Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive intelligence service have just announced the
'Hitwise UK Online Performance Awards'.
The Hitwise UK Online Performance Awards celebrates the most successful UK websites in 50 key
selected industries, based on the market share of visits a website has received throughout 2007.
During 2007 Direct Golf UK were placed a fantastic 9th in the 'Shopping and Classifieds - Sport
and Fitness' category - higher than any other golf website for the second year running!!
For the fifth successive year the knowledgeable readers of Todays Golfer magazine have named
Direct Golf UK as the "Best Mail Order Company" in the UK! We would like to personally thank
every dedicated golfer who has taken the time to vote for us in this prestigious award and we
look forward to providing you with the best prices and world class service in 2008 and beyond!
The Hitwise UK Online Performance Awards celebrates the most successful UK websites in 50 key
selected industries, based on the market share of visits a website has received throughout 2006.
During 2006 Direct Golf UK were placed 7th in the 'Shopping and Classifieds - Sport
and Fitness' category - higher than any other golf website!
Direct Golf UK is delighted to have been voted the "Best Mail Order Company" by readers of Today's
Golfer magazine for the third consecutive year. The Direct Golf UK team would like to thank everyone
who responded to our advertising in Today's Golfer and all who nominated us for this prestigious award.
Direct Golf UK will continue to deliver our promise of offering golfers the
best prices, widest choice,
expert advice and world class service.
Each quarter, Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive intelligence service recognises the Top Ten websites
across each industry they monitor, with a Top Ten award. From January to March, 2006,
www.direct-golf.co.uk was ranked #1 in the Hitwise United Kingdom
'Sports - Golf' industry based on the number of visits by UK users.
Direct Golf UK is delighted to have been voted the "Best Mail Order Company" by readers of Today's Golfer
magazine for the second consecutive year. The Direct Golf UK team thanks everyone who has responded to our
advertising in Today's Golfer and all who nominated us for this prestigious award. Direct Golf UK will
continue to deliver our promise of offering golfers the best prices,
widest choice, expert advice and world class service.
Direct Golf UK wins a prestigious European multi channel retail award at Earls Court, London. The 2005 ECMOD
(European Catalogue and Mail-order Days) Awards had over 1000 entries from the multi channel sector with many
blue chip companies attending the ceremony including Next, IBM, British Telecom, John Lewis, Woolworths, WH
Smiths and many more. The specific award won by Direct Golf UK was in the category of “Best Transactional
Website” From the initial entry list an impressive shortlist of 35 companies and organisations battled
fiercely to win the prestigious award but ultimately it was Direct Golf UK who came out on top in the eyes of
the ECMOD judges. In reaching their decision criteria including quality of design, ease of use for the customer
and marketing tactics employed to attract visitors to the site were taken into consideration.
Golf Punk, one of the most influential and popular magazines launched it's 'Power 100', detailing the 100
most powerful people in Golf. The Managing Director of Direct Golf UK,
John Andrew was delighted to be named as the 76th most influential
person and was even positioned higher than Padraig Harrington and Retief Goosen!
An astonishing five thousand readers of Golf Punk voted in 'The Staunchie Awards', show casing the very best of 2005.
Direct Golf UK are very proud to be voted as the 'Best Online Retailer' of 2005 and shows that offering the best products,
at the best prices, complete with our 'Total Customer Satisfaction' pledge is
proving very successful with our customers. Direct Golf UK will continue to deliver our promise of offering golfers the
best prices, widest choice,
expert advice and world class service.
Many golf companies boast being number 1 in the UK, but only Direct Golf UK have been officially voted
number 1 in the Today's Golfer Industry Awards, which are the only awards of their kind in the industry.
We would like to thank everyone who voted for us. Direct Golf UK prides itself on giving
world-class customer service coupled with the lowest prices
on all leading manufacturers' products. Our Promise is
complete customer satisfaction and we aim to provide this to
the UK golfing public. We take our promises very seriously. We strive to achieve the latest availability
and stock over £10 million worth of stock which is distributed from our 75,000 sq foot distribution centre
to our 13 stores nationwide.