Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: With something strange in the neighbourhood, Al Hamra Golf Club is calling on Ghostbusters-style sanitising backpacks to counter Covid-19 fears and instil confidence in members and guests. In their attempts to exterminate Coronavirus from the property, staff at one of the most progressive golfing establishments in the United Arab […]

Singapore: The Golf Group Asia, a unique partnership of leading golf development and management consultants, is offering pro bono advice to golf clubs around the region that are easing their way out of the Coronavirus lockdown. “As the golf industry exits the Covid-19 pandemic every owner, operator, club manager and management executive has plans and […]

Jupiter, Florida, United States: The percentage of off-course golf specialty stores in America open to foot traffic jumped from 61% to 75% last week in the National Golf Foundation’s (NGF) latest industry-wide surveys. On-course pro shops are following close behind with 63% now open, up from 52% the prior week. Even with some occupancy limitations […]

St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A has launched a £7 million funding package, The R&A Covid-19 Support Fund, to help golf deal with the impact of the pandemic. The fund will be largely aimed at national associations and other affiliated bodies in Great Britain and Ireland. With the global pandemic leading to widespread temporary course closures and drastic […]

Juno Beach, Florida, United States: The world may be forever altered by the Covid-19 pandemic, but one thing hasn’t changed – Rory McIlroy still knows how to win on the golf course. The two-time FedEx Cup champion edged Matthew Wolff in a sudden-death, closest-to-the-pin competition to earn six skins and beat Wolff and Rickie Fowler, […]

Singapore: Capitalising on opportunities and restoring investor confidence are critical to the recovery of the golf industry in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although Henrik Friis believes it could take many months for golf to regain its footing he retains an optimistic outlook. “Despite the gloom and doom, there’s a positive trend going forward,” […]

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States: The PGA Tour has taken the next step toward its safe return to golf, outlining to players the health and safety measures the organisation will undertake when 2019-20 FedEx Cup play resumes at the Charles Schwab Challenge next month. The 37-page document, which was sent to players on May […]

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States: After careful consideration and with guidance from health authorities and industry stakeholders, the PGA Fashion & Demo Experience, originally scheduled to take place on August 18-19 at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas, will instead facilitate business connections through a series of digital programmes starting in June with additional online offerings continuing […]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A unique opportunity to broaden golf’s base and attract a raft of new players to the game will present itself in the post-Coronavirus era. As golf courses re-open around the globe following various government-enforced lockdowns, Troon, one of world’s largest golf course operators and management companies, is seeing the emergence of […]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Harnessing technology to eliminate the need for face-to-face contact must become the new norm for golf clubs around the world. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, golf clubs are having to rethink their modus operandi and standard operating procedures. And more and more are quickly coming to the conclusion that […]

Singapore: Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) Chief Executive Officer Eric Lynge will share his forthright views about the prospects for golf in the post-Coronavirus era in an on-line forum next week. Lynge is one of the panellists in a LinksAsia webinar entitled ‘Teeing-Up for Success Post Covid-19’. “I’m looking forward to participating in what promises […]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A noticeable improvement in pace of play is one of the positive by-products as golf clubs re-open for business following an easing of restrictions. Speaking in the latest in a series of Asian Golf Industry Federation podcasts with leading lights from the industry that are being broadcast at www.agif.asia, DJ Flanders, […]