Tokyo, Japan: Golfing history is being made this week with the staging of the first PGA Tour sanctioned event in Japan. The PGA Tour Champions’ US$2.5 million Japan Airlines Championship is being held at Narita Golf Club, not far from Tokyo International Airport. In the build-up to the event, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe welcomed […]
Cannes, France: International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), the global event dedicated to golf tourism, has announced a growth in buyers attending from long-haul markets. China, the United States, South Korea and Brazil are all particularly well represented this year, along with the more traditional outbound markets of the United Kingdom, Germany and Scandinavia. The 20th […]
Delhi, India: A bold initiative of the Indian Golf Industry Association (IGIA) aims to introduce 28,000 newcomers to the game in the space of just one week. ‘India Learn Golf Week’ is set to take place over a number of golf courses in the country from September 25 to October 1. The campaign has the […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Scott Woodhead is to stand down from his role as Associate Director, Member Relations of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). A certified golf course superintendent, Woodhead joined the GCSAA staff in 2002 following the conclusion of his role as past President. A 35-year member of GCSAA, he had […]
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States: Greg Norman will join the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) as a featured panellist at this month’s Golf Business TechCon in Las Vegas. The NGCOA has designed a two-day event (September 27-28) for golf course owners, operators and other industry professionals to spotlight some of the cutting-edge tools […]
Singapore: The Asian Tour will return to Thailand for its annual Qualifying School with aspiring professionals from across the globe attempting to earn their Tour cards for the 2018 season over a two-week period in January. The 2018 Qualifying School will be conducted over two stages of stroke play. The First Stage will be played […]
Sydney, Australia: Australia’s top-rated golfer and former world number one Jason Day will line-up in this year’s Emirates Australian Open, the first time he’s contested the national championship in four years. Day is itching to add to his incredible resume by having his name engraved on the Stonehaven Cup at The Australian Golf Club from […]
Shanghai, China: Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama and 2013 winner Dustin Johnson have confirmed their participation in next month’s WGC-HSBC Champions. Since Matsuyama’s triumph at ‘Asia’s Major’ last October when he became the first Japanese player to win a World Golf Championship, he has gone from strength to strength, winning four times, including the PGA Tour’s […]
Hong Kong: Yuki Ikeda and Yuka Yasuda produced outstanding final-day performances to lift Japan to victory in the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation Junior Championship Mitsubishi Corporation Cup 2017. Ikeda and Yasuda, representing Japan Team 2, both carded closing individual rounds of 66 at the Hong Kong Golf Club, a Golf Course Facility Member of the Asian […]
London, England: Lagardère Sports has signed a multi-year management and commercial representation agreement with English golfer Alfie Plant, for when he turns professional. Plant, who recently turned 25 and hails from Bexley Heath in Southeast London, has been confirmed in the 10-man Great Britain & Ireland team to face the United States in the 46th […]
London, England: Advocates of short-form golf will be delighted to learn of the unveiling of a new course with a difference. Frilford Heath in the English county of Oxfordshire, has showcased a six-hole course that aims to make golf more accessible to beginners, who are able to play a round in 60 minutes. Experienced golfers […]
Perthshire, Scotland: Gleneagles has signed an exclusive contract with John Deere for the supply of golf course maintenance equipment and related technology to the three championship courses at the award-winning hotel and golf resort. The resort’s Director of Golf Gary Silcock and John Deere’s Worldwide Agriculture and Turf Division President James M. Field officially confirmed […]