Imagine stepping up to the first tee box on a foggy morning with great anticipation, only to discover your trusty golf club has morphed into a limp noodle. The top golf-equipment maker finds itself in a similar quagmire as their recreational driving-range business, touted as the engine revving up their profits, turns into a misfiring jalopy. While the greens may look lush, the harsh reality is the multifunctional golf marvels have mired themselves into a bunker. Tis the season to reassess their strategy, perhaps? In the fog of adversity, there's a glimmer of irony. The company, a veritable Goliath in the manufacture of cutting-edge golf clubs and gizmos, finds its prowess curbed when stepping into the realm of recreational driving-ranges. ❗ Quick Takes: - Once thriving, now trudging behind. - Top-quality on the greens, shaky off it. Easing into the contemplative, it's worth considering: Is this tumult a sign of mismatched priorities? Maybe, just maybe, the effort to spin another dyne in revenue's wheel has pirouetted too precariously. When we chase every ball on the course, do we miss the core essence of our swing? Prediction time! The avid golfer in me nudges a vision: Don't be surprised if the company returns to the drawing board, re-calculating strokes and angles. Will they find innovation to hit the sweet spot, correcting their slices and mishits in the business realm? The course isn’t always clear, and fog blankets the fairway. Yet, like any true golfer, they may yet find their trajectory, despite the struggles from just playing within the trees for now. https://lnkd.in/emdgfXDV #GolfIndustry #BusinessAnalysis #StrategicShift #SportsBusiness #InnovationNeeded
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The rule of 3’s… Three things that I know to be true, on this day, February 13 2024: 1. TaylorMade and Tiger are business partners in Pop Stroke, since November 2022. 2. Wes Edens and Rory are business partners in Drive Shack, for years now. 3. Topgolf is having an earnings call at 2pm PST. Three things I suspect are true, on this day: 1. Tiger is not a close friend of Greg Bartoli, owner of Pop Stroke, as was recently suggested in a timely article. 2. Tiger is a close friend of Rory’s, forever more, beginning during the summer of 2021. 3. The PIF, Taylormade, Tiger, and Rory, are planning to compete directly with Topgolf, effective immediately. Let’s #growthegame Together With gratitude always https://lnkd.in/dQp_5Srw
TaylorMade makes 'material investment' in PopStroke, Tiger's golf-entertainment business
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