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Topgolf
Topgolf International, Inc. is an American, multinational sports-entertainment company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It is known for its eponymous, golf-based driving range game; which includes electronically tracked golf balls and automatically scored drives. The company has locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. Topgolf locations in Australia are run by a joint venture of Topgolf International (3.7%) and Village Roadshow Theme Parks. In Canada, a joint venture with Cineplex Entertainment was established to operate locations there, but was abandoned by Cineplex in 2020. Topgolf was founded in 2000 and remained independent until it was acquired by Callaway Golf in 2020, but the companies announced a planned split in 2024. History Twin brothers Steve and Dave Jolliffe had sold their mystery shopping business and were looking for a new project in 1997. Both golfers, they began complaining about golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topgolf Callaway Brands
Callaway, legally Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., is an American global sports equipment manufacturing company that designs, manufactures, markets and sells golf equipment, more specifically clubs and balls, also including accessories such as bags, gloves, and caps. In 2021, the company purchased Topgolf, and thus also operates a chain of golf-related amusement and events centers. The company sells its products through golf retailers and sporting goods retailers, through mass merchants, directly online, and through its pre-owned and trade-in services. Callaway markets its products in more than 70 countries worldwide. The company, based in Carlsbad, California, is the world's largest manufacturer of golf clubs. In past years, Callaway marketed products under the "Toulon Design" and "Odyssey" putter brands, acquired in 1997, as well as "Top Flite", "Strata", and "Ben Hogan" brands picked up following the bankruptcy of Spalding's former golf division in 2003. History Callaway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callaway Golf
Callaway, legally Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., is an American global sports equipment manufacturing company that designs, manufactures, markets and sells golf equipment, more specifically golf club, clubs and golf ball, balls, also including accessories such as bags, gloves, and caps. In 2021, the company purchased Topgolf, and thus also operates a chain of golf-related amusement and events centers. The company sells its products through golf retailers and sporting goods retailers, through mass merchants, directly online, and through its pre-owned and trade-in services. Callaway markets its products in more than 70 countries worldwide. The company, based in Carlsbad, California, is the world's largest manufacturer of golf clubs. In past years, Callaway marketed products under the "Toulon Design" and "Odyssey" putter brands, acquired in 1997, as well as "Top Flite", "Strata", and "Ben Hogan" brands picked up following the bankruptcy of Spalding (company), Spalding's former golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Entertainment
Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competition, competitive event using a high level of theatre, theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertainment, entertaining an audience. Unlike typical sports and games, which are conducted for competition, sportsmanship, physical exercise or personal recreation, the primary product of sports entertainment is performance for an audience's benefit. Commonly, but not in all cases, the outcomes are predetermined; as this is an open secret, it is not considered to be match fixing. History The term "sports entertainment" was coined by the former WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) chairman Vince McMahon during the 1980s as a List of marketing terms, marketing term to describe the industry of professional wrestling, primarily to potential advertisers, although precursors date back to February 1935, when ''Toronto Star'' sports editor Lou Marsh described professional wre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Roadshow Theme Parks
Village Roadshow Theme Parks is a division of Village Roadshow Limited which operates theme parks and attractions in Australia. The Sydney Attractions Group Pty Ltd was formerly part of Village Roadshow Theme Parks; however, it was sold in 2011 to Merlin Entertainments. History In 1989, the publicly listed Sea World Property Trust who owned its namesake theme park coordinated a three-way venture to acquire Wet'n'Wild Water World from the Herringe Group of Companies and build the adjacent Warner Bros. Movie World theme park. The two other companies involved in the venture were American multinational media corporation Time Warner and fellow publicly listed Australian firm Village Roadshow Limited. The joint venture known as Warner Village Theme Parks was led by Chief Executive Officer John Menzies. Prior to the formation of the company, Menzies was Managing Director of Sea World. In 1992, Pivot Leisure sold its two-thirds stake of the Sea World Property Trust to AOL Time W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Cottrill
