London, England: In a timely boost for golf, Sports Marketing Surveys has announced increased figures in its Golf Rounds Played study in the United Kingdom for the first quarter of 2014 compared with the previous year. Despite the wettest January on record, the numbers of rounds played were up by 17% in comparison to the […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Danny Chia defeated Sattaya Supupramai in a sudden-death shootout to retain his title at the RM200,000 (about US$60,000) PGM Northport Glenmarie Championship. Malaysian Chia, still recovering from a shoulder injury, closed with a four-under-par 68 to tie with talented Thai Sattaya on 13-under-par 275 in the Asian Development Tour (ADT) event over Glenmarie […]
Singapore: World-renowned clubs from China, Malaysia and Singapore are among the first batch of golf facilities to sign up as members of the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). Shanghai’s Sheshan International Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur’s Kota Permai Golf & Country Club and Singapore’s Laguna National Golf & Country Club are the first clubs from their […]
St Andrews, Scotland: George Macgregor, OBE, will serve as the Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 2014/15. He has been nominated by the past Captains of the Club and will begin his year in office with the traditional driving-in ceremony on the first tee of the Old Course on […]
Fairhaven, United States: Two of Master Craftsman Scotty Cameron’s most-popular, Tour-proven models and shapes – Select Newport 2 and GoLo 7 – are now available with Dual Balance technology for golfers that want to stabilise their putting stroke. Scotty Cameron Dual Balance putters are counter-balanced designs, developed through extensive research and testing in the Putter […]
Fairhaven, United States: FootJoy has introduced the all-new FJ Tour Compression Golf Sock. The company that bills itself as the #1 Sock in Golf says this essential new product category provides a unique solution for comfort and consistency by placing the emphasis on identified areas of the foot considered instrumental in golf swing stability and […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Kota Permai Golf & Country Club’s status as one of Malaysia’s finest venues has been reaffirmed at the ParGolf Gala Awards. For the third year in succession, Kota Permai, the first Malaysian club to sign up as a Golf Facility member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation, was named by the magazine […]
Cavite, Philippines (May 6): Philippine stalwart Princess Mary Superal produced a regal display to claim a runaway victory in the female-dominated seventh edition of the Faldo Series Philippines Championship. In the opening event of the 2014-15 Faldo Series Asia season, Superal, competing in the Girls’ Under-21 Division, swept aside her rivals with a performance of […]
Abu Dhabi: KPMG’s Golf Advisory Practice unveiled the third edition of the Golf Course Development Cost Survey at the annual HSBC Golf Business Forum. The report, which provides invaluable benchmark figures for developers and investors in the golf industry, was welcomed by key golf business professionals who debated the research findings during an engaging panel […]
Abu Dhabi: ClubstoHire.com, the fast-growing golf club rental company that provides equipment for golfers in 21 locations across Europe and Africa, has been named winner of the inaugural HSBC Golf Business Community Award for Innovation. The award was presented at The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa as part of the three-day HSBC Golf […]
Singapore: Felipe Aguilar produced a stunning birdie-eagle finish as he came home in 28 shots to snatch The Championship at Laguna National from Anders Hansen. The Chilean sank a 10-foot birdie putt at the daunting par-three 17th after his tee shot barely carried the water, then holed his approach for eagle at the last as […]
Abu Dhabi: Troon found itself in similar surroundings to its headquarters in the Arizona desert last week, as it took part in the HSBC Golf Business Forum in Abu Dhabi. Its team of senior executives making the desert-to-desert journey, including company Founder and CEO, Dana Garmany, further acknowledged the growing international influence of its Middle […]