Masaipet, India: Pacific Coast Design (PCD) has signed an agreement with Kancharla & Giridhari Homes Pvt Ltd for the site planning and golf course design for a new 18-hole residential/resort golf project. Planning has already commenced for the project with workshops finalising the various components and concepts developed. About 50 kilometres north of Hyderabad city […]
St Augustine, Florida, United States: Retief Goosen, Billy Payne, Jan Stephenson, Dennis Walters and the late Peggy Kirk Bell will officially join the ranks of the World Golf Hall of Fame as the Class of 2019. These five new members will be enshrined at the World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on June 10, […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: MST Golf has been appointed as TaylorMade Golf Company’s exclusive distribution partner in Malaysia and Singapore. To commemorate the occasion, MST Golf invited dealers and golfing media from the two countries to a launch event at TPC Kuala Lumpur. The event took the form of a ‘Town Hall’ meeting with all existing […]
Doha, Qatar: A major investment in John Deere golf course maintenance equipment has been made by the Education City Golf Club, which is due to open at the end of October. The machinery will be used on three courses, with a total of 33 holes spread across 120 hectares. Education City Golf Club is a […]
Phuket, Thailand: Thai brewing company Singha has become the first supporting sponsor of the 2018 PGA of Great Britain & Ireland Members’ International Conference. Founded 85 years ago as Boon Rawd Brewery, Singha is Thailand’s leading brewer, with annual sale volumes of more than 1.4 billion litres. Singha is well known for its sports development […]
Singapore: The Founding Partners of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) have hailed the manner in which the region’s finest players have responded to the championship in the first decade of its history. The 10th edition of the region’s premier amateur golf tournament – organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), the Masters Tournament and The R&A […]
Paris, France: It wasn’t just the European team that bonded so well during last month’s Ryder Cup. So, too, did the 180-strong team of volunteer greenkeepers, 20 of whom were sponsored by Capillary Concrete to work on the grounds crew. “Installing Capillary Concrete was one of our best decisions,” Golf National Course Manager Alejandro Reyes […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Ernie Els will be on a dual Asian mission when he lines up at this week’s CIMB Classic in Malaysia and next week’s CJ CUP @NINE BRIDGES in South Korea. The Big Easy, as Els is fondly known, wants to enjoy a final fling competing alongside the stars from the PGA Tour […]
Singapore: Underlining the increasingly key role played by golf course superintendents, course conditioning is the single most important factor in the decision-making process of golfing tourists. That is among the main findings from a survey jointly conducted by the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) and Golfasian, one of the region’s foremost golf tour operators. Based […]
Singapore: Takumi Kanaya followed in the footsteps of his famed countryman Hideki Matsuyama when he won the 10th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC). The 20-year-old, who was the highest-rated Japanese player in the field at 22nd in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, shot an accomplished five-under-par 65 on the final day over the New Tanjong course at […]
Zhuhai, Guangdong, China: Kevin Techakanokboon shot a closing two-over 73 to hold off Japan’s Yuwa Kosaihira and win his first pro title at the RMB1.5 million Zhuhai Championship, the penultimate event of this year’s PGA Tour Series-China and the Tour’s 50th event since its inauguration in 2014. With Malaysian pro Arie Irawan as his caddie for the […]
Linkou, Chinese Taipei: John Catlin became only the fifth person to win three titles in a single season on the Asian Tour when he signed off with a flawless seven-under-par 65 to win the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship. Fellow-American Kim Sih-wan was tussling with Catlin for the outright lead right until the 16th hole where […]