Phuket, Thailand: Laguna Phuket has appointed six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo as Laguna Golf’s Brand Ambassador. The newly broadened partnership followed last year’s announcement of Sir Nick as the Brand Ambassador of Laguna Lăng Cô, Laguna Phuket’s sister integrated resort in Central Vietnam. Laguna Phuket Golf Club is a Golf Facility Member of the […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC) celebrates its silver jubilee this month, marking 25 years as one of the region’s most prestigious golf and country clubs. As part of KLGCC’s Silver Jubilee celebrations, the Asian Golf Industry Federation [AGIF] Golf Facility Member is organising a week-long Golf Festival with MST Golf […]
Dongguan, China: Potential stars of the future showed off their golfing skills during a fun-filled Junior Clinic at the Mission Hills Golf Academy. For just over an hour, World Ladies Championship participants Nicole Garcia of South Africa, Korean Jeong Hye-yoon and China’s Li Zi entertained more than 20 children at the gathering. As well as […]
Augusta, United States: To give consumers the automotive-style colours they want, Club Car is now making Precedent golf cars available in four premium metallic colours. Metallic Sapphire, Metallic Mocha, Metallic Candy Apple Red and Metallic Platinum are now available on all new 2015 and 2016 Precedent golf cars, including the Precedent i2, Villager 4 and […]
Pittsburgh, United States: Bayer’s new turf manual is now available as either a hard copy version, or as a downloadable file from the company website. The manual is packed full of relevant information and, as the last update was at the end of 2012, for the 2013/14 season, there’s plenty of new facts, helpful hints […]
Chonburi, Thailand: The R&A has staged the second in a series of six seminars geared to promoting sustainable golf course design, development and management in the region. The free-to-attend seminar at the Amata Spring Country Club attracted more than 80 attendees, including local Thai and regional golf course operators. The seminar was aimed at course […]
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Troon has announced an exciting initiative to promote the United Arab Emirates to PGA Professionals and members at their clubs, unveiling a series of packages for 2016 to make it easier to enjoy the Middle East’s sun and first class golf facilities. PGA Professionals have long been the backbone of […]
Singapore: The Club Managers Association of America’s [CMAA] plans to internationalise the Business Management Institute [BMI] programme and make the Certified Club Manager (CCM) certification the global standard in club management are set to gather pace in Asia. The first Asian Golf Industry Federation [AGIF]-organised BMI course will take place at Singapore’s Orchid Country Club […]
Dongguan, China: China’s Lin Xiyu says this week’s World Ladies Championship at Mission Hills Resort Dongguan will be the ideal warm up for this year’s Olympic Games, where she will be targeting individual and national glory. Although only individual medals will be awarded when golf returns to the Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer […]
Hong Kong: The UBS Hong Kong Open will return to the Hong Kong Golf Club [HKGC] for the territory’s longest-running professional sporting event. Tri-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and the Hong Kong Golf Association, the event will take place from December 8-11 and will carry a prize purse of US$2 million. Won by […]
Kansas, United States: Darren Davis has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG), the philanthropic organisation of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Davis, a certified golf course superintendent at Olde Florida Golf Club, is also serving as Secretary/Treasurer for the EIFG and the Board of […]
London, England: Ransomes Jacobsen’s three-hole golf course – ‘The RJ National’ – has been re-certified by the Golf Environment Organisation (GEO). With this latest accolade, the RJ National has become the first golf course in the United Kingdom to be awarded GEO Certified status for commitment to sustainable development for a third time. In his […]