Sports / Entertainment

Consumer Stories

GreenJackets’ special weekday game gives business persons a fun day at the ballpark

Running a business often means long hours and relentless stress, but the Augusta GreenJackets want to give you and your team a much-needed break with an event next week. The event is called the Business Person’s Special, which will include reserved seating for a game and lunch on Wednesday, June 15 at SRP Park. Gates open at 11 a.m., and the game against the Charleston RiverDogs begins at 12:05 p.m. “We are excited to bring back a noon game for our fans this season,” said Tom Denlinger, Vice President of

Read More »
Consumer Stories

New golf organization gives local amateurs the PGA tour experience

For decades, Augustans have watched some of the greatest players on the professional tour come through the area. Now, some of the great local amateur players – and even the not-so-great ones – have an opportunity to experience the tour life. Marcus Maddox, a sales consultant for KAMO, has created the Augusta chapter of the Amateur Players Tour, a national organization with tours in about 40 cities nationwide. “It’s designed to provide the average Joe with the PGA tour experience,” Maddox said. “It’s for players of all skill sets.” The

Read More »
Consumer Stories

Dance competition will highlight Augusta’s performing arts

A local creative arts marketing company is allowing dance teams to compete for a top prize of $50,000 at the El3vate Convention & Dance Crew Competition at the Miller Theater this summer. Fusic365, which will host the competition from June 30 through July 2, provides an online marketing platform for artists to showcase their talents to directors, producers, and managers. “We are thrilled to bring together amazing artists and performers to enjoy each other’s talents at our very first EL3VATE Convention and Dance Crew Competition,” said Brodrick Mungo, Fusic 365’s

Read More »
B2B Stories

Golf club engineer techniques build better golfers from tee to green

Dan Burnfield builds highly-customized golf clubs in his shop on Gordon Highway but his goal extends beyond merely selling equipment – he wants to make people better golfers, physically and mentally. “Maybe the answer to getting an extra stroke or two out of you isn’t new equipment,” he said. Make no mistake about it, Augusta Custom Clubs does make and sell equipment that practically requires an engineering degree to understand. The small shop contains a putting lab with lasers, a fitting bay with a golf simulator to track shots, and

Read More »
Consumer Stories

New business goes to bat for community baseball, softball players

The Major League baseball season finally opens this week, but that isn’t the only place you’ll hear the sound of bats, striking balls, and pitches popping into catchers’ mitts. You’ll also hear them at the new D-BAT batting cage location at 705 North Belair Road. “Our model is to offer a first-class facility with the latest technology and equipment,” owner/operator, Bryce Massey said. “Whatever is baseball or softball related, we offer high quality.” That includes indoor practice facilities, equipment, and instruction through camps, clinics, and one-on-one interaction. The D-BAT location

Read More »
Consumer Stories

Simon Says: Tour caddies beat tradition, help pro golfers lower their scores

The Masters Golf Tournament required the use of local caddies from the Augusta National Golf Club from 1934 through 1982. Since 1983, golfers at the Masters Tournament have been able to use their tour caddies. An economic paper in 2014 by Douglas Coate and Michael Toomey asked if professional golf caddies improve player scoring. They compared player scoring for the three years before the change (1980-1982) to the three years after the rule change (’83-‘85). They also took into account player quality (by position on the PGA Tour money list),

Read More »
B2B Stories

Local podcasters go behind the scenes to promote CSRA with the Masters Week show

Next week, you can watch Masters coverage on CBS or ESPN, but David Bash and Chris Nabholz, want to show you what’s happening behind the scenes in the CSRA during tournament week. Bash and Nabholz, owners of GetUp Productions, will produce the second annual Bobby Jones Invitational Show, a watch-along party, from Wednesday, April 6 to Sunday, April 10 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The show will be live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube, among other platforms. “The concept of the show is you still watch the tournament, mute

Read More »
Consumer Stories

Legends Grille tees off at historic Aiken Golf Club

Right about now, golf is on everyone’s radar. The Masters is coming up April 7 through the 10 at Augusta National, which opened in 1932. But there is a course in Aiken that’s been around even longer – the Aiken Golf Club, established in 1912. Just in time for the wining and dining surrounding the first Major of the season, The Legends Grille recently opened at the historic Aiken Golf Club. The timing couldn’t be better. “The course is sold out during Masters Week and catering requests and parties are

Read More »
B2B Stories

Augusta native takes a swing at the golf shoe business

Augusta native Edgar Evans, Jr. doesn’t have a lucrative shoe contract like Tiger Woods, but he loves golf and has a passion for sharing the sport with young people from underserved communities. Evans golf instructor for the Atlanta Country Club and host of a golf TV show, Saturday Foursome, recently developed a signature golf shoe he calls The Edgar 1’s. The shoes will only be available during Masters Week from Saturday, April 2 to Sunday, April 10. Evans plans to release a different shoe the first week of April every

Read More »
Consumer Stories

Faith Friday: Bicycle tour business pedaled through pandemic on faith

An adage referring to something you know how to do but haven’t done in a while is “It’s like riding a bike.” That phrase takes on new meaning when mounting an actual bicycle at a local business in downtown Augusta. It’s probably not at all what you have in mind as your journey on two or three wheels begins. That’s exactly what owners and operators of Bike Bike Baby, LLC, Alvin, and Christina Watson, want. “We noticed that there wasn’t much to do in Augusta, so we decided to give

Read More »