Golf Industry News

Bristol, England: Meteorological equipment specialist Biral has recently launched its new Lightning Works software programme to work with its popular BTD-200 lightning warning system. The BTD-200 Lightning Works Messenger is a software application that operates alongside the BTD-200 Lightning Works software to send warning email and SMS text messages when thunderstorm activity is detected. Messages are sent both […]

St Augustine, Florida, United States: The World Golf Hall of Fame has named four-time Major Champion Susie Maxwell Berning as the fourth and final Inductee of the Class of 2021.   Maxwell Berning was selected through the Female Competitor category, learning of her impending Induction from LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan. “Quite an honour,” said Maxwell Berning. […]

Hue, Vietnam: Laguna Golf Lăng Cô is gearing up for a re-opening next month. Praising the Vietnamese Government for its handling of the Covid-19 crisis, Adam Calver said golf clubs across the country may well benefit from the strict enforcement measures to contain the outbreak. Calver, Director of Golf at the award-winning club in Central […]

Moline, Illinois, United States: John Deere, in collaboration with the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, is producing protective face shields at John Deere Seeding Group. Deere employees will initially produce 25,000 face shields to meet the immediate needs of healthcare workers […]

Hue, Vietnam: Laguna Golf Lăng Cô is reaping the benefits of a well thought out plan of action it has successfully implemented at its property during the current shutdown. Anticipating the imposition of a lockdown by the Vietnamese Government, senior officials at the award-winning golf club in Central Vietnam were quick to act. Adam Calver, […]

St Augustine, Florida, United States: The World Golf Hall of Fame will enshrine former PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem as part of its Class of 2021, joining Tiger Woods and Marion Hollins. He received news of his induction through the Contributor category from current Commissioner Jay Monahan. “It is the greatest honour to be elected to […]

London, England: A new research project is set to provide vital answers to the pressing questions of ‘Managing Turf Under Lockdown’. Crucially, the results will be reported as the trial progresses to enable greenkeepers to make decisions over the coming weeks. Sponsored by Syngenta, in association with ICL and the STRI, the initiative will give […]

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States: The PGA of America has pledged US$5 million to start a fund to offer financial assistance to golf industry workers who are suffering hardship during the Coronavirus pandemic. “The golf industry is in an unprecedented crisis and our friends, colleagues and their families need our help right away,” said […]

London, England: The business of golf has been hit hard by the international course closures caused by Covid-19. With no golf being played in Great Britain, there is understandable concern about what the future of the game looks like. How can golf courses navigate staffing restrictions to ensure that tees, fairways, greens and bunkers are […]

Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Golf Industry Federation Vice-President David Townend has called on golf clubs in the region to avoid becoming embroiled in a price war on green fees when courses are re-opened in the weeks and months ahead. “If I look into a crystal ball, I hope that everybody who is a golfer is anxious […]

Ohio, United States: Since the end of World War II, making golf available to minorities has been the family business for the Powell family. Started in 1946 by family patriarch Bill Powell, a World War II veteran and entrepreneur, Clearview Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio, is the country’s first golf course built and owned […]

Bangkok, Thailand: Amata Spring Country Club is taking advantage of a current enforced shutdown by carrying out upgrading work on its award-winning golf course and looking to the future. “We’d love to be open and we’d love to be operating, but that’s not possible in Thailand at the moment,” said David Townend, General Manager at […]

Birmingham, England: The PGA Helpline service set up within a week of the Coronavirus crisis gripping the nation has offered support to more than 5,800 members and over 1,500 golf clubs and facilities. A team of more than 60 staff at The Professional Golfers’ Association of Great Britain and Ireland were switched to manning the […]

Jupiter, Florida, United States: The National Golf Foundation’s (NGF) latest nationwide poll of golf facilities indicates that approximately 48% of courses in the United States are currently allowing play amid the coronavirus pandemic, with significant regional differences. The NGF’s special webpage,  www.thengfq.com/covid-19, is dedicated to continuing research on the effects of the coronavirus on golf and […]

Brimpton, Berkshire, England: Wetting agent programmes are essential in achieving a reduction in dry patch and fairy ring outbreaks. Indigrow, a Full Business Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation, says that by alternating curative (Magnum CO) and preventative (Magnum 357 Calibre) products, the waxy coating covering soil and sand particles is broken down. This […]