North Berwick, Scotland: Building on years of input and collaboration, and more recently months of trialling by golf facilities and management groups around the world, a new version of OnCourse is now available, bringing significant business benefits to golf facilities and helping golf improve its social and environmental reputation. The widely-endorsed web-app is an innovative […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: As part of a new initiative to propel Asia’s rising stars of junior golf to success at the American University level, the Junior Golf Tour of Asia (JGTA) will launch its AJGA-sanctioned Junior Golf Tour next month. The inaugural event will be held at Bintan Lagoon Resort, on the Indonesian island of […]
London, England: The Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) has released a White Paper detailing the findings of discussions between a collective group of Certified Club Managers on ‘The Best Management Style for the Future’. Eleven of Europe’s Certified Club Managers (CCMs) gathered at Royal Mid Surrey Golf Club for a CCM Think Tank meeting, […]
Singapore: Sentosa Golf Club once more found itself in the fast lane as host to the Audio quattro Cup 2017 Singapore. Vying for a spot in the Audi quattro Cup World Finals, more than 150 Audi owners took to the award-winning Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf Club, a Golf Course Facility Member of the Asian […]
Bloomington, Minnesota, United States: At this year’s Golf Industry Show, Toro invited superintendents and turf managers to help name a new turf maintenance machine that, at the time, was referred to as Project Delta. After reviewing thousands of submissions, Toro has selected the name for the revolutionary, new machine — the Toro Outcross 9060. Curt […]
Xiamen, China: Greg Norman’s maiden golf course design in China will play host to next month’s US$350,000 Asian Golf Championship, the first Asian Tour-sanctioned event in China for nine years. The Kaikou Golf Club in Fujian Province boasts 36 holes. The first course was opened in 1994 with the second layout being unveiled in 2009. […]
Alexandria, Virginia, United States: Club Management magazine has named Richard L. LaRocca as the 2017 Club Executive of the Year. A member of the Florida Chapter of the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA), LaRocca serves as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of The Country Club of Orlando in Florida. During his tenure at The […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Three new faces have been added to the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) Board of Directors. During the annual meeting at TPC Kuala Lumpur, the appointments of Anchalica ‘Annie’ Boriraj (Ransomes Jacobsen), Janeke Hoffman (Rain Bird) and Andrew Johnston (Sentosa Golf Club) were ratified. Richard Walne, President of the AGIF, said: “We […]
Minnesota, United States: Brad Kautzer has joined Foley United as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Kautzer succeeds Jim Letourneau who will remain as a senior adviser, board member and equity partner at Foley United, a leading manufacturer of highly engineered grinders for the turf industry and a Full Business Member of the Asian […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Golf industry stalwart Rudy Anderson has assumed the role of Vice President of the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). President of Pacific Links International, Anderson was confirmed in the position at the AGIF’s annual meeting at TPC Kuala Lumpur. Richard Walne, President of the AGIF, said: “As a Board member for the […]
Shanghai, China: The PGA Tour is once again partnering with the China Golf Association with the launch of the PGA Tour-China in 2018. The PGA Tour-China will consist of a full schedule of tournaments and will begin in spring 2018, with each event offering a prize purse of at least RMB1.5 million (about US$200,000), up […]
Singapore: Urban Fairways and Laguna Golf Bintan have announced a one-year partnership offering unlimited indoor and outdoor golf. A member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation, Urban Fairways said ‘the ‘Golf Guru’ membership opens up the world of golf to busy executives with limited time who want to play, improve and entertain’. It also provides […]