London, England: Lagardère Sports has signed a management and commercial representation agreement with Italian golfer Edoardo Molinari. Molinari, who hails from Turin, has had an impressive golf career to date with 10 professional wins across four continents since turning pro in 2006. His collection of victories includes three European Tour wins – the most recent being […]
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei: Professional tournament golf is set to make a long-awaited return to Brunei with the staging of a new Asian Development Tour (ADT) event next year. The inaugural US$60,000 Brunei Championships from March 7-10, 2018 will mark the Sultanate’s first professional golf tournament in eight years when it gets underway at the […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: Troon has been selected by BoardRoom Magazine as the ‘Management Company of the Year’ for 2017 in the publication’s 19th annual ‘Excellence in Achievement’ awards. Announced in BoardRoom Magazine’s November/December 2017 issue, this marks the fourth consecutive year Troon has been honoured with this distinction. “We are thrilled to once again […]
Campey Turf Care Systems will introduce the brand-new golf-specific Koro FIELD TOPMAKER (FTM) at next month’s BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME). The new Koro FTM models are launching in 2018, with the smaller 1.6-metre model designed specifically to work on golf courses. The unequivocal success of the FTM across all sports surfaces, including golf, has […]
Singapore: More than 80 players from 18 countries have been confirmed for next year’s inaugural Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Golf Championship. Among the leading players from the World Amateur Golf Ranking who are set to compete at Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club are Thai Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (ranked 15th), China’s Liu Wenbo (27th), Korean Cho A-yean (37th), Japan’s […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Actor and comedian Darrell Hammond, best known for his 14 years on Saturday Night Live, will entertain the audience at the Closing Celebration, the final day of the 2018 Golf Industry Show (GIS) in San Antonio. The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), which annually hosts the industry’s largest golf […]
Singapore: Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong Course has been named Best Course of the Year at the Asian Tour’s Annual Awards. During the end-of-season event at Royale Jakarta Golf Club, Asian Tour CEO Josh Burack made the presentation to Andy Johnston, General Manager and Director of Agronomy at Sentosa Golf Club, a Golf Course Facility Member […]
Hong Kong: Tim Tang has been appointed to the role of High Performance Manager with the Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA). Tang, who assumed the post on December 1, was born in Hong Kong and moved to the United States with his family at the age of four. Danny Lai, the HKGA’s Chief Executive Officer, […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: The 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open achieved another first in golf sustainability, becoming the first tournament in the world to attain ‘GEO Certified Tournament’ status from Scotland-based GEO Foundation (GEO). To become a ‘GEO Certified Tournament’, the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the largest attended tournament on the PGA Tour, followed principles […]
Phuket, Thailand: The PGA of Great Britain and Ireland’s Members’ International Conference will return to Thailand in 2018 following the success of the inaugural event at Laguna Phuket. Last month’s conference brought together members of The PGA and delegates from 14 countries to one of Asia’s finest fully integrated resorts and home of the first […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: Troon has been selected to manage The Golf Club at Southwind in Garden City, Kansas. Established in 1980 as a private club, The Golf Club at Southwind will be managed by Troon Privé, the private club operating division of Troon, an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation. Located on […]
St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A will introduce a new amateur championship for junior girl golfers when the inaugural Girls Under-16s Open Championship tees-off next year. To be staged at Fulford, near York, from April 27-29, the new event is part of The R&A’s drive to boost the girls’ game in Great Britain and Ireland and […]