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 […]
Singapore: Ahead of next month’s SMBC Singapore Open, Sentosa Golf Club is launching its Singapore Open Agronomy Volunteer Programme, a joint initiative supported by The R&A and the Golf Environment Organisation (GEO). The programme, unique to Sentosa, affords Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents from all over the world the chance to sample what life is like […]
Palm Beach Gardens, United States: New industry certification programmes and more than 40 classroom sessions in three new streamlined education tracks have been added to the extensive education opportunities of the PGA Merchandise Show Education Conference. Additionally, PGA Professionals and industry leaders attending the annual global industry gathering in Orlando from January 23-26, also can […]
Singapore: HSBC’s flagship LPGA event will take on a new name in 2018. Formerly known as the HSBC Women’s Champions, the 11th edition of the event that will be headlined by defending champion and Olympic Gold Medallist Park In-bee will be called the HSBC Women’s World Championship. To take place from March 1-4, the tournament […]
Cannes, France: North Carolina, The Bahamas, Dubai, New Zealand, Spain’s Costa Blanca region and Flanders in Belgium have all been honoured in the 2018 IAGTO Awards, the golf tourism industry’s annual marque of excellence. In addition, the Awards – organised by global golf tourism trade organisation IAGTO – lauded three golf resorts: Aphrodite Hills in […]
Far Hills, United States and St Andrews, Scotland: A working group led by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and The R&A has unanimously agreed to adopt a new set of protocols for video review when applying the Rules of Golf. The group, consisting of the PGA Tour, LPGA, PGA European Tour, Ladies European Tour […]