Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia: Sam Gillis secured his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) title when he prevailed at the third hole of a play-off at the PGM MIDF Championship. The ADT rookie traded six birdies against two bogeys for a closing four-under-par 68 to force extra-time against overnight leader Itthipat Buranatanyarat, who returned a 70 in […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: For the second year in succession, BRG Legend Hill Golf Resort will play host to the Vietnam Turfgrass Management Education Seminar. Some 50 superintendents, course managers, workshop managers and mechanics from more than a dozen Vietnamese clubs as well as representatives from venues in Cambodia and Myanmar are expected to attend the Asian […]
London, England: A global consensus among leaders in public health, public policy and sport backs golf in the race to tackle physical inactivity and the prevention of a range of non-communicable disease (NCD) including heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer of the breast and colon. Evidence linking golf and health, commissioned by the World Golf Foundation […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: While elite PGA Tour members were putting the lights out on TPC Kuala Lumpur’s West Course, dozens of Malaysia’s golf course superintendents were being versed in the art of speeding up their putting surfaces. Underlining their continued thirst for knowledge, more than 50 golf course managers, course superintendents, club managers, greenkeepers and […]
Naju-City, Jeolla Nam-Do, South Korea: Jacobsen and local dealer Seo Won have held a product demonstration day at Gold Lake Country Club. The recently launched Jacobsen TR Series was on display, which includes the TR320 and TR330 triplex cylinder mowers. Other machinery being demonstrated included the Jacobsen Fairway 305 and 4WD Jacobsen Truckster XD. Some […]
Ljubljana, Slovenia: The 21st edition of International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) kicked off with messages of optimism for the golf travel industry and the event itself from Nick Pilbeam, Divisional Director at Reed Travel Exhibitions, organisers of IGTM, and Peter Walton, CEO of IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators). Pilbeam’s opening address touched on the current excitement […]
St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, New Jersey, United States: The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA) have published the finalised interpretation regarding the use of green-reading materials in golf which will come into effect on January 1, 2019. The new interpretation of Rule 4.3 (Use of Equipment) has been introduced following a […]
Singapore: Gregory Foo and Abdul Hadi are the latest additions to the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) Rookie Professional Programme. The duo turned professional last week at the conclusion of the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. They join Marc Ong, Joshua Shou and Jesse Yap, who were inducted into the new programme earlier this year. The SGA […]
London, England: One of England’s best-known golfing establishments has experienced the benefits of Foley United’s Accu-Master 653 and Accu-Pro 673 grinders. In recent years, Sandy Lodge Golf Club, in the southern English county of Hertfordshire, has hosted Regional Open Championship Qualifying Rounds as well as the English Women’s Senior Open. Head greenkeeper Richard Elderfield along […]
Hong Kong: It took until the final tournament of the 2018 season – and a razor-thin margin of RMB2,376 – for Callum Tarren to win the PGA Tour Series-China Order of Merit. His final-round 62 at the Clearwater Bay Open did the trick. Tarren needed no worse than a solo-second finish and for Order of […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Marc Leishman carded a final-round seven-under-par 65 to emerge from a three-way tie for the 54-hole lead with a five-shot victory at the CIMB Classic. The 34-year-old Australian claimed his fourth PGA Tour title and broke the stranglehold of the Americans, who have triumphed in the last eight editions of the US$7 […]
Karachi, Pakistan: Tirawat Kaewsiribandit fired a flawless closing three-under-par 69 to win the US$300,000 UMA CNS Open Golf Championship. The 28-year-old Thai enjoyed a bogey-free round that was highlighted by birdies on the third, eighth and 11th. He signed for a 12-under-par 276 total to win his maiden Asian Tour title by one shot at […]
Hong Kong: New Zealand’s Nick Voke won his third PGA Tour Series-China in four events at the season-ending RMB2 million Clearwater Bay Open to bank RMB360,000 and finish third on the Order of Merit, so joining four other Tour players on the 2019 Web.com Tour. Starting the final day five strokes clear, Voke shot a […]
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia: American Han Lee ended a five-year title drought after signing for a seven-under-par 65 to seal his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) victory at the weather-shortened PGM CCM Championship. The 41-year-old Lee overturned a two-shot deficit to claim his maiden ADT victory by two strokes on a 13-under-par 203 total over Malaysian […]
Xiamen, China: Lee So-lar posted a closing 70 to win the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Orient Masters by two strokes and record her maiden China LPGA Tour title. Clinging to a one-shot lead going into the final round at Fujian Province’s Orient Xiamen Golf and Country Club, Korean Lee overcame a bogey-bogey start to finish on […]