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Scotty Cameron’s High-Performance Mallets

Scotty Cameron’s High-Performance Mallets

March 23, 2017

Singapore: The new line of Scotty Cameron Futura putters offers seven high performance mallet-style models that provide golfers at every level of the game with stable, forgiving putter setups. From rounded mid-mallets to high-tech, high-MOI larger mallets, the 2017 Futura family – available through Titleist authorised golf shops – melds the best design characteristics of […]

Club and Golf Benchmarking Initiative Launched

Club and Golf Benchmarking Initiative Launched

March 23, 2017

Birmingham, England: The Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) has launched the most comprehensive club and golf benchmarking study ever undertaken in Europe. Delivered by the independent experts at Global Golf Advisors (formerly KPMG Golf Practice), its aim will be for the first time to measure vital operational performance metrics and industry-wide trends against which clubs […]

Toro Launches Lynx Dash to Provide Comprehensive Monitoring Solution

Toro Launches Lynx Dash to Provide Comprehensive Monitoring Solution

March 22, 2017

Riverside, California, United States: Toro has introduced Lynx Dash to complement the innovative Lynx central control system. The new interactive Lynx Dash is a standalone service that can be integrated into existing Lynx central control systems or can also be used in combination with SiteVision, the Toro Turf Guard wireless soil moisture monitoring system software. Lynx Dash is […]

Olympic Golf Venue Votes for Equality

Olympic Golf Venue Votes for Equality

March 22, 2017

Tokyo, Japan: Golf at the 2020 Olympic Games will proceed at its originally intended venue after the club voted to allow women to become full members. The Kasumigaseki Country Club, north-west of Tokyo, has long had restrictions on women’s membership, including limiting the days women were allowed to play. These conditions were in conflict with […]

Cam Ranh Links Added to IMG Portfolio

Cam Ranh Links Added to IMG Portfolio

March 21, 2017

Nha Trang, Vietnam: IMG has been appointed to provide pre-opening, marketing and management services to Cam Ranh Links Golf. Slated to open this year, the Greg Norman-designed 18-hole course is part of the first phase of a large upscale development set on a stunning 800-hectare site with five kilometres of ocean frontage set on Cam […]

Club Car Introduces Upgraded Cab for Two-Wheel Drive Carryall Utility Vehicles

Club Car Introduces Upgraded Cab for Two-Wheel Drive Carryall Utility Vehicles

March 20, 2017

Augusta, United States: Club Car has upgraded its extensive portfolio of commercial accessories with an addition to its commercial cab offerings. “Manufactured by Curtis Cab exclusively for Club Car, the new all-steel cab delivers a true seal for excellent cold-weather protection. And it is designed to maximise airflow in warm climates,” said Jerod McDowell, Utility […]

China Juniors Book Places Among World Stars

China Juniors Book Places Among World Stars

March 20, 2017

Haikou, China: Six junior golfers from China have qualified for the International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA) World Stars of Junior Golf Championship. The triumphant sextet are now primed for a trip to Las Vegas in July, following their successes in the event’s inaugural China qualifier over the Lava Fields Course at Mission Hills Haikou in […]

Kim Survives Play-Off Drama in Haikou

Kim Survives Play-Off Drama in Haikou

March 19, 2017

Haikou, China: Kim Hae-rym captured the SGF 67 World Ladies Championship with SBS when she beat fellow-Korean Bae Seon-woo on the second hole of a sudden-death play-off. With Kim (70) and Bae (69) deadlocked at 14-under 205 through 54 holes on the Mission Hills Haikou Blackstone Course, both players made par at the first extra […]

Sustainability Solutions Highlighted at Asian Seminars

Sustainability Solutions Highlighted at Asian Seminars

March 19, 2017

Singapore: More than 400 golf club officials, golf course operators and developers attended two Sustainability in Golf seminars staged by The R&A in Japan and Korea. A panel of leading international and local experts addressed the delegates on best practice in sustainability to encourage responsible and practical golf facility development, renovation and course management. The […]

Focused Leong Keeps His Eyes on the Prize

Focused Leong Keeps His Eyes on the Prize

March 18, 2017

Shah Alam, Malaysia: Malaysian Ben Leong overcame contact lens discomfort on the front nine to close with a two-under-par 70, claiming his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title by seven shots at the weather-shortened PGM Northport Championship. Leong, who started the round with an eight-shot advantage following a second round 62, lost his right contact […]

Asian Tour’s ‘Game-Changing’ Alliance with China Golf Association

Asian Tour’s ‘Game-Changing’ Alliance with China Golf Association

March 18, 2017

Shanghai, China: The China Golf Association (CGA) and Asian Tour have entered a strategic partnership which aims to grow the game through the creation of new tournaments in China that will be co-sanctioned by both organisations. Described as a ‘game-changer’ and ‘a new chapter in Asian golf’, the announcement comes nine years after the CGA […]

Napat Pens Triumphant Toy Story

Napat Pens Triumphant Toy Story

March 18, 2017

Hue, Vietnam: Thailand’s Napat Paramacharoenroj produced a grandstand finish to claim a notable victory in the 11th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final. Under the gaze of six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo, Napat – nicknamed Toy – drained a 35-foot birdie putt on the final green at Laguna Lăng Cô in Danang for a closing […]

Ladies Look Forward to Hong Kong Golf Club Return

Ladies Look Forward to Hong Kong Golf Club Return

March 17, 2017

Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Golf Club’s historic Old Course will be the venue for the third Hong Kong Ladies Open. One of the eldest and most storied layouts in Asia, the Old Course will welcome an international cast for the 54-hole event from June 9-11. Fans and organisers are hoping that Hong Kong amateur […]

Study Shows How to Grow Golf with Millennials/Generation Z

Study Shows How to Grow Golf with Millennials/Generation Z

March 17, 2017

Oakland, United States: A mobile golf technology start-up has unveiled findings from a KRC Research commissioned study* about the current state of golf participation. The results revealed tremendous opportunities to attract non-golfers and Millennials/Generation Z to the game through mobile technology and unconventional play. “We all know that participation in golf has been waning over […]

Women Members to be Welcomed at Muirfield

Women Members to be Welcomed at Muirfield

March 16, 2017

Edinburgh, Scotland: Muirfield will return to The Open rota after members of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (HCEG), the world’s oldest golf club, voted in favour of women as members of the club. A two-thirds majority of those who voted was required to make the change that has immediate effect. The result of the […]