Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Asian Golf Industry Federation member Campey Turf Care Systems has played a crucial role in the preparation for the golf course that will be used at next month’s Olympic Games. It was in 2013 that Marcelo Matte’s company, Green Grass Brazil, started growing the grass for the new Olympic course at […]
Inverness, Scotland: The legacy of Scotland’s pioneering golf course architects can be seen across the world and still influence today’s course designers. A conference later this year, to coincide with Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design, will celebrate the lasting impact on the game by the likes of Old Tom Morris, James Braid, Donald […]
Hong Kong: The PGA Tour has expanded its footprint in Asia with the addition of the Clearwater Bay Open to the Ping An Bank China Tour – PGA Tour China Series. The 72-hole event will be held at the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club in Hong Kong and will be the first PGA Tour […]
New Jersey, United States: The maximum age for competitors in the US Girls’ Junior and US Junior Amateur championships will be raised from 17 to 18 years old starting with the 2017 championships, the United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced. The maximum Handicap Index requirements for both championships will also be lowered, from 18.4 […]
Amsterdam, Netherlands: The European Golf Course Owners Association (EGCOA) has announced that centrally located Amsterdam will be the host city of the 11th Golf Business Conference Europe. Taking place from November 2-4, the conference will be held at Novotel Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport. The 2016 conference theme, ‘the BIG Opportunity’, will highlight the success of many […]
Hong Kong: She may not be in the starting line-up at this week’s Faldo Series Hong Kong Championship, but the name of Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching will loom large at the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Course. In 2012, Chan finished as runner-up in the Girls’ Under-21 Division at the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final. […]
New Jersey, United States: Baltusrol Golf Club, venue for this week’s US PGA Championship, has utilised its comprehensive fleet of Toro turf care equipment and irrigation products to help prepare the course for the year’s final Major championship. Mark Kuhns, Director of Grounds for Baltusrol Golf Club, and 40-year veteran of the golf course management […]
London, England: SPRINT6GOLF, a quicker, shorter format of golf, has seen significant uptake with more than 50 clubs expressing an interest in the innovative new variation within the first 48 hours of launching. Several clubs have already signed up while hundreds of golfers have been downloading the official mobile app. Played over just six holes […]
Atlanta, United States: A website dedicated to seashore paspalum turfgrass has been launched by Team UGA at the University of Georgia. Team UGA consists of experts in warm season turfgrass breeding, pest resistance, management, licensing, certification, and foundation plant material production. The website – www.SeashorePaspalum.uga.edu – was created to serve as a resource on the […]
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 […]