Phuket, Thailand: The newly renovated Laguna Phuket Golf Club has played host to Adam Levine and his US chart-topping pop rock band, Maroon 5. Taking a break at Laguna Phuket during their current world tour in Asia and Australia, Maroon 5 played two rounds of golf Laguna Phuket Golf Club, a Golf Facility Member of […]
Melbourne, Australia: Greg Norman has designed and opened Victoria’s newest golf course – the Yarra Valley’s Eastern Golf Club. The first 18 of 27 holes have opened, offering a new challenge to golf enthusiasts and increasing Victoria’s reputation as one of the Australia’s best golfing destinations. The new course has been developed for year-round golfing […]
Munich, Germany: As final preparations began for one of the showpiece events in women’s golf, a powerful fleet from Club Car, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, arrived at Golf Club St Leon-Rot ahead of the 2015 Solheim Cup. Provided by Club Car distributor Cart Care, the Official Golf Car Supplier to the 2015 Solheim […]
Kathmandu, Nepal: A return trip to Mission Hills China is the rich incentive for Arun Tamang as he aims to retain his crown in the fourth edition of the Faldo Series Nepal Championship. Tamang heads to the Gokarana Forest Resort determined to stamp his class and underline his status as the number one amateur in […]
Alpharetta, United States: John Deere Landscapes LLC has unveiled its new name and logo as SiteOne Landscape Supply LLC, effective October 19. The new brand represents the next step for SiteOne as an independent company after its acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in December 2013. With more than 460 locations in the US and […]
Singapore: Hilton Worldwide, a leading global hospitality company with over 4,440 hotels in 97 countries and territories, has become the Asian Tour’s Official Hotel Partner and will expand its involvement in sport, and golf specifically. Through the partnership with the Asian Tour, Hilton Worldwide aims to create a platform to showcase its regional portfolio of hotels that […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The inaugural Golf Course Superintendents Association of Malaysia [GCSAM] and Asian Golf Industry Federation [AGIF] Turfgrass Management Seminar has been hailed as an outstanding success. Organised under the auspices of the Malaysian Golf Association, the two-day seminar at award-winning Kota Permai Golf and Country Club attracted almost 80 golf course managers, course superintendents, […]
Macao: Pan Cheng-tsung and Guan Tianlang, two of the most talented young golfers from the Greater China region, will look to shine at next month’s Venetian Macao Open. Hailing from Chinese Taipei, 23-year-old Pan has made steady progress since turning professional this year. He recorded his first professional win in July, propelling him into the world’s top-600 […]
Fairhaven, United States: Titleist golf ball loyalist Lee Kyung-hoon (Pro V1x) fired a final round five-under-par 66 en route to a 13-under 271 victory total at the Kolon Korea Open, an event co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour. The win, the first of his career, vaulted Lee to the top of the Korean PGA Tour money list. […]
Evian, France: Lydia Ko won the 2015 Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club to become the youngest Major winner in the history of women’s golf at 18 years, four months and 20 days old. Ko, who began the final round two strokes off the lead, birdied three of the last four holes to shoot […]
Florida, United States: Swing easy to hit it hard. The tighter you grip the club, the less control you tend to have. Hit down on the ball if you want it to go up. The harder you press, the poorer you play. Most golfers can relate to these odd, yet true contradictions in the way […]
Shanghai, China: World number one Jordan Spieth, world number two Rory McIlroy and defending champion and world number four Bubba Watson are the first players to book their places at this year’s WGC-HSBC Champions. Spieth is looking to lift his first World Golf Championship [WGC] trophy while McIlroy, whose season was stalled by an ankle […]