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Businessweek November 8, 2001
Mark Nelson
What better way to get to know somebody, commune with nature, work a deal, and improve your swing — all at the same time
Calvin Coolidge, who once remarked that “the business of America is business,” didn’t quite get it right. As any CEO will tell you, the business of America is golf.
Golf and business have been inextricably linked for more than a century. From the formation of private country clubs in the late 1800s to today’s ritualistic sales meetings at Doral, Pebble Beach, or Kiawah Island, executives seem to be as comfortable conducting business against the serene backdrop of a rolling emerald fairway as they are within the controlled confines of the office. After all, they’re also working on their swings. The ability to play golf, understand its etiquette, and respect its traditions can boost a career.
Former U.S. Amateur champion Vinny Giles, who now represents nearly two dozen professional golfers, explains the attraction this way: “There’s a camaraderie that can be developed on the golf course,” Giles says. “You spend four hours with a person. You get to know him and see him in a different environment than the boardroom. There is a certain bond in the game, and everyone shares a common purpose and a common enjoyment.”
BETTER THAN TENNIS. Like business, golf tests an individual’s ability to set goals and achieve them with as few expenditures (strokes) as possible. Adversity lies everywhere, whether it be in the form of a sand trap or a sharp drop in earnings. Both activities seem infinitely perfectible. All you need is intelligence, creativity, focus, total mastery of your emotions, practice, practice, practice — and no small amount of luck.
Today, golf still reigns as Corporate America’s No. 1 pastime. “Not everyone can play tennis, but everyone thinks they can play golf,” says Lynn Roach, an agent who represents PGA Tour mainstays Fred Couples and Jeff Sluman. “If you’re playing tennis and you get beat six-love, I’m not sure how much fun that is.”
Best of all, you don’t have to be a great athlete to be a good golfer. You simply have to be somewhat proficient, knowing how to “negotiate” your shots, “control your pace” and understand “course management.” Golfers talk like that — with good reason. In an age of health and enlightenment, golf has replaced the three-martini lunch as the preferred vehicle for sealing deals.
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Walking Golf Course Affects Swing, Performance
Over time, players less able to transfer weight on shots, so being in shape can improve scores
Businessweek June 6, 2008
Kevin McKeever
FRIDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) — If you walk rather than ride a cart when you golf, you’ll be adding more exercise to your life — and maybe more strokes to your score, a new report suggests.
When walking 18 holes, a golfer’s swing and mechanics change for the worse, causing the player to hit the ball with less distance and accuracy, according to a study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting, May 28-31, in Indianapolis.
Researchers studied seven recreational golfers, who typically average a score between 80 and 95, who walked while carrying a weighted golf bag during a simulated golf game. The one female and six male golfers walked 6 miles in total in 1-mile increments. Before the first mile, and after each subsequent mile, each player hit 20 tee shots, totaling 140 tee shots for the round.
Researchers found that over time, the golfers were less able to properly transfer weight to their front leg on a swing, resulting in less club head velocity that could affect how far the ball would travel. The study also showed that over time, the angles of the front knee and ankle at the top the swing changed, a development that could affect a shot’s accuracy.
“I think many golfers are realizing that their bodies are the most important tool they have in the golf swing, and that improving physical fitness may be more helpful than expensive golf clubs,” researcher Nick R. Higdon said in a prepared statement. “The study suggests that golf mechanics change and performance may decline the longer the golfer walks and swings. Getting in better shape may help golfers combat the effects of fatigue while playing golf.”
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Wilhelmina Artist Management is promoting seven pros for how they look off the course as much as how they perform on it.
By Thomas Bonk, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 25, 2008
EDINA, Minn.
When Dieter Esch began looking at the players on the LPGA Tour, he quickly figured out that something was missing. He sensed they always appeared out of place . . . swinging nine-irons, hitting out of bunkers, putting cross-handed on the green.
So Esch decided it would be a great idea to put the golfers in something different, something the casual public does not see them in, at least up to now.
Like bikinis. Like lingerie. Like evening gowns.
“This was perfect, to show the world there are sexy, athletic women who can play,” said Esch, who is using his company and his clout to turn seven female pro players into model citizens.
They are the Wilhelmina 7, a hand-picked group of seven LPGA pros represented by Wilhelmina Artist Management, a division of the New York modeling agency that includes such clients as singers Fergie and Ciara and actress Heather Graham.
