Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Some say the best compliment golf course superintendents hear each day is nothing at all. No news is generally good news when you’re in charge of the largest and most valuable asset of every golf facility. But from May 8-14, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) wants to change […]
Paris, France: Campey Turf Care Systems – a Full Business Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation – has launched its 2017 Euro Pitch Renovation Tour. Commencing at the Parc de Haye in the French city of Nancy, the tour will visit nine other nine countries, concluding in Rotterdam, Holland on June 6. From France, […]
Danang, Vietnam: Dubai has unveiled a new website to enhance awareness of the world-leading, premium golf destination that convenes – for the first time in one place – everything visitors and tour operators need to know about experiencing golf in the city. Launched at the Asia Golf Tourism Convention in Danang, golfindubai.com provides information on […]
Danang, Vietnam: Members of the Play Golf Bali partnership will be out in force at this week’s sixth annual International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC). Branded ‘AGTC on the Beach’, the gathering from May 7-10 is being billed as Asia’s largest-ever golf tourism event. Business sessions will take place […]
Boston, United States: The new sport of FlingGolf is gaining traction … and acting as a natural pathway to traditional golf. In FlingGolf, players fling a golf ball on a golf course with a lacrosse-looking FlingStick. The lightweight FlingStick is used to shape shots on the course and glide the ball into the hole. Unlike […]
Adelaide, Australia: Turf Equipment SA has been appointed as a Jacobsen dealer for Southern Australia. The Adelaide-based turf equipment dealership has been recently formed by the company Golf Car Solutions which has been selling golf cars since 2002. The new dealership has been introduced to represent products from turf equipment manufacturer Jacobsen, an Executive Member […]
Delhi, India: Hero MotoCorp Ltd, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for the past 16 consecutive years, has reaffirmed its commitment to innovation in golf by extending the ‘Hero Challenge’ by another three years and to three marquee events. The night-golf event made its debut at last year’s British Masters supported by Sky […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Optimism abounds for the growth and development of the golf market in Vietnam. That was the message from the high-profile speakers at a Club Management Mini Summit at the Els Performance Golf Academy (EPGA), which is located within the master-planned Ecopark residential community on the outskirts of Hanoi. Held in partnership with the […]
Seoul, Korea: The European Tour’s tentacles continue to spread into Asia. Emboldened by its formal tie-up with the Asian Tour, the European body has now announced a Strategic Alliance with the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA) ‘which will see the two organisations co-operate closely on the development of the professional game in Korea’. The Alliance […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Award-winning Thai Country Club will play host to this month’s Thailand Open which returns to the Asian Tour schedule following a lapse of eight years. Reigning Asian Tour Order of Merit champion Scott Hend of Australia and Thai heavyweights Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat will headline the field in the US$300,000 event from […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: In an effort to grow the game, Troon has launched ‘Player Development Month’ with Troon daily-fee facilities, private clubs and Troon Golf Academies around the world joining together to conduct more than 500 introductory golf clinics and ‘Get Into Golf’ clinics throughout the month of May. This is the sixth year […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: BRG Legend Hill Golf Resort proved a big hit as the host club for the 2017 Vietnam Turfgrass Management Education Seminar. More than 70 superintendents, course managers, workshop managers and mechanics from 20 Vietnamese golf clubs as well as representatives from venues in Thailand attended the two-day event at the award-winning establishment. The […]