palmares golf resort
new club house soft opening

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Palmares Golf New Resort Clubhouse

Palmares Golf Resort new Clubhouse

Palmares golf course located in Lagos city in the western Algarve just announced their new Resort Clubhouse soft-opening.

The new Palmares state-of-the-art Clubhouse has the signature of RCR Architects, winner of the prestigious Pritzer Architect Award, that accepted the challenge to conceptualize a vision that could take advantage of the special and unique location of Palmares golf resort but also very well integrated and discreet within the Lagos, Meia Praia topography

With large sunny terraces providing a stunning 200º ocean view, bar and restaurant, golf club amenities and full concierge services.

The Clubhouse restaurant of Palmares golf course is inspired by Mediterranean cuisine and the F&B operations will be run by a Michelin Star awarded Chef that will offer a unique gastronomy experience using local products.

This new facility is the icing on the cake of this fantastic 27-hole golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr in the natural amphitheatre of the bay of Lagos. Offering Parkland, Heathland and Links experience in a spectacular seaside setting.

Palmares Golf New Resort Clubhouse
Palmares Golf New Resort Clubhouse
Palmares Golf New Resort Clubhouse
Palmares Golf New Resort Clubhouse
Palmares Golf New Resort Clubhouse
Palmares Golf New Resort Clubhouse
Palmares Golf New Resort Clubhouse

Golf on stamps for the first time in Portugal

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Golf on stamps for the first time in Portugal. Photo by Valdemar Afonso journalist.

Photo by Valdemar Afonso journalist

Golf on stamps

The Correios de Portugal (CTT) launched in November the Whole Postal Evocation of Golf in Portugal, the first philatelic initiative in Portugal linked exclusively to golf and paying homage to the 20 years of the Architects Golf Club.

The ceremony took place at the Jamor National Golf Training Center with the presence of the President of FPG (Miguel Franco de Sousa), Director of Philately of CTT (Raúl Moreira) and the President of CGA (Dante Macedo).

“It is a fair position between celebrating the club’s 20th anniversary and evoking golf in Portugal, which is the best destination in the world to play golf”, said Dante Macedo, also a philatelist and recalling that CTT, with hundreds of years of experience existence, they had never done anything about golf.

Golf on stamps for the first time in Portugal. Photo by Valdemar Afonso journalist.

Photo by Valdemar Afonso journalist

The Whole Postal Evocation of Golf includes a stamp that is a beautiful photograph of the Paredes golf course, by photographer Ramiro de Jesus, and on the back a drawing by architect Leonor Janeiro with various symbols of the golf game.

“It is the most beautiful postcard that CTT launched this year,” said the director of philately at CTT, Raúl Moreira, noting that around three dozen postcards were launched this year.

Golf on stamps for the first time in Portugal. Photo by Valdemar Afonso journalist.

Photo by Valdemar Afonso journalist

The collection also includes seven prints with photographs of Portuguese golf courses from north to south, architecture in golf and other images, each registered by a member of the board of the Clube de Golfe dos Arquitectos. Each seal bears the logo of the 20 years of the Clube de Golfe dos Arquitectos and identifies the landscape.

This philatelic collection of Golf in Portugal is essentially aimed at collectors around the world.

Callaway and Topgolf join forces to create a world leader in golf and entertainment

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Callaway Big Bertha. Callaway and Topgolf join forces to create a world leader in golf and entertainment

Callaway and Topgolf Entertainment Group

Callaway and Topgolf Entertainment Group announced today that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Callaway and Topgolf will combine in a stock transaction that will create a world leader in golf and entertainment. The number of shares to be issued is based on Topgolf’s implied equity value of approximately $ 2 billion including the 14% that Callaway already owns. Topgolf is the leading technology-enabled golf entertainment company, with an innovative platform comprising its groundbreaking outdoor venues, revolutionary Toptracer technology, and an innovative media platform with a differentiated position in esports. Topgolf generated approximately $ 1 billion in revenue in 2019 and has grown at a compound annual rate of 30% since 2017. Callaway is a global market leader in golf equipment with a position of scale in active lifestyle soft products and a proven ability to deliver strong returns, including company growth that has outpaced the growth of the golf market for seven consecutive years.

Toptracer, the leading ball-tracking technology best known for transforming televised golf, is now being brought directly into everyday golf. By bringing professional tracking technology to mobile devices and driving ranges, Topgolf is enhancing the golf experience. The technology has been deployed in more than seven thousand five hundred internships in three years (representing approximately one percent penetration of the total addressable market).

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PGA Catalunya Resort

This business unit, which in Spain Toptracer is present in PGA Catalunya Resort, Lumine Beach & Golf Community, National Golf Center, Golf La Roca, Real Club de Golf Guadalmina, Real Club de Golf de San Sebastian Basozábal, Golf Negralejo, Olivar de la Hinojosa, Ranillas Urban Club, Magna Marbella, The San Roque Club and soon at Golf Sant Cugat, has achieved a 233% revenue growth in the last three years.

Thanks to World Golf Tour, a leading mobile golf game with twenty-eight million members in 2019, Topgolf has built a strong digital presence in the game of golf. The company’s proprietary in-house gaming capabilities also create innovative sponsorship and consumer engagement opportunities across Topgolf’s community of players who compete on the company’s interconnected in-person and digital platforms.

“Since its inception, Topgolf has created an innovative, technology-inspired twist on the driving range experience, turning it into a global sports and more entertainment. Our history of creativity and diversity will only be strengthened as part of Callaway, a world leader in the industry, ”said Erik Anderson, CEO of Topgolf. “We are all eager to create new experiences, reach new audiences and solidify our digital infrastructure as we connect communities around the world.”