Oxfordshire, England: An overwhelming majority of members of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects say action needs to be taken to reduce the distances that golfers are able to hit the ball.
Singapore: A back-packing voyage of discovery as a teenager paved the way for Phil Ryan’s lifelong love affair with India.
Singapore: Golfplan principals Kevin Ramsey and David Dale have hailed the rebirth of Seletar Golf Course as a model for golf courses around the region.
Florida, United States: Greg Norman Golf Course Design and TPC Sugarloaf have earned first place in the private category of Golf Inc’s Renovation of the Year award.
Singapore: Months of being prevented from travelling and making site visits has not harmed the business of Pacific Coast Design, one of the Asia-Pacific’s best-known and most active golf course architectural firms.
Melbourne, Australia: Perrett Webb Golf Course Architects, one of golf’s most exciting new design collaborations, has signed up as a member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.
Singapore: Technology will never be able to fully compensate for the inability of golf course design teams to get ‘down and dirty’ on site visits, according to a respected industry veteran. Mark Adams, former Head of Golf Course Services at IMG and now Director at Faldo Design, acknowledges the benefits that technological advancements have offered […]
Singapore: There will be no shortage of work opportunities for golf course architects in the post-Coronavirus era. In addition to on-going golf course construction booms in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia, golf industry veteran Mark Adams foresees a significant increase in undertaking renovations. “As everybody in the golf industry knows, Vietnam is the key market in […]
Singapore: Lockdown restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic have not prevented Faldo Design from progressing with half-a-dozen new projects. “Fortunately, we’ve been staying very busy,” said Mark Adams, Director, Faldo Design, an Associate Business Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). Speaking during the latest podcast in an AGIF series interviewing prominent individuals in the […]
Singapore: Johnston Design & Agronomy (JDA), specialists in golf course design, project management and agronomic services, has joined the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). Led by Andrew Johnston and partner Matt Swanson, JDA has earned a reputation for delivering award-winning golf courses on time and on budget that are maintainable in tournament conditions daily. “A […]
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States: Ellerston Golf Club, sculpted by Greg Norman Golf Course Design (GNGCD), has been listed 19th on Golf Digest’s biennial ‘World’s 100 Greatest’ rankings. Ellerston jumped 12 spots from the previous list to make its first debut in the Top-20. Locked away in the secluded high country of the New South Wales […]
Pebble Beach, United States: As its Centennial celebration winds down, Pebble Beach Company is looking to the future, announcing a partnership with Tiger Woods and his TGR Design firm to design a new short course on the former site of Peter Hay Golf Course. “Pebble Beach has always been a special place to me,” said Woods. […]