Hong Kong: From humble beginnings in Happy Valley to its famous home today in Fanling, Hong Kong Golf Club (HKGC) is a sporting institution with an illustrious past and an exciting future. Over the next 18 months, the esteemed club – which celebrates its 130th anniversary in 2019 – will stage a series of elite international […]
Bogor, Indonesia: Rainbow Hills Golf Club, one of the gleaming gems in Indonesia’s golfing crown, has joined the Asian Golf Industry Federation. An hour by road from the teeming capital city of Jakarta, the 27-hole Rainbow Hills is a golfing haven, boasting a stunning setting in the highlands of the Bogor region. Winner of a […]
Phuket, Thailand: Award-winning Laguna Golf Phuket will return to the limelight when it plays host to next month’s Singha Laguna Phuket Open on the Asian Development Tour (ADT). Co-sanctioned with the All Thailand Golf Tour (ATGT), the May 16-19 event will mark the ADT’s third leg in Thailand this season following the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship […]
Cam Ranh, Vietnam: KN Golf Links, Greg Norman’s latest Vietnamese golf course creation, has unveiled its nine-hole Oasis Courses. Opened to the public this month, the Oasis Course offers golfers a tranquil challenge that complements the rugged nature of the award-winning 18-hole Links Course. “Greg Norman has designed a course which will provide golfers with […]
Cam Ranh, Vietnam: KN Golf Links, Greg Norman’s latest Vietnamese golf course creation, has joined the Asian Golf Industry Federation. Officially unveiled late last year, KN Golf Links is a 40-minute flight from Ho Chi Minh City followed by a 10-minute drive from the recently expanded Cam Ranh International Airport. “I’m looking forward to the […]
Phuket, Thailand: Laguna Golf Phuket will become the first golf course to host a PGA Tour Series-China event outside of Greater China when it hosts the Tour’s third and final Global Qualifying Tournament from March 5-8. The club will welcome 120 high-level international players representing 18 nationalities from across the globe, including seven players from […]
Singapore: The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), the largest member-owned golf and country club in the region, has begun construction on its extensive S$50 million renovation on the New and Millennium courses. The 27-hole layout offers a stunning setting, bordering the nation’s nature reserve. More than 80 golfers and club officials gathered on the 18th […]
Singapore: Tanah Merah Country Club (TMCC) is celebrating the official opening of its reimagined and redeveloped Tampines Course and Clubhouse with a charity tournament. Even before a ball was struck today, more than S$500,000 had been raised to benefit three charities – Mediacorp Enable Fund; Down Syndrome Association (Singapore); and Stroke Support Station. Joey Chang, […]
Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: Al Hamra Golf Club, one of the most progressive golfing establishments in the United Arab Emirates, has become the first Gulf golf club to become a member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). Designed by Peter Harradine, the 18-hole course is a 45-minute drive north of Dubai International […]
Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Wellington Golf Club has created a slice of history by becoming the first New Zealand golfing establishment to join the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). Host of the 2017 Asia Pacific Amateur Championship and the 2018 Annika Australasia Invitational, Royal Wellington is widely regarded as the home of New Zealand golf, […]
Hoi An, Vietnam: In preparation for its opening in 2019, Hoiana Shores Golf Club has secured a long-term pipeline of trained staff through its innovative investment in the Quang Nam-based Golf Operations and Maintenance Vocational College, the first such golf-specific enterprise in Asia. The first graduating class of maintenance staffers will join the grounds crew […]
Hong Kong: Destroying any part of the Hong Kong Golf Club’s Fanling landscape ‘would be an act of extreme vandalism’. That’s the view of Alexander ‘Sandy’ Duggie, Managing Director, Urbis Limited. A registered landscape architect practising in Hong Kong since 1985, Duggie was co-author of a 2005 government study (Landscape Value Mapping of Hong Kong) […]