Am, which is being played on the famous Heritage Course at the London Club in Kent on Monday, October 8. The European Tour supports the event, and a European Tour professional will lead each team of four. The cost to enter a team is £1,200, with proceeds going to the HSBC Golf Roots programme for junior golf development.
www.golf-foundation.org
(Pictured is the third hole on the Heritage course) 10 SGBGOLF
www.foremostgolf.com Kevin Stables, the head pro at Elgin GC, is joining Foremost as Regional Development Manager for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Eire. The former captain of the PGA Scottish region will officially join the Foremost team on October 26, at the end of his contract at Elgin, although Stables will attend the 2012 Golf Show at Harrogate earlier next month with Foremost.
www.bridgestonegolf.com Bridgestone Golf has strengthened its dedicated ball-fitting team with the appointment of Daniel Osborne, who is now working with Bridgestone technician Joe Di Stafano before taking responsibility for the South of England and Midlands regions from mid-October. Osborne joins Bridgestone from John Letters. “This appointment is another sign of our intention to continue growing the
www.glenmuir.com Glenmuir has extended its sponsorship of the PGA Professional Championship through 2014. The two-agreement extends Glenmuir’s support for the tournament to a total of 22 years, and the Lanarkshire- based apparel brand will also supply the 2013 GB&I PGA Cup team when it faces the United States at Slaley Hall in a year’s time. “Glenmuir is delighted to continue its long- standing sponsorship of the PGA Professional Championship until 2014, making it an unbroken 22 years of support,” says Colin Mee, Glenmuir managing director. “The tournament is regarded as ‘the one to win’ for hundreds of PGA members.”
www.callawaygolf.com On August 30, Callaway Golf won its bid to legally prohibit
Golfclubseurope.com and its family of websites from parallel importing Callaway products into the UK and other EU countries.
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