Washington, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) will present its highest honour, the Bob Jones Award, to long-time Oakmont Country Club professional Bob Ford in a ceremony during the week of June’s 117th US Open Championship. Presented annually since 1955, the Bob Jones Award recognises an individual who demonstrates the spirit, personal character […]
St Andrews, Scotland: Bridget Jackson and José María Olazábal have accepted invitations to become Honorary Members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. During a notable amateur career, Jackson played in the Curtis Cup for Great Britain and Ireland on three occasions and was selected as an England international nine times. She […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai’s commitment to golf has been underlined through the establishment of a new entity called Falcon Golf which will serve to optimise the benefits the sport brings to the emirate. Falcon Golf will convene all relevant parties in the industry to enhance Dubai’s golf efforts – including driving greater golf tourism, […]
Jakarta, Indonesia: Jonathan Wijono‘s purple patch continued with a thrilling extra-time victory in the 10th anniversary edition of the Faldo Series Indonesia Championship. Maintaining his rich vein of recent form, the 16-year-old prevailed at the second hole of a sudden-death play-off against Naraadjie Emerald Ramadhan. In a magnificent, high-quality duel, the duo had traded blow-for-blow […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Award-winning BRG Legend Hill Golf Resort will play host to the 2017 Vietnam Turfgrass Management Seminar and Field Day. Organised by the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF), the event will be held on April 27-28. Officials said they’re hopeful of surpassing last year’s turnout which saw the attendance of more than 70 superintendents, […]
Perth, Australia: Thai teenager Phachara Khongwatmai was denied a grandstand finish by the brilliance of home favourite Brett Rumford, who beat him 2 and 1 in a gripping finale to the inaugural A$1.75 million ISPS Handa World Super 6. The 17-year-old exceeded all expectations by securing the last play-off spot for the match play rounds […]
Bloomington, Minneapolis, United States: Toro has upgraded the proven ExcelaRate control software that regulates the spraying application for the Multi Pro 5800 and Multi Pro 5800 with GeoLink. The enhancements to the control software are focused on providing more options for the operator. Specifically, operators can now take advantage of either a three-boom, two-boom or […]
Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia: Brett Munson ended a three-year title drought after closing with a bogey-free five-under-par 67 to seal his second Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the PGM Panasonic Malaysia Championship. The 30-year-old American overturned a three-shot deficit to claim a two-stroke victory with a winning total of 18-under-par 270 at the Kelab […]
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: Troon has named Mike Ryan and Bruce Glasco as Co-Chief Operating Officers and Executive Vice Presidents. Both Ryan and Glasco will be charged with directing domestic and international operations for Troon and its 270-plus golf courses worldwide. Current Troon Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, John Easterbrook, has been appointed […]
Singapore: Reliable and consolidated data is one of the keys to safeguarding the future of golf clubs in Singapore and around Asia. That is the view of Eric Lynge, Chief Executive Officer of the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF), the region’s umbrella golfing body. Speaking at a Club Management Mini Summit at Sentosa Golf Club, […]
Tasmania, Australia: The newly-built Cape Wickham golf course on Tasmania’s King Island has been put on the market by Knight Frank. Michael Hede, Director of Knight Frank, said it is a unique offering as it is very rare for a golf course ranked among the World’s Top 100 to be offered on the open market. […]
Bloomington, United States: Toro is entering the final development phase of a revolutionary turf maintenance machine and is asking turf professionals to help give it a name. “We know what it does, we just don’t know what to call it,” said Noah Wahl, Marketing Manager at Toro, an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry […]
Singapore: Prayad Marksaeng was not the only Thai with cause for major-style celebrations at the 2017 SMBC Singapore Open. The Asian Tour and Japan Tour veteran confounded the odds by upstaging Major champions Ernie Els and Adam Scott and European Ryder Cup strongman Sergio Garcia to emerge triumphant over the Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf […]
St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A and the USGA have published their annual review of driving distance, a research document that reports important findings on driving distance in golf. Introduced last year, the review examines driving distance data from seven of the major professional golf Tours, based on approximately 285,000 drives per year. Data from studies […]
Orlando, United States: Bill H. Maynard, the Director of Golf Course Maintenance Operations at the Country Club of St Albans, has been elected to a one-year term as President of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Maynard, a Certified Golf Course Superintendent (CGCS), served as Vice President of the association in 2016 and […]