Sydney, Australia: Organisers of The Ultimate Special Olympics Australia Golf Challenge are reaching out to Asian organisations for support. To take place on November 17 at Riverside Oaks Golf Resort, the aim of the 54-hole event that is limited to 36 two-man teams is to raise awareness and funds for athletes with disabilities. David Streichler, […]
New York, United States: More sobering statistics for golf in America have been revealed with almost 400,000 players reported to have given up the game last year. Although about 260,000 women took up the game, close to 650,000 men quit the sport, according to the National Golf Foundation. In a report carried by Bloomberg, analysts […]
Basel, Switzerland: Upto 700,000 women and young people in the United Kingdom are ‘very interested in taking up golf this summer’, according to a new survey to be published by Syngenta. The new research, which coincides with National Golf Month and follows on from Syngenta’s recently published Growing Golf in the UK (2013) report, indicates a total […]
Johor Bahru, Malaysia: Chan Shih-chang claimed a third Asian Development Tour (ADT) title when he defeated Australian Jack Munro at the first hole of a sudden-death play-off in the PGM Johor Championship. The 27-year-old from Chinese Taipei, who closed with a five-under-par 67, matched the feat of Filipino 2012 ADT Order of Merit champion Jay Bayron by securing three victories […]
Singapore: Chuck Greif, the former Director of Sales for Jacobsen’s Eastern region of the United States, has been appointed Managing Director, Asia Pacific. Greif will be relocating to Singapore with his wife, Laurel, in the near future to head up the company’s operations in the Far East. He is backfilling the vacancy created by Alan […]
Shenzhen, China: Stormy weather could not dampen the talent or enthusiasm of almost 100 young players who took part in the Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship. A total of 97 players from eight countries and territories – China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Philippines, USA, Korea and Australia – battled for honours on Nicklaus’s […]
Daytona, United States: Tiffany Chan has underlined her status as a star of the future by helping her Daytona State junior college team claim its seventh NJCAA Women’s Championship. The talented Hong Kong golfer led the way by capturing the individual title. Daytona State finished 20 shots in front of Florida’s Seminole State at LPGA International […]
Beijing, China: Chinese authorities have released information on the illegal construction of five golf courses as the country tries to protect its farmland. According to a report by Xinhua, China’s official news agency, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Land and Resources said in a joint announcement that the golf courses […]
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States: For the sixth year in succession, Schmidt-Curley Design’s Bali Hai Golf Club has been named Best Golf Course in Las Vegas. The honour was bestowed upon the Asian Golf Industry Federation stalwarts by members of the Southern Nevada Hotel Concierge Association (SNHCA) at the annual Concierge Choice Awards Gala at […]
Dublin, Ireland: OpenTee has acquired GolfSwitch, the pioneer in on-line tee-time sales. Using GolfSwitch’s interface-technology course operators will have the ability to present their tee-time inventory on the new OpenTee platform. This union combines proven effective technology with far-reaching database marketing to put the control back in the hands of the golf course operators. GolfSwitch […]
Incheon, South Korea: Journeyman Kim Seung-hyuk birdied the last for a two-under-par 70 to win OneAsia’s SK Telecom Open by one shot from Lee Tae-hee (69) and Kim Kyung-tae (71) at Sky72 Golf Club, west of Seoul. The 28-year-old Korean finished at 11-under-par around the 7,241-yard Ocean Course to claim his first professional title in a […]
London, England: Harvey Doughty and Robert Hayward, both former Product Demonstrators at Ransomes Jacobsen, have been promoted to the role of Technical Sales Manager. The creation of these new roles reflects the company’s recent review of sales strategy in the United Kingdom and Ireland and the creation of dedicated sales channels for golf and municipal. […]