Kansas, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) has contributed US$50,000 to help the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) fund new research projects in 2015. The funds are earmarked to directly support the GCSAA Chapter Cooperative Research Programme. Under this programme that works with local turfgrass researchers, each participating GCSAA chapter identifies […]
Augusta, Georgia, United States: Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Spieth matched the lowest score in Masters history en route to a wire-to-wire win for his first Major championship. Belying his tender years, the 21-year-old Texan, who finished runner-up in his first Masters appearance last year, swept all before him at Augusta National. Spieth opened with an […]
Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Indian Anirban Lahiri lived dangerously before making the half-way cut right on the mark on his maiden appearance at the Masters Tournament. The 27-year-old Lahiri, the current Asian Tour number one, saved par on the closing hole at Augusta National to settle for a three-over 75 which got him through into […]
Palo Alto, California, United States: Renowned golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr has begun a series of posts on Facebook (Robert Trent Jones II LLC – RTJ2 Golf Design) that offer his one-of-a-kind insider observations, stories, and other details about subjects of crucial importance to golfers worldwide. The most recent post discusses his father’s […]
Singapore: While former Faldo Series champion Rory McIlroy’s attention is firmly focused on Augusta National, the Far East’s elite amateur golfers are bracing themselves for the launch of the milestone 10th anniversary of the Faldo Series Asia. As McIlroy bids to become just the sixth player in history to complete the Grand Slam of all […]
Haikou, China: Two Schmidt-Curley Design courses at Mission Hills Haikou have received acclaim in the wake of the latest top-level professional events to be staged at the world-renowned Hainan Island resort. The Blackstone Course was the scene of Korean Ryu So-yeon’s triumph in last month’s World Ladies Championship. Meanwhile, the Sandbelt Trails Course had the […]
Augusta, United States: Indian Anirban Lahiri will live up to a childhood dream when he tees up at the Masters Tournament on Thursday, hoping it will mark another step towards his ultimate aim of becoming a Major champion. The current Asian Tour number one will become only the third Indian golfer after Jeev Milkha Singh […]
London, England: Nineteen delegates from golf clubs across the United Kimgdom visited Ransomes Jacobsen’s European headquarters for the third BIGGA Future Turf Managers’ Initiative (FTMI), made possible by Jacobsen, an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation. This three-day educational event in the last week of March was aimed at up-and -coming greenkeepers who […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: Asian Golf Industry Federation Executive Member Troon is celebrating the company’s 25-year anniversary in 2015. Since its beginnings in 1990 with the management of the iconic Troon North Golf Club, the company has grown to become the industry leader with more than 250 managed courses in 36 states and 27 countries […]
Haikou, China: In its on-going commitment to sustainable tourism leadership, Mission Hills Haikou, one of the world’s largest golf resorts, has achieved the international sustainability award, GEO Certified, recognising their outstanding efforts to protect the environment, provide a range of value to people and effectively manage natural resources. Mission Hills Haikou is the biggest single-site […]
Pattaya, Thailand: Exhibitors and attendees have hailed the Asian Golf Industry Federation’s (AGIF) 2015 Turfgrass Management Exposition as ‘the best yet’. More than 260 course superintendents from almost 20 countries attended the third edition of the event at Laem Chabang International Country Club last month, held under the auspices of the Thai Golf Course Superintendents’ […]
Singapore: The LPGA has extended its long-term relationship with IMG. As such, the world’s largest independent distributor of sports programming will exclusively distribute the Tour’s international television broadcasts through 2019. The partnership between the LPGA Tour and IMG began with distribution of tournaments to six countries in 1996. Today, every event on the LPGA schedule […]