Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan: Kenichi Kuboya kept the Panasonic Open Japan trophy on home soil when he defeated compatriot Katsumasa Miyamoto at the first hole of a sudden-death play-off. Victory at the ¥150 million (about US$1.37 million) event was the first for the 45-year-old in five years and provided him with relief as he […]
Sacramento, United States: Water conservation, environmental stewardship, diversity and growing the game of golf were among the topics Asia-bound Bruce Williams touched upon with legislators at the California State Capitol. Ahead of his latest Asian sortie, Williams was invited to speak with legislators at the Sacramento landmark which acts as home to the Government of […]
Zhangjiagang Island, China: Teenage amateur Liu Wenbo has made history with her victory in the Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Challenge. With a par on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off at Shuangshan Golf Course in Jiangsu Province, the 16-year-old Liu defeated Thai Kanyalak Preedasuttijit to write her name into the record books as the youngest winner […]
St Augustine, Florida, United States: WE ARE GOLF (WAG) – a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners – will once again partner with Topgolf for National Golf Day 2017, offering free golf lessons at the company’s 28 venues across America. Taking place on April 26, Topgolf is attempting to set a company […]
Ahead of the 2017 Philippine Golf Course Management Conference, Conrad Benitez, President of The Orchard Golf and Country Club and Vice-President of the National Golf Association of the Philippines and the Federation of Philippine Golfers, reflects on the state of the game in the Philippines and the challenges it faces. Q: Let’s start with an […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Greg Brandriet is a small-town man from South Dakota who has never been to Washington, DC. But the 41-year-old golf course superintendent will visit the nation’s capital next week as one of more than more than 50 superintendents taking part in National Golf Day. He also plans to roll up his […]
St Andrews, Scotland and Far Hills, New Jersey, United States: The R&A and the USGA are working with golf’s handicapping authorities to develop a single World Handicap System for the game. More than 15 million golfers in over 80 countries presently have a handicap, a numerical index long used as a measure of a golfer’s potential […]
Shenzhen, China: The seventh annual ANNIKA Invitational at Mission Hills will return to China next week (April 25-28). Established in 2011, the tournament was the country’s first all-girls junior golf championship. Defending overall winner Ho Yu-an of Taiwan is one of nearly 100 players aged between nine and 17 scheduled to compete. The three lowest […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Growing the game in the dynamic Vietnamese golf marketplace will be the theme at next week’s Club Management Mini Summit. Featuring three high-profile speakers, the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) organised event on April 28 will be attended by a mixture of club managers and industry professionals. Held in partnership with the Els […]
Brisbane, Australia: Greg Norman Golf Course Design (GNGCD) has announced the relaunch of Brookwater Golf & Country Club. Located southwest of Brisbane, Brookwater is a GNGCD original design that opened in 2002 and quickly earned a reputation for being one of the most dramatic and scenic layouts in Australia. It has perennially been ranked within […]
London, England: Ahead of his forthcoming presentation in Vietnam, Foley United’s Greg Turner was the centre of attention at a Reel Science and Optimum Cut Technology seminar in England. Turner, Global Sales Manager with grinder manufacturer Foley United, will be one of the featured speakers at next week’s Turfgrass Management Education Seminar at BRG Legend […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Irrigation is one of the hot topics on the agenda at this month’s Turfgrass Management Education Seminar. Organised by the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) and supported by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and Club Managers Association of America (CMAA), the event will be held at the award-winning BRG Legend […]
Daytona Beach, United States: LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan is to be honoured as the Sports Executive of the Year at the sixth annual Cynopsis Sports Media Awards in New York. Whan, who took over as the eighth commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association on January 4, 2010, will receive the Vision Award during a […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Golf is a sport for a lifetime that delivers more than two million jobs and US$69 billion in annual economic impact while contributing US$3.9 billion per year for philanthropic causes – more than all other sports combined. A professionally managed golf course can demonstrate environmental stewardship and provide a place to […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Nicholas Fung lifted his third Asian Development Tour (ADT) title after prevailing in a three-way play-off against fellow-Malaysian Gavin Green and Japan’s Masaru Takahashi at the RM200,000 (about US$44,600) PGM UMW Championship. Fung dropped a bogey on his 72nd hole to close with a two-under-par 69 and was forced to go the […]