New Jersey, United States: Korean Seong Eun-jeong rallied from an early deficit to defeat Andrea Lee, 4 and 2, in the final match to win the 68th US Girls’ Junior Championship. In so doing, she became the first back-to-back champion since Hollis Stacy won her third straight in 1971. “It’s a little bit different feel […]
Inverness, Scotland: Jacobsen, with the assistance of local dealer Fairways GM, provided tournament support to Castle Stuart Golf Links as it hosted the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open for the fourth time in six years. The event is part of the PGA European Tour and attracted more than 40,000 spectators during the competition and reached […]
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA) has hosted a special event earlier for Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching as the local amateur sensation makes her final preparations for the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. The 22-year-old former Diocesan Girls School student, who was joined at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Deep Water Bay […]
Edinburgh, Scotland: Scotland has agreed a unique partnership with global sports, media and events organisation IMG to stage the 2019 Solheim Cup at Gleneagles, ensuring the country hosts a world-class spectacle and delivers on its key principles of equality, experience and innovation. Appointed by VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, Asian Golf Industry Federation […]
Ho Chih Minh City, Vietnam: An extra spring will be in the step of participants when they line up in this week’s ninth Faldo Series Vietnam Championship. For the first time, the R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking-counting event, which acts as the sixth leg of the record-breaking 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia campaign, is being held […]
Melbourne, Australia: The Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association (AGCSA), in conjunction with Jacobsen, successfully held its inaugural Future Turf Managers’ Initiative (FTMI) at the 32nd Australian Turfgrass Conference and Trade Exhibition. The two-day educational event at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Complex was aimed at up-and-coming course staff who are focused on making the career leap to […]
Geneva, Switzerland: The names of the 120 men and women who will create golf history in Rio de Janeiro next month have been ratified with the publication of confirmed places for the Olympic Games competition at Reserva de Marapendi Golf Course. The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have now entered the athletes who will represent their […]
Singapore: Miguel Tabuena of the Philippines has been unanimously voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for June. Currently fourth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit, Tabuena made a dream debut at the US Open after topping the sectional qualifying in California. The 21-year-old won by two shots after carding a […]
Siem Reap, Cambodia: Onkanok Soisuwan continued her rich vein of form with a runaway victory in the fifth edition of the Faldo Series Cambodia Championship. Rated as one of Thailand’s brightest female golfing prospects, Onkanok proved too strong for her rivals over the immaculately-presented, Nick Faldo-designed Angkor Golf Resort course, a Golf Facility Member of […]
Troon, Scotland: Titleist golf ball loyalist Henrik Stenson had an inkling that it might just be his week at the 145th Open. “It’s not something you want to run around and shout, but I felt like this was going to be my turn. I think that was the extra self-belief that made me go all […]
Singapore: The Asian Tour and the European Tour have announced a ‘Strategic Alliance’ which officially ratifies the relationship between the two Tours. The ‘Strategic Alliance’ follows on from a detailed period of negotiations between the two organisations, which began last August, and whose joint vision laid the groundwork for the announcement. Sharing a joint office […]
Ho Chih Minh City, Vietnam: Superintendents and course managers from around the country turned out in force to support the Asian Golf Industry Federation [AGIF] Vietnam Turfgrass Management Seminar. The two-day event at Tan Son Nhat Golf Course attracted more than 70 attendees from 20 different Vietnamese clubs as far afield as Binh Duong, Dalat, […]
Troon, Scotland: In 2016 and for as long as records have been kept, Titleist was once again the number one ball at the Open Championship. No fewer than 94 players in the starting field of 156 trusted a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball for their success at Royal Troon – more than […]
Kansas, United States: Golf course superintendents in America have significantly decreased nutrient use rates and the number of acres being fertilised, according to recently released results of a national survey that compared totals from 2006 and 2014. The survey was the second in the latest series of the Golf Course Environmental Profile reports, conducted by […]
Troon, Scotland: While controversy continues to swirl following the withdrawal of golf’s top-ranked players from the Olympic Games, Asia’s leading lights can’t wait to get to Rio de Janeiro next month. A total of 16 Asian golfers, including reigning Asian Tour number one Anirban Lahiri of India, Thais Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Thongchai Jaidee, Bangladeshi Siddikur […]