Operations
Aristo 18 and Carnoustie Sportswear are working
together to produce a collection of coordinating trousers and shorts to complement their sportswear collections. The Carnoustie by Aristo 18 was unveiled at
the PGA Show.
Aristo 18 is a luxury lifestyle apparel collection that
features the finest natural fiber fabrics and bespoke
tailoring. For the golf industry, wool trousers will
feature a new, exclusive fabric quality, featuring super
140’s wool, blended with 2 percent lycra, and finished
with a nano-stain resistant treatment. Natural-stretch
waistband construction has been added to increase
comfort and performance. In-stock trousers will now
feature pre-finished bottoms to eliminate the need for
alterations.
The Tech Collection will feature a lightweight poly-ester/spandex blend, and a new program will feature
Ceramica, a super-premium thermo-regulated tech
fabric designed to keep you cool in summer and
warm in the winter.
GOLFZON, the world’s largest golf
simulation company, is arriving in the
U.S. The South Korean company made
its debut at the PGA Show and is also
the official marketing partner of the
LPGA. The simulator is the golf training system for the Korean National
Team and has 25,000 installations in
43 countries.
Imperial launched a cooling towel
powered by Coolcore technology. The
technology, which was introduced last
year in Imperial’s headwear, provides
a chemical-free cooling solution. It
delivers 30 percent lower surface temperatures, drier garments that do not
cling or saturate, and zero degradation
of the cooling effect over time or washing.
What was new at the PGA Show The value
of an Open
What is a U.S. Open worth? For
Chambers Bay, which was the first
course to host the event in the Pacific
Northwest, a lot.
This USGA said the economic
impact from the 2015 U.S. Open was
$134 million. But that’s not all.
“You can’t put a price tag on the
value of the exposure to a televi-
sion audience of that size,” said
KemperSports General Manager
Matt Allen. “The beauty of Chambers
Bay and Pierce County were on dis-
play for the world to see. We look
forward to maintaining the momen-
tum in the upcoming golf season.”
KemperSports has managed
Chambers Bay on behalf of Pierce
County since the golf course opened
in 2007.
Chambers Bay saw a significant
shift in the geographic origin of its
customers. In the months following
the Championship, the percentage of
rounds played by golfers from outside the state of Washington reached
41 percent, more than double the
historical average.
Compared to 2014, in which the
golf course hosted visitors from 12
states and Canada, Chambers Bay
expanded its geographic reach in
2015 by hosting golfers from 45
states and 13 countries.
“The overarching theme when
developing Chambers Bay was to
build a course that would attract
tourism and benefit the fiscal
health of the county,” Pierce County
Executive Pat McCarthy said. “All
economic reports validate that
the 2015 U.S. Open was a tremendous success and should remain a
source of pride for the entire Pacific
Northwest.”