Kim Hall was the first player recruited by Esch. The 26-year-old, a three-time All-Pacific 10 Conference player at Stanford, loved the photographs of her in a swimsuit. So did her husband, Casey.
“It was nice to feel glamorous,” said Hall, one of four in the group who is playing in the U.S. Women’s Open this week at Interlachen Country Club. “I’d rather be known for my golf, but it’s a bonus when you’re considered attractive. It’s flattering. It’s kind of nice to be one of the ‘cute’ ones.”
On the course, it has been sort of a challenge. Hall’s best result this season was a tie for 10th at the MasterCard Classic and she has missed eight cuts in 13 events, but she’s in the top 20 in driving accuracy and fully exempt this year.
However, statistics don’t tell you everything. If Hall appears totally at ease in a swimsuit, it’s because she is Red Cross certified as a water safety instructor.
When she is on the road, Hall said Casey likes to look at her pictures on the Internet, and has found it best to be talking on the phone with her at the same time.
“He has a whole new perspective of his wife,” Esch said.
The game plan for the Wilhelmina 7 is not complicated.
The agency will seek sponsorship and endorsement deals for the women as a group and as individuals.
Wilhelmina has launched a campaign to get them work, and, well, exposure.
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SAN DIEGO (TICKER) —Tiger Woods once again came up with a big birdie at the 18th, and went on to win his third U.S. Open title on the first hole of sudden death on Monday.
It was the 14th major championship for Woods, who parred the sudden-death seventh at Torrey Pines to edge Rocco Mediate.
Mediate held a one-shot lead heading into the 18th, but Woods came up with a birdie to keep alive his chance for a championship. On Sunday, Woods birdied No. 18 to force the 18-hole playoff.
It was just the third sudden death at the major since it was instituted in 1954. The last sudden death at the U.S. Open took place in 1994, when Ernie Els defeated Loren Roberts and Colin Montgomerie for the title.
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(June 4, 2008) – New York, NY – Wilhelmina Artist Management, a division of Wilhelmina Models, announced today the formation of a new division aptly titled W7 – Wilhelmina 7. Last month, Wilhelmina Artist Management signed David Leadbetter, the legendary teaching professional, to a long-term contract. Seven of the top members of the LPGA Tour have signed exclusive representation agreements with Wilhelmina to seek out sponsorship and endorsement opportunities for the women as a whole package and individually.
This exciting opportunity was immediately accepted on the LPGA Tour. As such, the Wilhelmina 7 include: Minea Blomqvist, Sandra Gal, Anna Grzebien, Kim Hall, Johanna Head, Mikaela Parmlid, and Stacy Prammanasudh.
The concept: “W7” truly embodies the mission of Wilhelmina to provide exceptional service to its talent, while encompassing the company’s goal and vision of bold and dramatic marketing, advertising and sponsorship prospects for Wilhelmina’s corporate clients.
“We created this initiative to complete a void in the marketplace for beautiful and athletically talented female golfers, states Wilhelmina Chairman Dieter Esch. “With only initial conversations to the corporate world, the reception is already tremendous for potential partnerships.”
The W7 includes only those women with the game, the beauty and the personality to create a major presence in women’s sports, both on and off the course. The ladies chosen range from newcomers such as Sandra Gal and Anna Grzebien to 8-year professional Johanna Head, as well as Stacy Prammanasudh who has amassed two career victories and was selected to represent the USA at the most recent Solheim Cup. Minea Blomqvist who competes on both the LPGA Tour as well as the Ladies European Tour (LET), was awarded the 2003 Rookie of the Year Award and has finished in the top 10 on the Order of Merit List twice as a member of the LET Tour. Other members of the Wilhelmina 7 team, Mikaela Parmlid and Kim Hall, started strong this season and are fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2008 season.
About Wilhelmina Artist Management
In 1998, as an innovator in the industry, Wilhelmina Models became the first fashion company to develop a specific division to exclusively represent premier talent in the worlds of music, sports and entertainment. Today, that division called Wilhelmina Artist Management is one of the industry’s finest, with a roster that includes Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Ciara, Heather Graham, Amy Smart and Justin Chambers, among others.
Wilhelmina Artist Management creates, develops and manages celebrity-powered campaigns, product lines, private brand licensing, endorsements, sponsorships, talent appearances and corporate entertainment strategies.
