Bali, Indonesia: The inaugural Bali Golf Festival has been hailed as a success. One of the initiatives of the newly-formed Play Golf Bali partnership, the four-week Bali Golf Festival, which concluded this week, was aimed at enticing golfers to the idyllic Indonesian getaway from all over the world. The promotion paid off with more than […]
New York, United States: Henry Delozier has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Audubon International. Delozier is a Partner in Global Golf Advisors, which provides consulting services to the investment banking, real estate development and golf asset ownership and operations business segments. Delozier is a Past President of the Board of […]
London, England: The Golf Consultants Association (GCA) will henceforth be known as Golf Business International, to reflect its increasing international ambitions. The decision was made unanimously by members of the executive following a significant number of enquiries from across Europe and beyond, and received overwhelming support at the recent summer meeting. The public announcement was […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Making Vietnam one of the most attractive golf destinations in the world, driving golf tourism and fostering the growth of the game is the shared vision of the BRG Group and Nicklaus Design. “Vietnam has a tremendous potential for golf tourism supported by good year-round weather and our friendly, service-orientated people,” said Madame […]
Kansas, United States: At one point, Scott Schaller thought his son Jacob might be a fourth-generation golf course superintendent. He had worked with Scott at North Shore Golf Club in Menasha, Wisconsin, at various times for five years. But instead, Jacob’s path is leading to a career in human resources, and he is now entering […]
Chicago, United States: Medinah Country Club, one of America’s most iconic golf facilities and the host of seven national and significant championships during its 93-year history, has unveiled its Course No 2, following a year-long restoration. The purpose of the redesign of Course No 2, which originally opened in 1925, was to restore – as […]
Paris, France: Asian Golf Industry Federation Executive Member Jacobsen is providing tournament support to the greenkeeping team at Le Golf National during this week’s HNA Open de France tournament. Technical staff from Ransomes Jacobsen in Ipswich, England will assist staff based at Ransomes Jacobsen France (RJF) in Toulouse throughout the competition. In 2016, Le Golf […]
Singapore: The ISPS Handa New Zealand Open will be jointly sanctioned by the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia and Asian Tour in 2018 and 2019. Following a landmark tri-partite agreement, the Asian Tour will now become a full co-sanctioning partner of New Zealand’s showpiece golfing event following an initial collaboration this year which saw […]
London, England: A total of 33 young service technicians have graduated from the latest John Deere Ag Tech, Parts Tech and Turf Tech advanced apprenticeship programmes, run in partnership with national training provider Pro VQ. John Deere, an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation, has also been listed for the first time as one […]
Jakarta, Indonesia: Work at Lido Lakes, a course acquired by MNC Group in July 2013 and now subject to an extensive renovation by Ernie Els Design, is progressing well. South African Ernie Els first paid a visit to oversee final shaping on the front nine and approve key design elements for the back nine. “Ever […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: In conjunction with the holy month of Ramadan, 30 under-privileged children from Pertubuhan Kebajikan Anak-Anak Yatim/ Miskin Klang (PEYAKIN Home) had the pleasure of Berbuka Puasa at TPC Kuala Lumpur. The children and their caretakers arrived at TPC Kuala Lumpur in their raya outfits and were warmly greeted by the Public Relations […]
Kansas City, United States: A new 52,000 square-foot golf and entertainment complex is coming to Kansas City’s Northland as part of the Metro North Crossing Redevelopment – a retail entertainment centre that will also house a cinema-restaurant-entertainment themed theatre, hotel, multi-family residential, theme branded stores and experiential high-tech shopping. The golf and entertainment complex is […]