Mauritius: Dylan Frittelli birdied the first play-off hole to defeat Arjun Atwal on a thrilling final day at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. The 27-year-old Frittelli closed with a four-under-par 67 to finish on 16-under-268. That total was matched by Atwal, whose 25-foot eagle putt on the last hole hit the side of the cup […]
Xiamen, China: Bowen Xiao claimed his first professional title after prevailing on the second extra hole in a play-off against Bryden Macpherson at the US$350,000 KG S&H CITY Asian Golf Championship. The 27-year-old Xiao, who joined the play-for-pay ranks in 2012, held a three-shot lead after 14 holes but three bogeys in his closing four […]
Marbella, Spain: The Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) has hailed the success of its European Club Management Conference. Staged at the H10 Andalucia Plaza in Marbella, the event attracted more than 100 delegates from 22 countries who got to share 12 excellent sessions, all part of the 10 Core Competences that CMAE teach and […]
Murcia, Spain: Bali’s reputation as one of the world’s prime golfing destinations has been further underlined at the 2017 World Golf Awards. During a black-tie awards ceremony at La Manga Club, Bukit Pandawa Golf & Country Club was named as ‘The Best Par-3 Course in the World’. “The inclusion of such a category says volumes […]
Singapore: StayPrime, a leading designer, developer and marketer of proprietary technology products for the global golf, leisure and hospitality industries, has become a member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). Headquartered in New Delhi with distributors, affiliates and strategic partnerships located in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, StayPrime Global is a […]
Singapore: Nine months after suffering a crushing sudden-death play-off defeat, Callista Chen experienced the joy of extra-time success in the 12th Faldo Series Singapore Championship. In February, Chen was beaten in a play-off at the HSBC Women’s Champions National Qualifying Tournament at Sentosa Golf Club. Riddled with nerves, she drove out of bounds and missed […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Frank Rossi, PhD, Associate Professor at Cornell University, and one of the world’s leading experts on turfgrass science, has been selected to receive the 2018 President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship by the Board of Directors of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Rossi, 55, will officially receive the award […]
Murcia, Spain: Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) Golf Course Facility Members sprang to the fore at the 2017 World Golf Awards. During a glittering awards ceremony at La Manga Club, no fewer than six AGIF member clubs were honoured. Angkor Golf Resort was named Cambodia’s Best Golf Course The 27 Club was named China’s Best […]
Shah Alam, Malaysia: Captain Arjun Atwal has announced a young and talented team for the EurAsia Cup with Gavin Green, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, SSP Chawrasia and Li Haotong all in the Team Asia line-up. Thais Phachara Khongwatmai and Poom Saksansin, Malaysian Green and Indian Chawrasia make up the leading four Asian players on the Asian Tour […]
Singapore: Following on from the success of its first overseas PGA Members’ International Conference in Thailand, The Professional Golfers Association, Great Britain and Ireland has signed up as an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF). The PGA of Great Britain and Ireland is the latest international body to join forces with the […]
Singapore: Marina Bay Golf Course has unveiled a six-hole putting course aimed at making golf ‘more accessible and appealing to the public’. Known as Marina Bay Putting Course, the 211-metre, par-24 course officially opened to the public yesterday. Its conceptualisation and design, a collaboration between NCI Golf Pte Ltd and Universal Gardens Pte Ltd, aim […]
London, England: Designed specifically for watering smaller golf course areas such as tee boxes and compact greens, Rain Bird’s new 500/550 Series rotors are the only valve-in-head golf course rotors on the market offering a radius of 8.5 to 14.3 metres. Available now, there is a variety of Block, SAM/Hydraulic and valve-in-head versions. Replacing the […]
Hong Kong: Wade Ormsby prevailed from a dramatic final day in Fanling to claim his first European Tour title at the UBS Hong Kong Open. The Australian entered the fourth round one shot behind SSP Chawrasia and when he turned in level-par 34, he was four behind his Indian rival. But Chawrasia then triple-bogeyed the […]
Sydney, Australia: New South Welshman Cameron Davis has trumped a leaderboard full of PGA Tour stars to win the Emirates Australian Open. Starting the day, six shots back of overnight leader and world number 12 Jason Day, Davis fired a phenomenal seven-under 64 to win his first professional title on the ISPS Handa PGA Tour […]
Canberra, Australia: Troon International has been appointed to provide full golf course management services to the semi-private Gold Creek Country Club. Utilising Troon and its industry-leading expertise, the venue is set on increasing the quality of its offering, on and off course, to members and visitors. The 18-hole course, designed by Australian Bruce Devlin, is […]