Golf Industry News

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”16568″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Hannah Green shows off the Greg Norman Medal. Picture by Australian PGA.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gold Coast, Australia: Hannah Green, Australia’s latest Major champion, capped an extraordinary 2019 season by receiving the most prestigious award in Australian golf, the Greg Norman Medal. The West Australian was recognised for her two-win season on the LPGA Tour […]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Sandwich Bay, Kent, England: Prince’s Golf Club has announced the acquisition of Chart Hills Golf Club by its owner and operator, Ramac Holdings Ltd, for an undisclosed fee. Chart Hills, in Biddenden, Kent, sits in the county’s High Weald area and has been lauded nationwide since its opening in 1993. It’s widely regarded as […]

Berkshire, England: Improving turf health to help reduce or eliminate fungicide applications has become increasingly vital to turf managers as more and more fungicides are withdrawn from the market and as greenkeepers try to become more environmentally friendly. The Asset range is the latest range of plant health enhancers from Indigrow, a group of companies […]

Kathmandu, Nepal: Subash Tamang’s reputation and world ranking continued to soar while temperatures plummeted at the eighth edition of the Faldo Series Nepal Championship. Nepal’s first South Asian Games individual golfing gold medallist, the 17-year-old defied miserable weather conditions en route to a runaway victory in the 11th event of the 2019-20 Faldo Series Asia […]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Kathmandu, Nepal: Subash Tamang’s reputation and world ranking continued to soar while temperatures plummeted at the eighth edition of the Faldo Series Nepal Championship. Nepal’s first South Asian Games individual golfing gold medallist, the 17-year-old defied miserable weather conditions en route to a runaway victory in the 11th event of the 2019-20 Faldo Series Asia […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Berkshire, England: Improving turf health to help reduce or eliminate fungicide applications has become increasingly vital to turf managers as more and more fungicides are withdrawn from the market and as greenkeepers try to become more environmentally friendly. The Asset range is the latest range of plant health enhancers from Indigrow, a group of companies […]

Moscow, Russia: Iain McInally has been appointed General Manager at the IMG managed Raevo Golf & Country Club in Moscow. McInally brings a proven international background of developing and operating high quality golf clubs and resorts and will oversee all aspects of the club’s on-going development, working alongside both IMG and the club’s Board of […]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Moscow, Russia: Iain McInally has been appointed General Manager at the IMG managed Raevo Golf & Country Club in Moscow. McInally brings a proven international background of developing and operating high quality golf clubs and resorts and will oversee all aspects of the club’s on-going development, working alongside both IMG and the club’s Board […]

Murcia, Spain: Asia’s leading amateur golfers will face a stern examination of their skills on the fairways of Spain’s La Manga Club in 2020. From April 23-25, the five-time host of the Spanish Open will be the venue for the Bonallack and Patsy Hankins Trophies, featuring the top male and female amateur players from Europe […]

Birmingham, England: Retail specialist and software development company Crossover Technologies has strengthened its close ties with The PGA of Great Britain and Ireland by upgrading its status from Official Supplier to PGA Partner. The Bristol-based company was founded more than two decades ago to provide business software solutions to retailers. Crossover Technologies founder and Chairman […]

Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow Golf Club has invested in the upkeep of its two courses after leasing more than £1 million of greenkeeping equipment from its local John Deere dealer. Founded as a members’ club in 1787, Glasgow Golf Club is the ninth oldest golf club in the world. The club jointly operates its heritage parkland course […]

London, England: An independent study featured in the December issue of GOLF Magazine found that driving distance, ball speed, shot dispersion and smash factor all improved when golfers wore replaceable cleats instead of spikeless footwear. The study was conducted at Pinehurst Golf Resort by GOLF Top 100 instructor Eric Alpenfels, PGA, and Dr Bob Christina, […]

New York, United States: Tiger Woods is to tell his life story in his own words for the first time in a new book to be published in 2020 under the title ‘Back’. Described by publishers HarperCollins as a ‘candid and intimate narrative of one of the most storied and accomplished athletes in history’, the […]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: TPC Kuala Lumpur will ring-in the New Year with a raft of exciting new offers aimed at enhancing its reputation as one of the region’s premier golfing establishments. The former host to the PGA Tour’s CIMB Classic has ended 2019 on a high by maintaining its status among the Top-100 Platinum Golf […]

Sunshine Coast, Australia: The Greg Norman Golf Course Design (GNGCD) Pelican Waters Golf Club will play host to the Isuzu Queensland Open in 2020. It will be the first time since 1990, when Ian Baker-Finch etched his name on the TB Hunter Cup, that the Sunshine Coast has staged the State championship. To be held […]