Hong Kong, China: PGA Tour China pros Kevin Huang Wenyi of China, Rui Takamatsu of Japan and American Jack Persons all passed on valuable tips during a series of coaching clinics held at the Clearwater Bay Open. The 35-year-old Huang, whose European Tour highlights include ties for fourth at last year’s Shenzhen International and seventh […]
Ponte Vedra Beach, United States: The PGA Tour Policy Board has announced the appointment of Jay Monahan as the PGA Tour’s next Commissioner. Monahan, currently the Tour’s Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer, will take office on January 1, 2017, upon the retirement of Tim Finchem. The action was unanimously approved during the Policy Board’s […]
Basel, Switzerland: Carin Koch, Syngenta Golf Ambassador and last year’s European Solheim Cup captain, hosted a memorable golf experience for 48 new players when she took part in the company’s staff golf day. While experienced golfers took to the fairways at Golf du Rhin, close to Syngenta’s global headquarters in Basel, Koch and a team […]
Bangkok-based Tony Taylor, a GCSAA Certified Golf Course Superintendent and Executive Director of Quality Golf, argues that golf course developers and owners in Asia need to provide training opportunities for their staff if their substantial investments in golf are to be protected long into the future. Bangkok, Thailand: Golf continues to expand in Asia at […]
London, England: A public consultation period has opened on a new voluntary sustainability standard for golf tournaments, with industry leaders calling for input into the creation of sustainable best practices for golf tournaments around the world. “We’re excited to be launching the public consultation on criteria for a Sustainable Golf Tournament Standard,” said Eric Duea, […]
Hua Hin, Thailand: Schmidt-Curley Design has retained its title as Asia-Pacific’s Best Golf Course Architect in 2016. It’s the sixth year in succession that Schmidt-Curley Design – a long-time member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation – has captured the top prize in the Asian Golf Awards’ Best Architect category and the 10th straight year […]
Brisbane, Australia: Toro has launched a special initiative to help key customers in Asia gain an in-depth understanding of the best in class operating and maintenance procedures of Toro equipment. Among the recent beneficiaries has been Arun Yadav, Golf Course Maintenance Manager at India’s DLF Golf and Country Club. He was invited to visit the […]
Hong Kong: Daniel Nisbet sank a 10-foot eagle putt to beat third-round leader Alex Kang in a play-off for the RMB1.2 million Clearwater Bay Open, Hong Kong’s first Ping An Bank China Tour – PGA Tour China Series event. Playing in the penultimate group, the Australian carded a six-under-par 64 for a 15-under total of […]
Dubai: Dubai Golf, which manages three of the leading golf clubs in the Middle East – Emirates Golf Club, Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club and Almouj Golf in Muscat, Oman – has chosen Jacobsen to supply golf course maintenance equipment and golf cars in 2016. This is in addition to the existing five-year preferred […]
London, England: The sale of Bayer Garden to French firm SBM Développement (SBM) has meant that the product range and all positions in Europe and North America were transferred to SBM at the start of November. Bayer Garden was part of Bayer Environmental Science – a business unit of the Bayer CropScience division. The deal […]
Seoul, Korea: New ground will be broken next week with the staging of the inaugural Faldo Series Korea Championship. The 54-hole event at the Hyundai Sollago Country Club in Incheon will be the 14th leg of the record-breaking 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia season. Six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo, founder of the Faldo Series, welcomed […]
St Andrews, Scotland: Asian Golf Industry Federation Golf Course Facility Members Sentosa Golf Club and The Bluffs Ho Tram have been added to The Open Qualifying Series for 2017. The road to The 146th Open at Royal Birkdale will begin at the Emirates Australian Open, the first of 15 events in 10 countries that will make […]
Arizona, United States: Troon has been selected to manage 4ORE! Golf, a 52,000-square-foot golf and entertainment facility located in Lubbock, Texas. The 16-acre complex is currently under construction and is expected to open in May 2017. 4ORE! Golf will be a mix of golf, food and fun for the entire family. Players of all ages […]
Tokyo, Japan: The PGA Tour has opened an office in Tokyo and hired Masashi Ishii as Vice President and Managing Director. Ishii, a Japan native, is a well-known sports executive who is charged with guiding the PGA Tour’s Japan office’s activities as it increases the Tour’s business efforts in the country and region. Ishii served […]
Illinois, United States: The 2016 John Deere Classic helped raise a record US$10.5 million for 491 local and regional Quad Cities charities, ranking it among the top three in charitable giving on the PGA Tour. The total is nearly US$1.8 million more than the previous record of US$8.73 million set in 2015, tournament officials said […]