St Andrews, Scotland and Far Hills, New Jersey, United States: Ireland’s Leona Maguire has won the Mark H McCormack Medal for the third consecutive year as the leading women’s player in the 2017 World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). Maguire has enjoyed another excellent season having won the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship at Pyle & […]
Tokyo, Japan: Greg Norman Golf Course Design (GNGCD) and OHBA Co Ltd – Japan’s largest urban planning and civil engineering consulting company – have announced a partnership for golf course redesign and renovation. GNGCD and OHBA will assist golf courses in Japan that have lost their original strategic elements over time by updating them to […]
Edinburgh, Scotland: The University of Edinburgh, in conjunction with the Golf & Health Project, have released new research into the health benefits of golf spectating, showing those who attend golf events could potentially gain benefits similar to those playing in them. The study, released at the beginning of the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Kingsbarns […]
Singapore: Albatrozz, a fast-growing global hospitality software developer company that is making a name for itself in golf, has joined the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). Since its inception in 1999, the Kuala Lumpur-based organisation has expanded to develop and provide enterprise-class software solutions for the hospitality and leisure industries. Last year, Albatrozz became an […]
Las Vegas, United States: The 2017 PGA Fashion & Demo Experience welcomed thousands of PGA professionals, golf buyers and business leaders from 45 US states and 30 countries to Las Vegas for three busy days of merchandise sourcing, product testing, education, professional networking and special events. Two new event venues were well received by attending […]
Nadi, Fiji: South Australian Jason Norris’ life changed with a drop of a putt as he won the Fiji International at the Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course. Tri-sanctioned by the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia, European Tour and Asian Tour, the 44-year-old journeyman now has the golfing world at his fingertips. It’s an incredible […]
North Carolina, United States: John Deere and Quail Hollow Club have introduced the Quail Institute, a first-of-its-kind, world-class, fellowship programme focusing on the skills and competencies required to fully develop golf industry leaders. This one-year programme begins in 2018 and includes three fellows in the areas of Agronomy, Golf Operations and Club Management. “The Quail […]
Beijing: Teenager Amanda Tan fought off a late challenge from Saranporn Langkulgasettrin to capture the BridgeCC CLPGA Beijing Heritage title in a play-off. It was the teenager’s maiden professional victory and the first win by a Singaporean on the China LPGA Tour. Tan appeared to be coasting to victory at Beijing Orient Tianxing Country Club […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The Els Club Teluk Datai has been named as a recipient of a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. Now in its seventh year, the achievement celebrates hospitality businesses that have earned great traveller reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year. Certificate of Excellence recipients include restaurants, accommodations and attractions located all over the […]
Ho Tram, Vietnam: Members of Greg Norman Golf Course Design and the maintenance crew at The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip are working to bring a key feature of the acclaimed, coastal course back to the forefront. Since construction began on The Bluffs in 2012, vegetation has overtaken some of the dunes, diminishing the natural, sandy […]
Singapore: Golf will feature prominently during next month’s Sports Matters conference. Part of the award-winning All That Matters, Asia’s leading music, sports and entertainment industry conference, the Ritz-Carlton Millenia in Singapore is the venue for the event, from September 11-13. The Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) is one of the Supporting organisations. Spencer Robinson, the […]
Toronto, Canada: Pacific Links International (PLI) has welcomed Victor Zhang to its business development team. Zhang joined PLI in 2013 as the assistant to Du Sha, Chairman of Pacific Links International. For four years, he travelled with Du on all business meetings around the world. In his role as Vice President, Pacific Links Golf Network […]
Singapore: Organisers of the award-winning All That Matters, Asia’s leading music, sports and entertainment industry conference, have announced the programme and speaker line-up for next month’s five-day B2B2Fan conference and music festival. The conference will be staged at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia in Singapore from September 11-13. The Asian Golf Industry Federation is one of the […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: TPC Kuala Lumpur will welcome back Justin Thomas as one of the headline acts at this year’s CIMB Classic. On a high following his maiden Major triumph at last week’s PGA Championship, Thomas will return to Malaysia from October 12-15 when he will attempt to claim the title for a third year […]
London, England: The Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) has appointed Torbjörn Johansson as its new Director of Education. Following a Europe-wide search for the position attracting extensive interest from sports and golf management professionals, Swedish native Johansson was identified as the preferred candidate from a pool of experienced individuals within the club industry. Johansson […]