London, England: The Toro Company has announced its continued financial and technical support of The European Tour and Golf Environment Organization (GEO) in advancing sustainability in and through the game of golf. As a Partner of The European Tour Green Drive initiative, the commitment extends the company’s existing European Tour Official Supplier status. The company’s […]
London, England: Colt Mackenzie McNair (CMM), the specialist executive recruitment firm working exclusively in the global golf industry, has underlined its status as the sport’s leading headhunter, by successfully completing the search for Wentworth Club’s new Food and Beverage Director. Speaking during the European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship, Julian Small, Chief Executive of Wentworth […]
Oklahoma, United States: SNAG (Starting New at Golf) has been doing its part to help grow the game of golf in the US for some 13 years – and is now looking to broaden its horizons in Asia. SNAG has had a tremendous impact in bringing golf to indoor and outdoor school programmes, introducing the […]
Shenzhen, China: Mission Hills has confirmed the opening of more than 30 kilometres of nature and cultural heritage hiking trails, and an Eco Gallery education centre at all three of its resorts in China – Mission Hills Shenzhen, Mission Hills Dongguan and Mission Hills Haikou. Mission Hills is the largest resort company in China to […]
Langkawi, Malaysia: The Els Club Teluk Datai has been named the region’s ‘Best Golf Course’ at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Property Awards. The recently-unveiled Troon-managed venue received the accolade from Lord Courtown, Chairman of Judging for the Architecture and Interior Design categories, in front of a distinguished assembly of developers, architects, interior designers and real estate […]
Singapore (May 20): Six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo’s nearly two decade vision for growing golf includes new events in new countries during the 2014-15 Faldo Series Asia. For the first time in its nine-year history, the burgeoning Faldo Series Asia schedule will include visits to Bangladesh and New Zealand. Sir Nick, Britain’s […]
Manila, Philippines: Marcus Both secured an emphatic victory at the ICTSI Philippine Open to revive a career that he considered quitting last year. The towering Australian, who lost his card last year for the first time since 2003, posted a two-under-par 70 for a winning total of six-under 282 at the US$300,000 Asian Tour event. […]
Hong Kong: Less than a year after Miguel Angel Jimenez’s historic victory at the Hong Kong Open, the US$1.3 million championship will return to the late season calendar in 2014. Hong Kong Golf Club will host the 56th edition of the tournament in Fanling from October 16-19, where Jimenez defeated Welshman Stuart Manley and Thailand’s Prom Meesawat in a play-off […]
Hong Kong: Fast Track Asia has confirmed an expansion to its network with a new office opening in Singapore this month, alongside sister agency ICON. Fast Track is an international sports marketing agency and part of CSM Sport & Entertainment (CSM), a group that also includes PEOPLE Marketing in China and branding specialists ICON. […]
Helsinki, Finland: Golf GameBook, the free smartphone app featuring a golf community, live scoring, tournament manager and social chat, is now available for smartphones using the Windows mobile platform. Golf GameBook is now available on all major smartphone platforms from the App Store, Google Play, Samsung Apps, BlackBerry World and Windows Phone Store. One of Golf […]
Fort Worth, United States: After a seven-year absence from the golf equipment marketplace, the Ben Hogan Company will return to the business of club-making in 2015. This re-introduction of Ben Hogan golf clubs coincides with the 60th anniversary of the introduction of the first Ben Hogan irons in the fall of 1954. Oscar Feldenkreis, President of […]
Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States: CHAMP/MacNeill Engineering Worldwide has announced the opening of a new facility in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, to support increasing global demand for the company’s portfolio of innovative products. The new location is double the size of the company’s previous office in the region and features state-of-the-art laboratories for research […]