Hong Kong: HSBC and the Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA) have launched the HSBC Hong Kong Junior Golf Programme, an expanded and enhanced version of the HKGA’s current junior development programme. The existing programme offers a structured pathway for children to try the sport for the first time, develop their skills and, for those talented […]
Washington, United States: WE ARE GOLF – a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners – visited Capitol Hill for the eighth annual National Golf Day to discuss golf’s nearly US$70 billion economy, US$4 billion annual charitable impact, environmental value to local communities and fitness benefits. Golf’s leaders met with Members of Congress […]
Bangkok, Thailand: A new batch of talented young Thais will be aiming to make a name for themselves in the 10th anniversary edition of the Faldo Series Thailand Championship. To be played for the first time at Pattaya’s Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club, the event will feature a handful of the Kingdom’s finest golfing […]
Carlsbad, United States: Callaway Golf Company has appointed Robert K. Julian as Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective May 11. Brad Holiday, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since August 2000, announced his impending retirement in December 2014. “After a thorough search, we believe that we have selected an outstanding individual to lead […]
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 […]