Shanghai, China: Takumi Kanaya will be bidding to follow in the footsteps of fellow-Japanese Hideki Matsuyama when he tees-off at next month’s 11th edition of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC). Currently second in The R&A’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), Kanaya has set his sights on emulating PGA Tour star Matsuyama by retaining his AAC […]
Singapore: The Asian Tour has revealed it’s ‘seeking further clarifications’ related to the staging of last week’s Sarawak Championship. In a dramatic finale to the US$300,000 tournament at the Damai Golf and Country Club, Australian Andrew Dodt defeated Richard T. Lee of Canada on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off. However, with the staging […]
Jakarta, Indonesia: Panorama Destination, one of the region’s premier tour operators, has joined the Asian Golf Industry Federation. Panorama was founded by Adhi Tirtawisata in 1972. Over the ensuing five decades, the company has evolved and expanded into Panorama Leisure Group, integrating tourism, transportation and hospitality as the core of the Group’s business activities. Panorama […]
St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: American Cole Hammer has won the Mark H McCormack Medal as the leading men’s player in the 2019 World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). The 19-year-old from Houston spent eight weeks as the world’s number one ranked amateur golfer and, as the McCormack Medal winner, he […]
Orlando, United States: The National Golf Foundation (NGF), the only trade organisation that works with every sector within the golf industry, has promoted David Lorentz to the newly created position of Chief Research Officer. In his new role, Lorentz joins Joe Beditz, Chief Executive Officer, Kim Isom, Chief Financial Officer, and Greg Nathan, Chief Business […]
London, England: Hong Kong Golf Club will play host to the opening leg of the 49th European Tour season and the 2020 Race to Dubai. To be held from November 28-December 1, the Hong Kong Open will tee-off the European Tour’s 2020 International Schedule, which features 16 Race to Dubai events in 12 different countries, […]
Jakarta, Indonesia: Teenager Kim Joo-hyung overturned a five-shot deficit before defeating overnight leader Mardan Mamat in a play-off to claim his second Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament presented by Panasonic. The 17-year-old Kim calmly rolled home a four-foot birdie putt to beat Mardan on the first extra hole, the par-five […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Singapore’s Quincy Quek claimed his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title in seven years after firing a bogey-free 10-under-par 62 to edge Australian Adam Blyth by one shot at the PGM Northport ADT Championship. Quek, who entered the final round trailing Blyth by three shots, closed with a flawless round which included […]
London, England: The European Tour has announced a concrete four-point plan aimed at tackling the issue of slow play in professional golf. The plan, which will be implemented at the start of the 2020 season, was approved by the European Tour’s Tournament Committee in July and fine-tuned over the past month. It will focus on […]
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Troon has announced the promotion of Francisco de Lancastre David to the role of Cluster General Manager across all three of its championship golf courses in Abu Dhabi. Troon’s International Division recently added Yas Links to its impressive portfolio in the Middle East. It’s a course that is ranked 44 in […]
St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: Californian Andrea Lee has won the Mark H McCormack Medal as the leading women’s player in the 2019 World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). Lee will be awarded exemptions into the 2020 AIG Women’s British Open and the US Women’s Open, if she remains an amateur, as […]
Johor Bahru, Malaysia: Horizon Hills Golf & Country Club will play host to next month’s Malaysia Turf and Club Management Seminar. The one-day event (September 30) is organised by the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) in partnership with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of Malaysia (GCSAM) and the Golf Course Managers Association of Malaysia (GCMAM). […]