San Diego, United States: Hector Velazquez (pictured right), creator of ‘Hector’s Shop’, is the winner of the 2018 Edwin Budding Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). The Edwin Budding Award, named for the inventor of the lawn mower, is given annually to an equipment manager or related innovator, technician, educator or […]
King Abdullah Economic City: The Saudi Golf Federation (SGF) has announced a dynamic golf development programme which looks set to transform the golfing landscape in the Kingdom and utilise the game’s wide-reaching benefits for the people of Saudi Arabia. Speaking during the week of Saudi Arabia’s inaugural European Tour event, His Excellency Yasir Bin Othman […]
Quality Golf Founder Tony Taylor (pictured left) is a turf manager who made the leap to the Asian golf market 20-plus years ago. In the first of a two-part feature originally published in GCM, Bangkok-based Taylor shares lessons in perseverance and management learned through a different lens. In the early 1990s, I was working as […]
New York, United States: Robert Nielsen, certified golf course superintendent at Bedford Golf & Tennis Club, has earned the 2019 Excellence in Government Affairs Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) for his passion and hard work in advocating for the golf course management profession. GCSAA annually recognises a chapter, coalition or […]
Singapore: A top-10 finish in the HSBC Women’s World Championship is the aim of ambitious Singaporean teenager Amanda Tan. Overturning a three-stroke overnight deficit, the 19-year-old swept to victory in the event’s first Regional Qualifying Tournament, booking herself a starting spot alongside the world’s finest female golfers. Following her opening even-par 72 with a two-under […]
Kunming, China: Zhang Xiyue pipped Cheng Junyuan at the first hole of a sudden-death play-off to emerge triumphant in the 12th edition of the Faldo Series Kunming Championship. In one of the most dramatic finales of the 2018-19 Faldo Series Asia season, Zong Zenghaoqi’s bid for a third successive victory at the award-winning, Nick Faldo-designed […]
St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA) have released the 2018 Annual Driving Distance Report, containing driving-distance data from seven men’s and women’s professional golf Tours around the world. This is the fourth annual distance report issued by the game’s governing bodies, completed […]
Siem Reap, Cambodia: From Asia’s Golden Land and America’s Wild West, a true taste of the Orient and North America will be on offer for golf tour operators attending two IAGTO golf tourism conventions in 2019. Global golf tourism organisation IAGTO is taking its eighth annual Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) to Cambodia for some […]
Orlando, Florida, United States: The National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA), the PGA of America and PGA Golf Exhibitions have announced a multi-year, strategic alliance to co-locate the annual Golf Business Conference with the PGA Merchandise Show, beginning in 2020. The Golf Business Conference, hosted by NGCOA for more than 30 years, is the industry’s […]
Orlando, Florida, United States: The 66th PGA Merchandise Show, the industry’s annual ‘Major of Golf Business’, welcomed nearly 40,000 golf industry professionals from all 50 US states and 89 countries. The 2019 edition delivered exciting product and industry announcements that energised the industry for the New Year. PGA Professionals and buyers uncovered the newest products, trends […]
St Augustine, Florida, United States: The Class of 2019 Inductees officially began their ‘Road to Induction’ when they met for the first time at the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum. The four living Inductees – Retief Goosen, Billy Payne, Jan Stephenson and Dennis Walters – will join the ranks of the World Golf […]
Orlando, Florida, United States: Golf Datatech, LLC, and Yano Research Institute Ltd, two of the golf industry’s leading independent research and data firms, have introduced World Golf Report 2019, the industry’s only global golf retail study. The 2019 edition of the report, which marks the third overall edition, provides an in-depth global retail market summary […]