Category: Appointments

Hong Kong: Darry Koster has been appointed to the role of Courses Manager at The Hong Kong Golf Club.

St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A has appointed Phil Anderton as Chief Development Officer. Among his tasks, he will assume responsibility for The R&A’s international office in Singapore.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Troon has announced six strategic appointments of associates at the company’s international properties.

Hong Kong: Azalea Hospitality has appointed Scott Riddick as its Vietnam Business Representative.

LaGrange, Georgia, United States: Atlas Turf International has welcomed Kyndra McIntosh to its team as Logistics and Data Coordinator.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Pablo Larrazábal is the latest high-profile professional player to join the Golf Saudi ranks as an International Golfing Ambassador.

Macclesfield, Cheshire, England: Campey Turf Care Systems has appointed well known industry figure Nick Brown as its new Export Sales Manager.

St Andrews, Scotland: The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has announced that Clive Edginton will continue as Captain for 2020/21.  Edginton took office last September as Captain for 2019/20 but due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic the Past Captains of the Club have nominated Edginton to continue as Captain […]

Bristol, England: Meteorological equipment specialist Biral has added to its in-house marketing team with the appointment of Amy Sear as its new Marketing and Communications Officer. Sear has joined Biral after spending almost nine years in the charity sector working for the Meningitis Research Foundation and Shaw Trust where she was responsible for looking after PR, print, […]

Tucson, Arizona, United States: Rain Bird has named Stuart Hackwell as Director of its Golf Strategic Business Unit (SBU). Hackwell will be responsible for growing Rain Bird Golf’s presence worldwide including sales, distribution, marketing, engineering and product development. Hackwell has been with Rain Bird for 27 years, joining the company in 1992 as an Area Sales […]

Jupiter, Florida, United States: Ted Eleftheriou has joined the National Golf Foundation’s (NGF) senior management team as Vice President of Player Development & Engagement after spending the previous five years with the PGA of America. In his new role, Eleftheriou will lead the organisation’s efforts to reconnect with its player development roots, including overseeing NGF’s […]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: John Smart has been appointed to head up TourBest’s activities in the United Arab Emirates. A group Director with more than 25 years’ experience, Smart has been a frequent visitor to the UAE for the last 10 years and is well known to many of the golf course superintendents in the […]