Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) has accepted 1,592 entries for the 73rd US Women’s Open Championship at Shoal Creek. To be conducted from May 31-June 3, it will be the first US Women’s Open contested in Alabama, and it’s just the third time in its history that the […]
Binh Duong, Vietnam: High-profile golf course maintenance product brands will be to the fore at this week’s Vietnam Turfgrass Management Education Seminar. More than 50 superintendents, course managers, workshop managers and mechanics from some 20 Vietnamese golf clubs will attend the event Song Be Golf Resort on Thursday (May 10). The gathering is being organised […]
London, England: Mel Reid declared the 2018 GolfSixes a huge success for the women’s game after two female teams advanced to the quarter-finals at Centurion Club. With teams of two competing over six holes in a greensomes match play format, the GolfSixes shook up the golfing world in its debut season in 2017 and it […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Bringing decades of influence and experience in the golf industry, Robert M. Randquist, CGCS, has been named Chief Operating Officer for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Randquist comes to the GCSAA after 20 years serving as Director of Golf Course and Grounds at Boca Rio Golf Club, where […]
Benton Harbour, Michigan, United States: The PGA of America is working with Schupan Recycling’s SustainAbility division to create a recycling programme for the 79th KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship. The event will be held at Harbour Shores in Benton Harbour from May 22-27. The programme will focus on the recycling of front-of-house materials, such as water […]
Houston, United States: Jeff Blume has been elected as President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA). Blume is a Landscape Architecture graduate of Texas A&M University. He first joined the firm of ASGCA Past President Jeff Brauer, GolfScapes, where he rose to the position of Project Architect. Blume then moved to the […]
Augusta, Georgia, United States: Club Car, the global leader in golf and utility vehicles and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, has been awarded the 2018 Editor’s Choice Award for Best Golf Car by Golf Digest for the Tempo Connect. Club Car’s Tempo Connect is a stylish new golf car with connected technology for an enhanced […]
Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) has accepted a total of 9,049 entries for the 2018 US Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. The number of entries is the eighth-highest, behind the record of 10,127 accepted for the 2014 US Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: Troon is promoting May as ‘Player Development Month’ at Troon-affiliated daily-fee golf courses, private clubs and Troon Golf Academies around the world. More than 500 introductory golf clinics, ‘Get Into Golf’ clinics and activities will be held at Troon-affiliated golf courses throughout this month with 2018 marking the seventh year that […]
Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: An important collection of historic golf material, including rare books, periodicals, travelogues, diaries, political and legal documents dating to the 1500s, has found a new home at the United States Golf Association (USGA) Golf Museum, thanks to a continuing working relationship with the PGA of America. The Colonel R. […]
Johor Bahru, Malaysia: Final course preparations are under way as the award-winning Els Club Malaysia gets set to host 100 budding juniors at the inaugural ‘Junior Golf Challenge’. To be played over the Els Club Desaru Coast Ocean Course and Academy Course on May 11-12, the event features three age group categories – Division A: […]
Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland: Open Championship venue Carnoustie Golf Links has officially opened its state-of-the-art new clubhouse which will provide a world-class visitor experience to match Carnoustie’s reputation as one of the finest links courses in the world. The new Links House building includes a state-of-the-art golf practice and training facility, a new pro shop and […]