TOPGOLF PARTNERS WITH PGA TOUR; UTSW OPENING NEW MICROSCOPE FACILITY; NEW APP FOCUSES ON DALLAS ARTS SCENE
Every day, Dallas Innovates staffers scan websites looking for the most interesting, important, and unusual stories about innovation and creativity. Here are three we thought you’d like:
Dallas-based TopGolf Entertainment Group recently announced it had partnered with the PGA Tour and LPGA to help grow the sport in the U.S. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem lauded TopGolf for its successful efforts to attract both avid and novice golfers to its venues. Read more about the partnership in this story from the Dallas Business Journal.
UT Southwestern Medical Center will soon have technologies that could expedite its work on projects ranging from cancer biology to drug discovery. The new $17 million facility will be home to three cryo-electron microscopes, which can generate 3-D images of objects at the atomic level. “Understanding these structures and the details of what’s going on across these scales is going to allow us to understand the causes and ways to fix human disease,” Dr. Sandra Schmid, chair of UTSW’s cell biology department, told the Dallas Morning News.
Ever wanted to peruse a searchable database of North Texas creatives and possibly make an art purchase all in one place? There’s an app for that (well, almost). Dallasite Merrick Porcheddu will launch her social networking app, CreateGate on May 16. Porcheddu designed the app to function as a mobile directory of local creative artisans. Learn more about the app from CultureMap Dallas.
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Kessler helped Topgolf triple in size to nearly $1 billion in revenue, growing its venues from 25 to 70. Now he's bringing his track record of experiential innovation and franchise-building to the world of plant-based personal care.
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Part of PGA Frisco's $500M+ "Silicon Valley of Golf," the championship-level courses will feature an East Course designed by Gil Hanse that's primed for marquee PGA tournaments. The West Course, designed by Beau Welling, is destined for smaller tournaments, PGA of America members, and everyday public duffers.
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The leadership moves are part of Topgolf's drive toward continued expansion. They follow Friday's news that former Topgolf COO Craig Kessler had been named CEO of Dallas' Buff City Soap.
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In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Freese and Nichols, Topgolf, Duane Morris, Dottid, and Jet Health.
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Dallas-based Invited is the #1 owner and operator of private golf and country clubs in the U.S. CEO David Pillsbury tells Dallas Innovates the trend toward tech and golf entertainment is attracting millennials, "democratizing" the sport, and growing his business. Now an $80M arrangement with VICI Properties is fueling a "steep" growth curve for Invited's BigShots venues.
