Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States: China, Japan and Malaysia will have to wait their turn to play host to the Presidents Cup. Hopes that the biennial team event would return to Asia in 2019 have been dispelled with confirmation that the Royal Melbourne Golf Club will, for the third time, act as the venue. […]
Danang, Vietnam: Members of the Play Golf Bali partnership will be out in force at this week’s sixth annual International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC). Branded ‘AGTC on the Beach’, the gathering from May 7-10 is being billed as Asia’s largest-ever golf tourism event. Business sessions will take place […]
Seoul, Korea: Two early eagles propelled Lee Sang-hee to victory in OneAsia’s US$900,000 GS Caltex Maekyung Open as the Korean maintained his country’s stranglehold on the prestigious title. Lee shot a final round 68, featuring two eagle-threes on the front nine, as he came from three shots behind overnight leader Phachara Khongwatmai of Thailand to […]
Boston, United States: The new sport of FlingGolf is gaining traction … and acting as a natural pathway to traditional golf. In FlingGolf, players fling a golf ball on a golf course with a lacrosse-looking FlingStick. The lightweight FlingStick is used to shape shots on the course and glide the ball into the hole. Unlike […]
Hua Hin, Thailand: Jazz Janewattananond held off a spirited charge from fellow-Thai Varanyu Rattanaphaibulkij to win the MahaSamutr Masters. Starting the final round tied for the lead with France’s Lionel Weber, Jazz closed with a level-par 72 at Banyan Golf Club to force a sudden-death play-off. He won with a birdie at the first extra […]
Adelaide, Australia: Turf Equipment SA has been appointed as a Jacobsen dealer for Southern Australia. The Adelaide-based turf equipment dealership has been recently formed by the company Golf Car Solutions which has been selling golf cars since 2002. The new dealership has been introduced to represent products from turf equipment manufacturer Jacobsen, an Executive Member […]
Delhi, India: Hero MotoCorp Ltd, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for the past 16 consecutive years, has reaffirmed its commitment to innovation in golf by extending the ‘Hero Challenge’ by another three years and to three marquee events. The night-golf event made its debut at last year’s British Masters supported by Sky […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Optimism abounds for the growth and development of the golf market in Vietnam. That was the message from the high-profile speakers at a Club Management Mini Summit at the Els Performance Golf Academy (EPGA), which is located within the master-planned Ecopark residential community on the outskirts of Hanoi. Held in partnership with the […]
Seoul, Korea: The European Tour’s tentacles continue to spread into Asia. Emboldened by its formal tie-up with the Asian Tour, the European body has now announced a Strategic Alliance with the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA) ‘which will see the two organisations co-operate closely on the development of the professional game in Korea’. The Alliance […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Award-winning Thai Country Club will play host to this month’s Thailand Open which returns to the Asian Tour schedule following a lapse of eight years. Reigning Asian Tour Order of Merit champion Scott Hend of Australia and Thai heavyweights Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat will headline the field in the US$300,000 event from […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: In an effort to grow the game, Troon has launched ‘Player Development Month’ with Troon daily-fee facilities, private clubs and Troon Golf Academies around the world joining together to conduct more than 500 introductory golf clinics and ‘Get Into Golf’ clinics throughout the month of May. This is the sixth year […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: BRG Legend Hill Golf Resort proved a big hit as the host club for the 2017 Vietnam Turfgrass Management Education Seminar. More than 70 superintendents, course managers, workshop managers and mechanics from 20 Vietnamese golf clubs as well as representatives from venues in Thailand attended the two-day event at the award-winning establishment. The […]
Seoul, Korea: A new report has claimed that the golf industry in South Korea is worth an estimated 11.4 trillion won, with the market for so called ‘screen golf’ services alone thought to exceed one trillion won (about US$882 million), accounting for 10 per cent of the total. The report from the Yuwon Golf Foundation […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: The Els Club’s two Malaysian venues have been honoured at the annual Troon Rockstar Awards. The Els Club Teluk Datai was nominated in the Guest Satisfaction category while The Els Club Desaru Coast was cited for its ‘Troon Rewards Capture Rate’. The Els Club Malaysia is a Golf Course Facility Member […]
Hua Hin, Thailand: Victoria Tip-Aucha will create history this week when she becomes the first female to play on the MENA Tour. Born and brought up in the United States, 15-year-old Tip-Aucha has her game trending in the right direction following a string of firsts on junior circuits both in America and Thailand that have […]