Troon, Scotland: Billy McLachlan, Course Manager at Royal Troon Golf Club, and his 15-strong greenkeeping team will see the culmination of two years’ preparatory work on the course and greens this July, when the Ayrshire club hosts the 145th Open Championship – the eighth time the event has come to the Firth of Clyde. The […]
Singapore: Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat has been named Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for April, thanks largely to his commendable performance at the Masters Tournament. Kiradech fired a final round two-under-par 70 at Augusta National to finish tied for 15th, his best finish in a Major championship. It was a Masters debut to remember […]
Shenzhen, China: The ninth edition of the Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship at Mission Hills attracted a record turnout. Played on the Jack Nicklaus-designed World Cup Course at Mission Hills Shenzhen, the field for the 54-hole event was made up of more than 120 junior golfers, aged between 11 and 17, representing 10 countries and territories. […]
St Andrews, Scotland: Muirfield will be struck from the list of Open Championship venues after the club opted to remain male-only. In the results of the East Lothian club’s postal ballot, the two-thirds majority required to amend its constitution to admit females narrowly failed. Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, organisers of The Open, […]
Washington, United States: WE ARE GOLF – a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners – visited Capitol Hill for the ninth annual National Golf Day to discuss the game’s nearly US$70 billion economic impact, US$4 billion annual charitable impact, environmental value to local communities and fitness benefits. Industry leaders met with Members […]
London, England: Global sports facility consultants and sport industry research specialists, Sports Turf Research Institute [STRI], has appointed Mark Godfrey as Chief Executive Officer for the STRI Group, effective May 2016. Godfrey previously held the position as Australasia Managing Director and prior to that Group Finance Director. He joined the company in 2006. “I am honoured […]
Beau Champ, Mauritius: Ernie Els’ reputation as a golf course architect has been enhanced with the staging of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at the Four Seasons Golf Club Mauritius at Anahita. Set against lush mountains and fringed by crystal-clear lagoons, the Ernie Els Design course is characterised by wide fairways, five sets of tees […]
St Andrews, Scotland: A new manual giving guidance to golf clubs and golfers on ways of improving pace of play has been published by The R&A. The manual will be distributed to The R&A’s 152 affiliated organisations around the world and every golf club in Great Britain and Ireland. It will be available to download […]
Palm Beach Gardens, United States: PGA Professionals, golf buyers and industry leaders can now register to attend the 2016 PGA Fashion & Demo Experience in Las Vegas. Savings on registration, event hotel reservations and transportation are available at PGALasVegas.com “We look forward to welcoming thousands of PGA Professionals and golf business leaders to Las Vegas […]
Kansas, United States: Both Michael Upchurch and Brian Stiehler were influenced by golf at an early age. Upchurch was always fascinated by the golf course his grandfather built with four friends in West Texas, and Stiehler’s first job at 14 was working on a course in his native Pennsylvania. Both are now members of the […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Putt Sridama continued his remarkable sequence of Faldo Series Asia successes with a thrilling play-off victory in the 11th edition of the Faldo Series Thailand Championship [North]. In a dramatic denouement at Watermill Golf and Gardens, Putt prevailed in extra-time against Nopparat Panichphon in the third leg of the record-breaking 2016-17 Faldo Series […]
Idaho, United States: Grigg Brothers has added another innovative product to the GreenSpec granular fertiliser portfolio. Rhizo Aide is a fertiliser and soil amendment that contains two per cent magnesium to improve turf colour and vigour, and meets rigorous physical inspection for superior spreadability and dissolution characteristics. Mark Grigg, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “Rhizo […]
Beau Champ, Mauritius: Wang Jeung-hun continued his rich vein of form by claiming his maiden Asian Tour title at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, a week after securing his breakthrough victory in Europe. The 20-year-old Korean took advantage of overnight leader Siddikur Rahman’s late collapse by sinking a birdie putt on the final green to close […]
New Jersey, United States: The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum will exclusively showcase medals won by H. Chandler Egan at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St Louis, the last time golf was part of the Olympic schedule. Golf will make its highly anticipated return to the […]
Manila, Philippines: Lanz Uy survived a late bout of the jitters to emerge triumphant in the ninth edition of the Faldo Series Philippines Championship. In a nail-biting finale over the Faldo Course at Eagle Ridge, Uy withstood the challenges of Carlo Villaroman, Liam Cully and Diana Araneta to take top honours in the second leg […]