Phuket, Thailand: Napat Paramacharoenroj’s reign as Faldo Series Thailand Championship – South winner has been ended by national squad player Mark Vanchai Luangnitikul after a thrilling duel at Laguna Golf Phuket. But Napat’s hopes of becoming only the third two-time winner of the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final crown are still alive. Thanks to his […]
Singapore: South African Louis Oosthuizen, hungry for victory following so many near finishes, will compete in next year’s SMBC Singapore Open, organisers announced today. The 2010 Open Championship winner, runner-up when he last played in Singapore and with a record haul of second placings in Major championships, is the latest star golfer to confirm for […]
Springfield, Illinois, United States: Grigg Brothers, a leading turf nutrition brand, is being re-branded as simply GRIGG. With a modern, updated look, GRIGG will remain the premier golf and sports turf brand in the BRANDT product portfolio. BRANDT, who bought Grigg Brothers in 2014, is a leading manufacturer of specialty products for the turf and ornamental […]
Taipei, Chinese Taipei: Huang Kuan-hsun produced a high-class performance to claim an assured wire-to-wire victory in the Faldo Series Chinese Taipei Championship. Living upto his billing as the top-ranked male player in the field at the sixth leg of the 2017-18 Faldo Series Asia season, Huang posted a three-day total of five-under-par 211 at Tsai […]
Tamsui, Chinese Taipei: Gavin Green shed his bridesmaid tag by winning his first Asian Tour title at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters. He dedicated the win to his late grandfather. After finishing runner-up three times this year, the Malaysian closed with a one-under-par 71 to pull off a two-shot victory at the Taiwan Golf and Country […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Blas Huezo, the Equipment Manager at Barona Creek Golf Club in Lakeside, California, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Most Valuable Technician Award. The award is presented by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and Golf Course Management (GCM) magazine in partnership with Foley United, a […]
Labuan, Malaysia: South African Mathiam Keyser mounted a strong comeback with a final round two-under-par 70 to clinch his second Asian Development Tour title at the PGM Labuan Championship. Keyser’s total of six-under-par 282 was enough to hand him a two-shot victory over Thailand’s Sorachut Hansapiban at the Labuan International Golf Club where the RM200,000 […]
Augusta, United States: Golf course superintendents can maximise their end-of-year budgets with the Jacobsen Reel Deal Programme. This special programme runs through November 30 and offers free reel cutting units (excluding rollers) with the purchase of any qualifying new Jacobsen reel mower. The promotion includes the SLF1880, SLF530, LF510, LF550, LF570, LF557, LF577, GP400 and […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Ernie Els, a four-time Major champion, member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and founder of the Els for Autism Foundation, will be the recipient of the 2018 Old Tom Morris (OTM) Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Els also founded The Ernie Els Foundation in […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Thomas Bjørn and Arjun Atwal will captain Team Europe and Team Asia respectively when the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM returns to Glenmarie Golf and Country Club next year. The third staging of the biennial tournament, which has been hosted at the Glenmarie venue in 2014 and 2016, will take place from […]
Singapore: Bryan Lim wrote his name into Laguna National Golf & Country Club’s history books by completing a hat-trick of Club Championship triumphs. The pre-tournament favourite feared his hopes of a fourth Club Championship crown, and a third in succession, had been dimmed after an uncharacteristic blowout on the opening hole on day two of […]
New York, United States: Two days before the playing of the 12th Presidents Cup at nearby Liberty National Golf Club, the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum kicked off an historic week in New York with the enshrinement of its 2017 Induction Class at Cipriani Wall Street. More than 30 Hall of Fame Members, including […]