Geoffrey Cottrill (born July 4, 1963) is an American marketer who most recently served as Chief Brand & Games Officer at Topgolf. He formerly held top positions at Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, and Converse. He is the father of the musical artist Clairo. Career Cottrill most recently served as Chief Brand & Games Officer at Topgolf which he retired from in March 2025. He is also the co-founder of MARVIN. Cottrill was also a vice president at Starbucks Entertainment Hear Music in Seattle, Washington. Between 2007 and 2016, he was chief marketing officer of Converse, a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. In 2014, he was appointed vice-chair of the Grammy Foundation, a non-voting philanthropic organization dedicated to raising money for music preservation and music education. The organization created the Music Educator of the Year Award. Between 2015 and 2017, he was president of American operations at MullenLowe Group. In 2010, he was named one of ''Brandweek'''s "Marketers of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Golf Tour
''World Golf Tour'' (abbreviated ''WGT Golf'' and WGT by Topgolf) is an online multiplayer virtual golf game. It is played virtually on actual golf courses located in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada and Mexico, using a patented 3D photorealistic georeferencing technology. Players can play with their family or friends, join a foursome, or start their own game. Players can choose and compete in a variety of virtual golf courses with up to four players at a time, play individually or enter into a skills challenge or in tournaments for prizes. Co-founders of WGT Media Chad Nelson and YuChiang Cheng collaborated in 2006 to come up with a high-quality golf game simulation that could be played for free on the Internet, and compete with or surpass the visual quality of console video sports games. Part of the intended goal was to have a fully integrated social golfing network website. They recruited JF Prata and Phil Gorrow of Electronic Arts to build the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city (United States), independent city in Northern Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of Washington, D.C., D.C. The city's population of 159,467 at the 2020 census made it the List of cities in Virginia, sixth-most populous city in Virginia and List of United States cities by population, 169th-most populous city in the U.S. Alexandria is a principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. Like the rest of Northern Virginia and Central Maryland, present-day Alexandria has been influenced by its proximity to the U.S. capital. It is largely populated by professionals working in the United States federal civil service, federal civil service, in the United States Armed Forces, U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to Government contractor, provide services to the Federal government of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Shopping
Mystery shopping is a process by which a company measures its own quality of sales and service, job performance or regulatory compliance by having a researcher pose as a customer and report their experience. Mystery shoppers typically mirror common consumer behaviors to test the consistency of the habits deemed important to a specific brand or industry. Mystery shoppers, who primarily operate as independent contractors or gig workers, submit detailed reports and feedback about their experiences. The method is also used by marketing research companies to gather specific information about a market or competitors, including products and services. Mystery shopping can take the form of physical visits to business premises, or calling companies to evaluate their customer experience (often called mystery calling or customer experience research calling). Industries and common usage Mystery shopping assessments and reports range from simple questionnaires to audio and video recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cineplex Entertainment
Cineplex Inc. (formerly Cineplex Entertainment and Cineplex Galaxy) is a Canadian operator of movie theater and family entertainment centers, headquartered in Toronto. It is the largest cinema chain in Canada; as of 2019, it operated 165 locations, and accounted for 75% of the domestic box office. The company was formed in 2003 via the acquisition of Loews Cineplex Entertainment, Loews Cineplex's Canadian operations (which included the assets of the former Cineplex Odeon chain) by Onex Corporation and Oaktree Capital Management, and its subsequent merger with Onex's Galaxy Entertainment—a chain of cinemas that was established in 1999 by former Cineplex Odeon executives, and operated primarily in smaller markets. The company subsequently acquired Famous Players from National Amusements in 2005, Initial public offering, went public in 2011, and acquired Empire Theatres' operations in Atlantic Canada and parts of Ontario in 2013. In December 2019, Cineplex agreed to be acquire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golf Ball
A golf ball is a ball designed to be used in golf. Under the rules of golf, a golf ball has a mass no more than , has a diameter not less than , and performs within specified velocity, distance, and symmetry limits. Like golf clubs, golf balls are subject to testing and approval by The R&A (formerly part of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews) and the United States Golf Association, and those that do not conform with regulations may not be used in competitions ''(Rule 5–1)''. History Early balls It is commonly believed that hard wooden, round balls, made from hardwoods such as beech and box, were used for golf from the 14th through the 17th centuries. Though wooden balls were no doubt used for other similar contemporary stick and ball games, there is no definite evidence that they were actually used in golf in Scotland. It is equally likely, if not more so, that leather balls filled with cows' hair were used, imported from the Netherlands from at least 1486 onwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
