Singapore: Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) Golf Course Facility Members have featured prominently at recent award ceremonies. At the 2018 World Golf Awards at La Manga Club in Spain, four AGIF member clubs were honoured as Best Course in their respective countries. The East Course at The Hong Kong Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public […]
Taipei, Taiwan: The Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) will unveil its new event format in Taipei next month. The AGIF is partnering with the Taiwan Golf Course Association to hold the Annual Taiwan Golf Course Association Turfgrass Seminar & Club Management Mini Summit at the award-winning Sunrise Golf & Country Club on December 4-5. “We’re excited […]
Lahore, Pakistan: Ahmed Baig will be conspicuous by his absence when the eighth Faldo Series Pakistan Championship tees-off this week. But it’s with the blessing and best wishes of the Pakistan Golf Federation that national team stalwart Baig will be missing from the 10th leg of the 2018-19 Faldo Series Asia season at the Lahore […]
Illinois, United States: John Deere has again earned a spot among the world’s most valuable brands in an annual ranking completed by leading brand consulting firm Interbrand. John Deere is now ranked 88th in the Best Global Brands research, moving up four spots from a year ago. Interbrand estimates the John Deere brand to now […]
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Golf Club (HKGC) will welcome back four-time champion Miguel Ángel Jiménez to this week’s Honma Hong Kong Open presented by Amundi. The flamboyant Spaniard will be among the main drawcards at the 60th edition of the tournament over the Composite Course at HKGC, a Golf Course Facility Member of the Asian Golf […]
Dhaka, Bangladesh: The agonising wait is over for Mohammed Shahab Uddin. A frequent contender with a dozen runner-up finishes to his name in recent years, Shahab finally savoured the sweet taste of success in the fifth edition of the Faldo Series Bangladesh Championship. With rounds of 75, 70 and a closing 71 at the Kurmitola […]
London, England: The Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) has announced the finalists for the 2019 Golf Environment Awards (GEAs), which recognise golf clubs and individuals that strive to undertake environmental best practice. Over 30 long-listed clubs were visited during the year by STRI ecology consultants Bob Taylor and Rowan Rumball, which were then whittled down […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]