Melbourne, Australia: Showcasing the spectacular beauty of the Yarra Valley wetlands, a new golfing experience is soon to be unveiled at The Eastern Golf Club. Scheduled to be opened in the Spring, Shark Waters by The Eastern Golf Club is an innovative nine-hole par-three layout sculpted by Greg Norman Golf Course Design, a Full Business […]
Far Hills, United States and St Andrews, Scotland: The USGA and The R&A have issued a new Decision on the Rules of Golf to limit the use of video evidence in the game, effective immediately. The two organisations have also established a working group of LPGA, PGA Tour, PGA European Tour, Ladies European Tour and […]
Toronto, Canada: Global Golf Advisors (GCA), a leading consulting firm to the golf and club industry, has appointed Paul Hinton as Director of its Asia-Pacific practice. Hinton will be based out of the company’s new office in Sydney that has been created to serve the firm’s clients across the Asia-Pacific region. Previously the General Manager […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) Associate Business Member Maredo will be showcasing its innovative products at this week’s Turfgrass Management Education Seminar in Vietnam. Organised by the AGIF and supported by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and Club Managers Association of America (CMAA), the event is being staged at the […]
Manila, Philippines: Mohd Nizam Othman, Asia’s most decorated golf course superintendent, will headline a high-profile list of world-class speakers at next week’s Philippine Golf Course Management Conference. Organised by the Federation of Golf Clubs Philippines in co-operation with the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) and supported by the Philippine Sports Commission, the two-day […]
Shenzhen, China: Nelson & Haworth Golf Course Architects enjoyed a notable Chinese double. The company that is an Associate Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation had the distinction of seeing two of its creations stage professional tournaments in China this week. The Shuangshan Golf Course in Jiangsu Province was the venue for a China […]
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 […]