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Bavaria’s Quellness Golf Resort Partners with Performance54

Bavaria’s Quellness Golf Resort Partners with Performance54

November 18, 2018

Bavaria, Germany: Performance54 has been appointed as the Sales & Marketing partner of Quellness Golf Resort in Bad Griesbach. The relationship is designed to increase awareness in key markets and drive international and domestic visitor numbers through creative sales and marketing services. Regarded as one of the world’s leading wellness destinations, Bavaria is rich in […]

Toro and Troon Executives Join National Golf Foundation Board of Directors

Toro and Troon Executives Join National Golf Foundation Board of Directors

November 17, 2018

Jupiter, Florida, United States: The Toro Company and Troon Golf will be represented on the National Golf Foundation (NGF) Board of Directors. The NGF said the appointment of four new Board members serves to ‘embody the NGF’s unique standing as the only trade organisation that works with every sector within the golf industry’. New to […]

USGA Announces 2019 Executive Committee Nominations

USGA Announces 2019 Executive Committee Nominations

November 17, 2018

Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) Nominating Committee has released its 2019 slate of Executive Committee members and officers for the association, adding three new names to an already deep and diverse list of business leaders who share a common love of golf. Leading the nominations is Mark Newell, […]

Thumbs Up for Capillary Concrete Bunker Upgrading

Thumbs Up for Capillary Concrete Bunker Upgrading

November 16, 2018

New Canaan, Connecticut, United States: The Country Club of New Canaan, one of the oldest golf clubs in America, is three years into a five-year master-planning process with architect Andrew Green. And, according to superintendent Michael Roe, the Capillary Concrete bunker liner system, is an essential part of that project. The club was founded in […]

Passing of Former USGA President Jim Hand

Passing of Former USGA President Jim Hand

November 16, 2018

Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: James R. Hand, who often was called the United States Gf Association’s (USGA) ‘greatest President’ by former Executive Director David Fay, has died at the age of 101. Hand joined the USGA Executive Committee in 1975 and served as the Association’s 48th President in 1984 and 1985. During Hand’s […]

New Global Ranking for Golfers with Disabilities to Launch in 2019

New Global Ranking for Golfers with Disabilities to Launch in 2019

November 15, 2018

Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States and St Andrews, Scotland: The United States Golf Association (USGA) and The R&A will administer a global ranking for golfers with disabilities, which will help to grow participation and competition around the world and to promote inclusivity within the sport. The World Ranking for Golfers with Disability will launch […]

‘Toy’ Reprises Winning Story at Laguna Golf Phuket

‘Toy’ Reprises Winning Story at Laguna Golf Phuket

November 15, 2018

Phuket, Thailand: It’s not only in Hollywood where a new Toy Story is in the making. Faldo Series Asia stalwart Napat ‘Toy’ Paramacharoenroj is also embarking on an exciting new adventure. Faldo Series Asian Grand Final champion in 2017, the 17-year-old British International School Phuket (BISP) student scored a runaway victory in the third edition […]

Waste Management Phoenix Open Retains GEO Certified Accolade

Waste Management Phoenix Open Retains GEO Certified Accolade

November 14, 2018

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: The 2018 Waste Management Phoenix Open has received the highest international award for sustainability in golf for its efforts to balance environmental impacts, conserve natural resources and benefit the local community as Scotland-based GEO Foundation (GEO) again named the event as a ‘GEO Certified Tournament’. To become ‘GEO Certified’, the Waste […]

Communicating Hoiana Shores Golf Club’s Compelling Story

Communicating Hoiana Shores Golf Club’s Compelling Story

November 14, 2018

Hoi An, Vietnam: Hoiana Shores Golf Club, the Robert Trent Jones II design now taking shape amid a coastal dunescape shaped by Vietnam’s East Sea, has retained Mandarin Media (MM), Inc to handle international media/public relations. The golf property is on schedule to welcome invited play from June 2019. “We chose Mandarin Media and its […]

Toro’s New Partnership with National Golf Course Owners Association Canada

Toro’s New Partnership with National Golf Course Owners Association Canada

November 13, 2018

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States: Toro has announced a new partnership with the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) Canada. The company has become NGCOA Canada’s newest Platinum Partner as well as a preferred supplier within the Golfmax Purchasing Programme. Through this partnership, Toro will provide manufacturer’s rebates on qualified purchases of new and used equipment, along with […]

Mature Approach Pays Off for Teen Kamiya

Mature Approach Pays Off for Teen Kamiya

November 13, 2018

Tokyo, Japan: Safe driving combined with mature course management paved the way for Yuta Kamiya’s dramatic come-from-behind victory in the Faldo Series Japan Championship. Overturning a five-stroke deficit, Kamiya claimed the title on a countback from overnight leader Miyu Abe when inclement weather that plagued the three-day tournament meant a sudden-death play-off was not possible. […]

Milstein Named PGA REACH Trustee

Milstein Named PGA REACH Trustee

November 12, 2018

Indian Wells, California, United States: Philanthropist and golf entrepreneur Howard Milstein has been named a Trustee for PGA REACH, the charitable foundation of the PGA of America. Milstein, Chairman of 8AM Golf, has pledged US$1 million to PGA REACH in honour of legendary PGA Member and five-time PGA Champion Jack Nicklaus. The gift is designed […]

KPMG Golf Publishes Participation Report

KPMG Golf Publishes Participation Report

November 12, 2018

London, England: KPMG’s Golf Advisory Practice has published a Golf Participation Report for Europe 2018. The report, which provides invaluable figures regarding the supply and demand trends in Europe for 2017, is the latest of KPMG’s annual publications offering analysis and insights into Europe’s golf industry. In last year’s report, KPMG’s research for 2016 demonstrated […]

Japanese Fans Set for PGA Tour Broadcast Bonanza

Japanese Fans Set for PGA Tour Broadcast Bonanza

November 11, 2018

Tokyo, Japan: Golf fans in Japan are set to enjoy live coverage of the PGA Tour following the signing of a ground-breaking agreement between Discovery, the PGA Tour and Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), Japan’s largest operator of cable television. Starting in January 2019, the agreement will allow Japanese viewers to enjoy extensive live action on the Golf […]

Ambitious Shahab Seeking Overdue Success

Ambitious Shahab Seeking Overdue Success

November 11, 2018

Dhaka, Bangladesh: For Mohammad Shahab Uddin, the importance of a strong performance at this week’s fifth edition of the Faldo Series Bangladesh Championship cannot be over-stated. Edged out at the first hole of a nail-biting sudden-death play-off last year, Shahab is determined to set the record straight when he tees-off at Kurmitola Golf Club in […]