London, England: Lee Westwood and Catriona Matthew have become the latest recipients of the PGA of Great Britain & Ireland’s Recognition Award for outstanding contribution to the game of golf. Westwood collected his honour from PGA Captain John Heggarty at the association’s annual fund-raising lunch in London, while Matthew was presented with her PGA Recognition Award […]
San Diego, United States: Campey Turf Care Systems will be attending next month’s Golf Industry Show (GIS) with Dakota and Air 2G2 GT Air Inject. To be held from February 2-7, the GIS is one of golf’s premier learning and networking events and senior Campey representatives Richard Campey, Ben Taylor and Dave Harrison will join […]
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand: Itthipat Burantanyarat rediscovered his winning thanks to a closing seven-under-par 64 at the ฿4 million (about US$121,700) Boonchu Ruangkit Championship. The 25-year-old Thai broke his three-year title drought on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) by staying focused on a pressure-filled final day. He posted a winning total of 26-under-par 258 in the fifth […]
Singapore: Ryo Ishikawa, Japan’s ‘Bashful Prince’, will be one of the headline acts at this week’s SMBC Singapore Open. Shugo Imahira, winner of last year’s Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO) Money List, has also confirmed his appearance in the US$1 million event. In fact, the top-five players from that Money List will compete. South African Shaun […]
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States: The PGA of America has promoted Sandy Cross to serve as the first Chief People Officer in the association’s history and Arjun Chowdri as the PGA’s first Chief Innovation Officer. They will both report to PGA of America Chief Operating Officer Darrell Crall. As the new Chief People Officer, […]
Cairo, Egypt: Egypt’s most anticipated new golf course, NEWGIZA, as well as luxury hotel, Marriott Mena House, both located within sight of the Giza Pyramids, have invested in new fleets from Club Car, the Official Supplier to The Ryder Cup. The world-leading manufacturer of small-wheel, zero-emissions electric vehicles has enjoyed a 100% share of the […]
Kathmandu, Nepal: Subash Tamang’s stock continued to rise with a wire-to-wire victory in the seventh edition of the CMS Faldo Series Nepal Championship. Widely regarded as the South Asian country’s brightest male teenage golfing prospect, Subash barely played a false stroke in the 13th leg of the 2018-19 Faldo Series Asia season at Gokarna Forest […]
Bloomington, Minnesota, United States: Toro has announced the launch of the all-new Greensmaster 1000 Series fixed-head walk greens mowers. This revolutionary new series of fixed-head greensmowers, with several patent-pending features, was designed to eliminate variability in the walk mowing process by integrating operators of all sizes and skill levels to work in harmony with the machine. Ultimately, […]
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States: The PGA Tour has announced a renewed and expanded agreement with Twitter to distribute, on a free basis, nearly 140 hours of live competition from PGA Tour Live across 28 tournaments during the 2018-19 PGA Tour season. The multi-year agreement will stream on Twitter the first 60 to 90 […]
Hong Kong: Destroying any part of the Hong Kong Golf Club’s Fanling landscape ‘would be an act of extreme vandalism’. That’s the view of Alexander ‘Sandy’ Duggie, Managing Director, Urbis Limited. A registered landscape architect practising in Hong Kong since 1985, Duggie was co-author of a 2005 government study (Landscape Value Mapping of Hong Kong) […]
Orlando, Florida, United States: Inventors of new golf training and teaching aids, accessories and equipment will be able to gauge the interest of more than 40,000 attending PGA Professionals, golf industry leaders and media from around the world at the Inventors Spotlight, during this month’s PGA Merchandise Show. Organised in partnership with the United Inventors […]
Scottsdale, United States: Golf Advisor, NBC Sports’ digital destination for the travelling golfer, has announced a new partnership with Troon, making Golf Advisor the official licensee of Troon Golf Vacations. Golf Advisor will assume responsibilities for marketing and fulfilment for hundreds of properties within the Troon Golf Vacations destination portfolio. Troon Golf Vacations destinations include […]
Delhi, India: Bahamas-bound Pranavi S. Urs will be seeking to maintain her recent rich vein of form in this week’s Faldo Series India Championship. On the back of a series of outstanding performances in the final quarter of 2018, the Mysore teenager, who has been offered a golf scholarship to the Albany Academy in the […]
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States: For 19 years, every Monday through Friday, Sets Tasaka, 80, has taken the bus from his home in Wailuku, Maui, to Hale Makua’s Adult Day Health Centre. Hale Makua – which improves the well-being of those in its care through compassionate, personalised health services and is a primary beneficiary […]
Singapore: Paul Casey, one of golf’s in-form players last year, will make the SMBC Singapore Open one of his opening events this year. The Englishman, a star of the European team that claimed the Ryder Cup in September, has announced that after competing in Hawaii on the PGA Tour he will head to the SMBC […]