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Golf Industry Must Evolve in Better Way, Says Wee

Golf Industry Must Evolve in Better Way, Says Wee

May 3, 2020

Bogor, Indonesia: A more rewarding overall experience awaits golfers with the region’s golf clubs having to alter their mindsets in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Wee Peng Siong, a veteran of the golf club industry in Asia, it’s essential for golf clubs to recalibrate if they’re to survive and thrive. Speaking in […]

Guide to Cleaning and Disinfecting Club Car Golf Carts

Guide to Cleaning and Disinfecting Club Car Golf Carts

May 3, 2020

Augusta, Georgia, United States: Club Car is assisting its partners and customers with their heightened concerns surrounding Covid-19. During this challenging time, Club Car has developed several best practices and tips to help golf courses and their teams clean and disinfect their golf cars – both important to prevent the spread of Covid-19. According to […]

Indonesian Club’s Commitment to Staff Welfare

Indonesian Club’s Commitment to Staff Welfare

May 2, 2020

Bogor, Indonesia: Welfare and the well-being of its long-serving and loyal staff is a main priority at Riverside Golf Club. While many clubs around the world are being forced to lay off staff or cut their salaries, the award-winning Indonesian facility has been looking after each and every one of its employees during the Covid-19 […]

Qualifying for Tokyo Olympic Golf Competition Extended

Qualifying for Tokyo Olympic Golf Competition Extended

May 2, 2020

Lausanne, Switzerland: The International Golf Federation (IGF) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) have announced an adjustment to the qualifying system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to accommodate the new dates of competition in 2021. In light of the one-year delay, athletes now will accumulate Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) points through a period ending on […]

Riverside General Manager Draws on SARS Experience

Riverside General Manager Draws on SARS Experience

May 1, 2020

Bogor, Indonesia: Wee Peng Siong has called on the experience he gained as general manager at a 27-hole golf club in China during SARS to guide and inform him through the current Covid-19 pandemic. Recalling the 2003 virus outbreak, Singapore-born industry stalwart Wee said: “We would generally host between 95,000 and 100,000 rounds per year […]

Troon Launches Robust New Website

Troon Launches Robust New Website

May 1, 2020

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: Troon has launched a new website that will help the global brand to communicate and market over the next five-plus years, while better connecting members and guests to Troon-affiliated clubs. The new website – www.Troon.com – was developed in partnership with Enspire for Enterprise, formerly doing business as Web.com for Enterprise, […]

59club Asia Service Excellence Award Winners Feted

59club Asia Service Excellence Award Winners Feted

May 1, 2020

Bangkok, Thailand: Thailand’s Thai Country Club and Thana City Country Club, Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club and Cambodia’s Angkor Golf Resort took centre stage at 59club Asia’s inaugural Service Excellence Awards, supported by Golfbreaks.com. During 2019, data was captured from mystery service audits and benchmarked across all golf venues that 59club Asia works with throughout the […]

Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation Exploring Rescheduling Possibilities

Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation Exploring Rescheduling Possibilities

April 30, 2020

Singapore: Health and safety will be the over-riding factors as Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) officials explore the possibilities of resurrecting a tournament schedule that has been decimated by the Coronavirus outbreak that has brought the sporting world to a standstill. Instead of representing the APGC at Spain’s La Manga Club last week in the Bonallack […]

Clubs Should Position Themselves as ‘Home-Away-From-Home’

Clubs Should Position Themselves as ‘Home-Away-From-Home’

April 30, 2020

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Golf clubs have an opportunity to reinvent themselves as a home-away-from-home in the post-Coronavirus era. Steven Thielke, Chief Executive Officer at TPC Kuala Lumpur, believes clubs around the region may be best served in the uncertain months ahead by reconsidering their standard operating procedures. “In the club business, we often talk about […]

National Golf Foundation Covid-19 Update: 2,500 Courses Reopen for Play

National Golf Foundation Covid-19 Update: 2,500 Courses Reopen for Play

April 30, 2020

Jupiter, Florida, United States: The National Golf Foundation’s (NGF) fifth week of nationwide surveys found that approximately 58% of US golf courses were open for play last week amid the coronavirus pandemic. As State and county restrictions continue to be relaxed, this number could rise to 75% or higher by mid-May. The changes last week […]

Prepare for a New Way of Golfing, Says Thielke

Prepare for a New Way of Golfing, Says Thielke

April 29, 2020

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Club members and their guests must brace themselves for a new way of golfing when they return to the region’s courses. Given the likelihood of more stringent rules being laid down by Governments in relation to accepted behaviour in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Steven Thielke says the onus is on […]

National Golf Foundation Releases Consolidated State-of-Industry Overview

National Golf Foundation Releases Consolidated State-of-Industry Overview

April 29, 2020

Jupiter, Florida, United States: The National Golf Foundation (NGF) has released the 2020 Golf Industry Report (GIR), a comprehensive overview of the business of golf and the health of the game in 2019. While the current state of the industry is understandably on the forefront of the minds of everyone who works in and around […]

Asian Golf Industry Federation Launches Job Postings Service

Asian Golf Industry Federation Launches Job Postings Service

April 28, 2020

Singapore: The Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) has launched a new initiative aimed at serving the industry’s staffing needs. This week saw the commencement of a Job Postings segment within the new-look AGIF website at www.agif.asia  Eric Lynge, the AGIF’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “There’s no doubt that the time is right for an undertaking […]

Golf Genius Software Providing Subscription Credits to All Customers

Golf Genius Software Providing Subscription Credits to All Customers

April 27, 2020

Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States: Golf Genius Software has provided a subscription credit to all its customers in the 46 countries where it conducts business. For most customers, the credit amounts to approximately 15% of their annual product subscription fees. “Sadly, the majority of golf facilities around the world are currently closed,” said Mike Zisman, Co-CEO […]

Operators Reveal How Pandemic is Impacting Public Golf

Operators Reveal How Pandemic is Impacting Public Golf

April 27, 2020

Orlando, Florida, United States: While golf courses across America deal with unprecedented disruption of their day-to-day business due to state and city mandates brought on by the Coronavirus pandemic, GOLFNOW is shedding some light on their most-pressing challenges by revealing results from golf course operator surveys taken in March and April. With the most recent […]