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 […]
Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced the expansion of its Over-The-Top (OTT) digital streaming offerings with the launch of the USGA app on Amazon’s Fire TV. The free USGA streaming app, which features more than 250 hours of USGA championship final-round broadcasts, films, highlights and more, is […]
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: The inaugural Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund, the first female professional golf tournament to be played in Saudi Arabia, has been rearranged for October following its postponement last month due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic. A new date for the US$1 million event at Royal Greens Golf & […]
Orlando, Florida, United States: World Golf Hall of Famer, 2019 Presidents Cup Captain, and PGA Tour golfer Ernie Els has issued a challenge to his fellow professionals and club golfers everywhere: Become the captain of your club, adopt a local hospital, and marshal club resources to deliver greatly needed supplies to those on the frontlines […]
Hong Kong: The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, one of the region’s most scenic and recognisable golfing venues, has joined the Asian Golf Industry Federation. Frequently described as the ‘Pebble Beach of Asia’, the Clearwater Bay course juts out on a rocky peninsula at the southern-most tip of the larger Sai Kung Peninsula, surrounded […]
Madrid, Spain: The UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has unveiled a 23-point list of recommendations aimed at helping mitigate what it calls an unprecedented global health emergency facing the world with unparalleled social and economic impacts as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The UNWTO recognises that travel and tourism has been hit hard and […]
Singapore: The Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), the region’s ruling golfing body, is further strengthening its ties with The R&A, the game’s global authority. In the latest sign of collaboration between the respective organisations, the APGC has been granted exemptions for its players into The R&A Senior Amateur and The R&A Girls’ Amateur. Taimur Hassan, the […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Golf industry veteran Sharudin Kamarudin has been given the all-clear after testing positive for Covid-19 last month. After six days of treatment at Sungai Buloh Hospital, Saha, as he is known in golfing circles, has made a full recovery and is back home with his wife and two daughters. “The most significant […]