Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: The 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open achieved another first in golf sustainability, becoming the first tournament in the world to attain ‘GEO Certified Tournament’ status from Scotland-based GEO Foundation (GEO). To become a ‘GEO Certified Tournament’, the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the largest attended tournament on the PGA Tour, followed principles […]
Phuket, Thailand: The PGA of Great Britain and Ireland’s Members’ International Conference will return to Thailand in 2018 following the success of the inaugural event at Laguna Phuket. Last month’s conference brought together members of The PGA and delegates from 14 countries to one of Asia’s finest fully integrated resorts and home of the first […]
Sydney, Australia: In-form Jordan Garner will be the player to beat in the third edition of the Faldo Series Australia Championship. Stung by a play-off defeat last year that denied him a place in the 11th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, the 18-year-old is determined to book himself a passage to the 2018 gathering at […]
Jakarta, Indonesia: Justin Rose capped a ‘dream week’ by signing off with a final round 10-under-par 62 to win the Indonesian Masters. The Indonesian Masters was hit by multiple weather suspensions during the week, but that did not faze the world number six who posted a four-round total of 29-under-par 259 – eight shots ahead of […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: Troon has been selected to manage The Golf Club at Southwind in Garden City, Kansas. Established in 1980 as a private club, The Golf Club at Southwind will be managed by Troon Privé, the private club operating division of Troon, an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation. Located on […]
Johor, Malaysia: Back on home soil, Zubair Firdaus will be angling to make his mark in the 12th edition of the Faldo Series Malaysia Championship. Just a matter of weeks after watching Gavin Green create history by becoming the first Malaysian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit, 15-year-old Firdaus will not be short […]
St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A will introduce a new amateur championship for junior girl golfers when the inaugural Girls Under-16s Open Championship tees-off next year. To be staged at Fulford, near York, from April 27-29, the new event is part of The R&A’s drive to boost the girls’ game in Great Britain and Ireland and […]
Kathmandu, Nepal: Sukra Bahadur Rai will not be resting on his laurels after retaining his title in the sixth edition of the Faldo Series Nepal Championship. Rai, a former caddie who has risen to emerge as one of his country’s finest golfers, posted a three-stroke victory in the 11th leg of the Faldo Series Asia […]
Singapore: Ahead of next month’s SMBC Singapore Open, Sentosa Golf Club is launching its Singapore Open Agronomy Volunteer Programme, a joint initiative supported by The R&A and the Golf Environment Organisation (GEO). The programme, unique to Sentosa, affords Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents from all over the world the chance to sample what life is like […]
Palm Beach Gardens, United States: New industry certification programmes and more than 40 classroom sessions in three new streamlined education tracks have been added to the extensive education opportunities of the PGA Merchandise Show Education Conference. Additionally, PGA Professionals and industry leaders attending the annual global industry gathering in Orlando from January 23-26, also can […]
Singapore: HSBC’s flagship LPGA event will take on a new name in 2018. Formerly known as the HSBC Women’s Champions, the 11th edition of the event that will be headlined by defending champion and Olympic Gold Medallist Park In-bee will be called the HSBC Women’s World Championship. To take place from March 1-4, the tournament […]
Christchurch, New Zealand: Amelia Garvey will be aiming to cap the most memorable year of her young golfing career with a commanding performance in next week’s Faldo Series New Zealand Championship. The 17-year-old has enjoyed an outstanding 2017. The icing on the pre-Christmas cake would be retaining her Girls’ Division title at award-winning Clearwater Golf […]
Cannes, France: North Carolina, The Bahamas, Dubai, New Zealand, Spain’s Costa Blanca region and Flanders in Belgium have all been honoured in the 2018 IAGTO Awards, the golf tourism industry’s annual marque of excellence. In addition, the Awards – organised by global golf tourism trade organisation IAGTO – lauded three golf resorts: Aphrodite Hills in […]
Far Hills, United States and St Andrews, Scotland: A working group led by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and The R&A has unanimously agreed to adopt a new set of protocols for video review when applying the Rules of Golf. The group, consisting of the PGA Tour, LPGA, PGA European Tour, Ladies European Tour […]
Singapore: Gavin Green has made history by becoming the first Malaysian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit after an intense 12-month battle with several of the region’s best golfers. Green’s accomplishment is a watershed moment in Malaysian golfing history as no player from the country has ever come close to laying claim to […]