Golf Digest Sha Co., Ltd. company profile

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Golf Digest Sha Co., Ltd.

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Founded:	June 3rd 1961
Established:	August 1st 1971
Head Office:	6-18-5, Shinbashi, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8670 Japan.
Osaka Office:	1-11-4-405, Umeda Kita-ku, Osaka-shi 530-0001 Japan.

Business

Magazines Regularly Published	Monthly GOLF DIGEST Weekly GOLF DIGEST GOLF COURSE SEMINAR (Monthly) CHOICE (Quarterly) Golf Digest Comic BOGEY (Quarterly)
Books, Magazine type Books & Videos	Golf Digest's Books Golf Digest's Magazine type Books Golf Digest's Golf Lesson Video
Other Business	Golf Digest Junior Tournament Producing and Selling of Golf Digest Calendars and Diaries Travel Agency (Permitted and Registered(No.1244)by the Japanese Government)

History


1961		Founded at Shinbashi 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
1961		Published 1st issue of Monthly Golf Digest
1963		Started the Golden Match Golf Tournament to determine the No.1 professional in Japan(Continued until 1970)
1964		Issued 1st Vol. of National Golf Course Guide
1966		Started 1st weekly type of magazine called "Golf Digest Special Edition"
1968		Started a magazine for Golf Course management "Golf Course Seminar"
1968		Started to issue Special edition of Golf Digest twice a month
1971		Established Golf Digest Sha Co., Ltd.
1971		Started the 1st Golf Digest Tournament at Tomei Country Club (The 1st JPGA authorized tournament continued until 1996)
1972		Special edition of Golf Digest Started to publish weekly, and magazine's title changed to "Weekly Golf Digest"
1973		Started to sell Golf Calendars and Diaries
1974		Head office building constructed at Shinbashi 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
1980		Started Bimonthly magazine "Choice"
1984		Founded "Driver of the year" Added iron section and extra club section later. Considers as "Club of the year" and develops into "Golf Digest Award"
1987		Founded "Lesson of the year" Develops into "Golf Digest Award"
1988		Established a travel agency, "Golf Tour Center"
1988		Started a magazine "Super Golf Digest"(Continued until 1993)
1988		Issued the 1st video publication, Golf Lesson Video
1989		Started a magazine for ladies golfer "HaRe"(Continued until 1992)
1998		Established commendation system, "Golf Digest Award",to a person or professional golfer who contributed to the improvement in technical of a golfer and the spread of golf. Also elect and commend "Lesson of the year","Club of the year","Readers Award",and "Junior Award". Annual event.
1998		Held the 1st "Golf Digest Japan Junior Cup" for junior golfer training. Annual event.
2003		Started a bimonthly video & dvd magazine "Lesson no Ohsama"(Continued until 2007)
2006		Started new paperback book series "Golf Digest Shinsho"
2011		Started new paperback book series "Golf Digest Bunko"
2011		Started to issue "Choice" quarterly
2013		Started to issue "Bogey" quarterly