Kansas, United States: Research grants from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America are supporting five new research projects this year at universities across the country.
Hanoi, Vietnam: Sir Nick Faldo has revealed his latest golf course design with a new peninsula layout near Hanoi – wowing golfers with lakeside views and mountain horizons.
New Jersey, United States: The USGA, at the invitation of Crooked Stick Golf Club members Joe and Marcia Luigs, along with the club’s Director of Golf, has acquired a selection of artifacts from the estate of Pete and Alice Dye.
Singapore: Chris Gray has shone a spotlight on some of the most pressing issues facing golf in the 21st century – and outlined measures The R&A is taking to help tackle them.
St Andrews, Scotland: GEO Foundation, the international non-profit dedicated to helping advance sustainability in and through golf, has appointed Roddy Williams as Director, Professional Golf Engagement and Communications.
Singapore: Shade and the Effects of Low Light on Turfgrass will be thrust into the spotlight in the Asian Golf Industry Federation’s Sustainability Series next month.
London, England: A survey of golf course architects has discovered significant optimism for the next few years, with many design businesses expecting their turnover to return to, and in some cases exceed, pre-pandemic levels.
Hanoi, Vietnam: For Martin Moore and his Flagstick Golf Course Construction Management team, the little matter of a global pandemic was never going to be allowed to derail their grand designs.
Ontario, Canada: GGA Partners and Nextgengolf, a subsidiary of the PGA of America, have released the fifth annual Millennial Golf Industry study entitled ‘Life in Flux: The Evolving Priorities of Millennial Golfers’.
London, England: Since transferring the production of its mowers to the Turf Care Centre of Excellence in Ipswich, Jacobsen’s three-hole golf course has become more important than ever to product development and testing.
Singapore: Sentosa Golf Club and Tanah Merah Country Club will be the venues for a new series of local professional golf events in Singapore.
London, England: Following the success of last year’s first virtual International Golf Travel Market, Reed Travel Exhibitions is launching another virtual event, IGTM Links, which will take place online from March 23-25.
Cairo, Egypt: Club Car has supplied a fleet of cars to Madinaty Golf Club, a new luxury golf destination in the suburbs of Cairo.
Idaho, United States: The JR Simplot Company says there’s a reason the fairway, and to a lesser degree, the rough, is likely greener under your feet than many of the other courses you’ve played.
Florida, United States: The golf markets in Japan and South Korea feature prominently in the World Golf Report 2021, the industry’s only global golf retail study.