Singapore: Sentosa Golf Club is offering a unique opportunity for golf course superintendents to participate in the preparation and setting up of the award-winning Serapong Course for a top-level professional tournament. One of the region’s most proactive clubs, the Asian Golf Industry Federation Golf Facility Member is organising a Sentosa Agronomy Superintendent Volunteer Programme. The […]
Pattaya, Thailand: The New Year has marked the welcome opening of a new golf course in the region. The nine-hole Lakes Course at Thailand’s Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club was officially unveiled on January 1. To celebrate the occasion, Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat and LPGA standout Thidapa Suwannapura paid a visit to the club. The […]
Sabah, Malaysia: The Sabah Masters will bring the ASEAN PGA Tour season to another thrilling conclusion next week and will boast a new title sponsor in Warisan Harta Sabah. To be played at Sutera Harbour Golf and Country Club from January 6-9 the tournament will boast a purse of US$100,000. In another exciting move, the […]
Ho Tram, Vietnam: Jed Moore, Managing Director of global golf specialist outfit Performance54, whose partnership with Asian Golf Industry Federation Executive Member Troon delivered the Ho Tram Open, explains what made this event so unique. AGIF: It was dubbed Asia’s Grandest Stage and with such a dramatic finale, you could hardly have scripted it any better. […]
Shah Alam, Malaysia: China’s Liang Wen-chong will serve as Vice Captain for Asia in next month’s EurAsia Cup. Asian Captain Jeev Milkha Singh believes Liang, a former Asian Tour number one and a winner on both the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour, will provide strong support to him and the 12 playing members when […]
Singapore: Anirban Lahiri, Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat will end 2015 in the top-50 of the Official World Golf Ranking which comes with coveted invitations to the Masters Tournament in April. The 46-year-old Thongchai, who won once in Europe and posted eight other top-10s this season, jumped to a career high 28th position in the […]
Bloomington, Minneapolis, United States: The Toro Company has made a number of innovations to its reel cutting systems to increase overall performance, reduce maintenance and to continue to provide an outstanding quality of cut on greens and fairways. Toro’s reel cutting systems have been improved and subsequently integrated with Toro’s new EdgeSeries reels, which are […]
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand: Thai prodigy Phachara Khongwatmai sensationally grabbed the last Asian Tour card on offer for 2016 after winning his second Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the season-ending Boonchu Ruangkit Championship. The 16-year-old closed with a five-under-par 66 and a 22-under-par 262 total for a one-shot victory over leading Thai star Thongchai Jaidee (65) […]
Shah Alam, Malaysia: Anirban Lahiri, Shingo Katayama and Thongchai Jaidee will spearhead the continent’s challenge in next month’s EurAsia Cup. Thai Thongchai, Indians Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia and Malaysian Danny Chia earned their places as the leading four Asian golfers on the Asian Tour Order of Merit when qualifying concluded last week. Meanwhile, Thai Kiradech […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Asian Golf Industry Federation Executive Member Club Car has rounded off a successful year with victory for its ground-breaking connected mobile golf information product, Visage, at the 2015 Middle East Golf Awards (MEGAs). The third edition of Sport360’s MEGA awards, which took place at the One & Only Royal Mirage Amphitheatre, […]
London, England: John Deere’s 1500 Series TerrainCut front rotary mower has won the Horticulture Week What Kit? Ride-On Mower of the Year Award 2015. The mower was selected from a shortlist of eight machines that also included the John Deere X590 Multi-Terrain lawn tractor and ZTrak Z997R zero-turn mower. John Deere is an Executive Member of […]
London, England: The Toro Company – an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation – has renewed its partnership with the European Tour, continuing a successful 15-year relationship. The partnership includes the European Tour, Senior Tour and Challenge Tour across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and reflects Toro’s position as the market […]