Singapore: The Asian Tour has appointed Charlie Tingey, formerly a Director of EurAsia Cup Sdn Bhd, as its new Director of Partnerships. In his new role, Tingey will be responsible for maintaining and generating tournament opportunities for the Asian Tour across the region as well as managing the commercial assets of the Tour. Tingey will […]
Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States: Profile Products has appointed James Gordon as Southeast Asia Market Development/Sales Manager. Gordon will develop new opportunities for golf courses, landscape and large construction projects in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand. “We are very excited to welcome James to the Profile family,” said Joe Betulius, Vice President of Sports, Golf […]
Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) has named Charlie Pagnam as its new Chief Philanthropy Officer and Executive Director of the USGA Foundation. With more than 40 years of successful fund-raising experience, Pagnam will be responsible for leading and strengthening all aspects of the USGA’s philanthropic programme as well […]
Singapore: Cho Minn Thant has been promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner of the Asian Tour. Cho, who had been serving as the Tour’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), will head the management team of the Asian Tour which is headquartered in Sentosa, Singapore. Working closely with the Chairman and Board of […]
Chicago, United States: Profile Products has promoted Adam Dibble to the role of Director of Marketing. Dibble will lead Profile’s strategic marketing and serve as a resource for all of Profile’s business units including Erosion and Vegetative Solutions (EVS), sports fields, golf, landscape and horticulture. He will also remain the brand manager for EVS. “In […]
Berlin, Germany: The Golf Course Association of Europe (GCAE) is the new name for the European Golf Course Owners Association (EGCOA). Explaining the switch, Lodewijk Klootwijk, Chief Executive Officer, said: “With the development of the EGCOA we introduce a name change that is closer to the current role of the association and its members. “Most […]
Dubai: Tom Phillips, who was instrumental in setting up the Faldo Series Asia and subsequently served as Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA), has been appointed the European Tour’s new Head of Middle East. Phillips will be responsible for the development of the European Tour’s tournament programme throughout the Middle East […]
Jupiter, Florida, United States: Jan Bel Jan has been elected as President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA). “I want to carry on the mission of ASGCA Past Presidents Greg Martin, John Sanford, Jeff Blume and others,” said Bel Jan, who will serve as ASGCA President through fall of 2020. “Thoughtfulness for […]
St Andrews, Scotland: The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has announced that Clive Edginton will serve as Captain in 2019/20. Edginton has been nominated by the Past Captains of the Club and will begin his year in office with the traditional Driving-in ceremony on the first tee of the Old Course on […]
Singapore: Experienced events professional Gwen Ng has joined the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) team. In the course of more than two decades in the events industry, Singaporean Ng has worked in a variety of roles, incorporating sales and sponsorship, budgeting, project management and execution of marketing and operational aspects of a multitude of B2B […]
Birmingham, England: The Professional Golfers’ Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has appointed Peter Hanna as its new captain. Northern Irishman Hanna, from Lurgan Golf Club, succeeds Royal Liverpool’s John Heggarty as the Association’s captain and will take up the ambassadorial role from 2019 until 2021. Born and raised in Lurgan, County Armagh, Hanna, 60, has served […]
Moline, Illinois, United States: Former head of China operations John C. May has been elected by Deere & Company’s Board of Directors as President, Chief Operating Officer, effective from April 1, 2019. A statement from the manufacturer said that 49-year-old May will be responsible for leading Deere’s efforts to ‘maximise operational excellence throughout the company’. […]