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. […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Orlando, United States: The Golf Fitness, Wellness & Instruction area of the PGA Show Floor, presented in partnership with TPI, will feature a full schedule of complimentary education sessions and more than 75 related exhibits during the 2020 PGA Merchandise Show (January 22-24).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”16555″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Three days of fitness, medical, health, wellness and instructional […]
Daegu, South Korea: Having designed the first public facility here in 1982 and led the country’s second wave of public golf development during the 1990s, the course architects at Golfplan-Dale & Ramsey are today spearheading Stage III with one stand-alone, public project newly opened and another three in various stages of development. The first to […]
Lăng Cô, Vietnam: Laguna Golf Lăng Cô, the award-winning golf component at the Laguna Lăng Cô integrated project in Central Vietnam, has become the first fully operational course in the world to be elevated into a new elite category by its designer Sir Nick Faldo. The British legend, a six-time Major winner and prolific course […]
Oahu, Hawaii: It is 10 years since the Ernie Els-designed Hoakalei Country Club in Hawaii officially opened for play. Straight away it was recognised by Links magazine in the United States, whose panel of experts voted it best new golf course of 2009. “That was one of our first awards at Ernie Els Design and it […]