New Delhi, India: Habitat for Humanity, the global housing non-profit organisation, and Asian Tour, the official sanctioning body of professional golf in Asia, have joined hands once again to champion the cause of affordable housing and sanitation for under-privileged, low-income families in India. At the recently-concluded Panasonic Open India, a Pro-Am tournament was played at […]
Alexandria, Virginia, United States: The Club Foundation is celebrating 30 years of service to the club industry and the development of club management professionals. Since its inception, the Foundation has disbursed more than US$8 million in scholarships, grants, and research funds. In 1988, the Club Managers Association of America’s Board of Directors determined that a charitable foundation […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Exciting expansion plans are in the pipeline as the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2019. Since its formation and incorporation in August 2009, the AGIF, a not-for-profit regional organisation with a distinguished member roster, has firmly established itself as one of the region’s premier golfing organisations. As […]
Toronto, Canada: Pacific Links International (PLI) has announced growth of its Asia-based concierge travel service in 2018, with more than 7,500 individual golfers expected to embark on golfing expeditions across an estimated 700 trips by year end. With over 400 domestic and out-bound trips and a total of 5,500 individual travellers already booked with PLI’s […]
San Diego, United States: Registration is now open for the 2019 Golf Industry Show (GIS). As a presenting partner, the Golf Course Superintendents Association (GCSAA) will offer a dynamic, progressive week of unparalleled networking opportunities and hands-on access to golf course and facility management solutions for golf industry professionals. GCSAA will also recognise its annual […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Next month’s much-anticipated launch of the R&A-backed Certificate in Greenkeeping will rank among the highlights of a productive year for the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF), the region’s umbrella golfing organisation. Addressing members at the Annual General Meeting at the Bangkok Marriott Hotel Sukhumvit, President Richard Walne hailed the Federation’s continued progress. “The […]
Daytona Beach, Florida, United States: A little over a month after the #inviteHER campaign was launched, the initiative has become more than a concept but a call-to-action with help from celebrities and social media influencers across the golf and lifestyle spaces calling on their fans and followers to take part. This #inviteHER Day asks golf […]
United Arab Emirates: Golf course management company Troon has taken its total number of courses under its management in the Middle East to 16 following the signing of a new partnership with Dubai Hills Golf Club. Dubai Hills is located in the heart of the Dubai Hills Estate – a lifestyle development that is a […]
Marrakech, Morocco: International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) has announced that the 22nd edition of IGTM will be hosted in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. Morocco, the IAGTO 2015 Golf Destination of the Year in Africa & Gulf States, will welcome IGTM to Marrakech, from October 14-17, 2019. The fast-emerging golf destination, which welcomed more than 11 […]
Cam Ranh, Vietnam: Greg Norman has described his latest Vietnamese golf course creation as being among the most unique properties he’s worked with. “I’m looking forward to the world actually getting to experience playing this fantastic golf course,” said the Australian during the official opening of KN Golf Links, a 40-minute flight from Ho Chi […]
Basel, Switzerland: Aimed at helping golf course superintendents, sports turf managers and sod growers manage mature grassy weeds, Syngenta has launched new Manuscript herbicide. According to a report in Golf Course Industry, it is specially designed to provide post-emergence control of weeds like tropical signalgrass, bull/thin paspalum, crabgrass and dallisgrass in certain warm-season turf species […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Vietnam’s burgeoning inbound golf tourism sector was thrust into the spotlight once more at last week’s Club Management Mini Summit. Growing Golf Tourism was the main topic of discussion at the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF)-organised event at Hanoi’s Diamond Westlake Suites. Sponsored by Jebsen & Jessen, the event was attended by a […]
Jupiter, Florida, United States: The National Golf Foundation (NGF), the trade organisation that works with every sector within the golf industry, has released its latest member research publication on the United States golf media market: Golf Media – Consumer Engagement. The NGF’s latest study finds that one in four Americans, 82 million people in total, […]
Shanghai, China: American Xander Schauffele claimed the biggest title of his short career after coming through to beat Tony Finau at the first hole of a sudden-death play-off at the WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International. Schauffele, who had a best-of-the-day round of 68 in regulation play, claimed victory at the par-five 18th with a birdie his […]
New Delhi, India: Indian Khalin Joshi produced a dramatic finish with four birdies in his closing five holes to sign for a four-under-par 68 and clinch his maiden Asian Tour title by one shot at the US$400,000 Panasonic Open India. Despite dropping two bogeys in his opening three holes, the 26-year-old Joshi withstood stifling pressure to […]