Macao: Four-time Major champion Ernie Els and six-time Asian Tour winner Scott Hend have confirmed their return to the Macau Golf & Country Club to compete for the US$1 million Venetian Macao Open title from October 15-18. South African Els finished tied 26th in the former Portuguese enclave last year after recording a share of third […]
London, England: A surge in summer temperatures, and several months of below average rainfall for many areas, has put the focus on water management for sports turf surfaces. Whenever there is a dry spell, media attention spotlights water use on golf courses and sports turf. Asian Golf Industry Federation Executive Member Syngenta believes improving turf […]
Far Hills, New Jersey: The United States Golf Association (USGA) has named the eight junior golfers – four boys and four girls – who will represent the United States in the 2015 Trans-Pacific Junior Golf Match, conducted by the USGA and the China Golf Association. The USA Team will partner with Mexico to face the […]
Singapore: After months of behind-closed-doors discussions, the European Tour and Asian Tour have announced what they describe as ‘a joint vision for the future of professional golf’. The vision, according to a joint statement, will see the business element and the membership portfolios of both Tours combine, ‘reinforcing the current strengths of the two Tours […]
Dongguan, China: Annika Sorenstam’s drive to grow the game of golf gathered momentum at the fifth ANNIKA Invitational at Mission Hills. Sorenstam, regarded as one of the greatest females ever to play the game, mixed with the players at a variety of fun functions. “It’s been another memorable week at Mission Hills,” enthused the 10-time […]
Guangzhou, China: The launch of the Asia Golf Congress has been placed on hold. In a statement, the event’s organisers, Reed Guanghe, said: “When the idea of the Asia Golf Congress was conceived, to be launched at Mission Hills in Dongguan, the golf industry was anticipating the issue of new regulations that would assist the […]
London, England: Michael Boyes, Assistant Golf Course Superintendent at the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, is this year’s recipient of the Ransomes Jacobsen-sponsored best student award at Myerscough College. For the past two years, Boyes has been studying for his BSc Sportsturf Science and Management degree and graduated this summer. By his own admission he […]
Fairhaven, United States: Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Spieth has become the world’s number one ranked golfer following his second place finish at the final Major of the season. The 22-year-old’s rise to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking caps an extraordinary season in which he secured the first two Majors of the year, becoming […]
Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam: Nguyen Thao My’s stock continued to rise as she successfully defended her title in the eighth Faldo Series Vietnam Championship. Once again displaying her liking for the acclaimed Faldo Design course at Laguna Lang Co near Danang, the Vietnamese teenager sped to a runaway 12-stroke triumph in the seventh leg […]
Johannesburg, South Africa: Gary Player has been named captain of South Africa’s first Olympic golf team that will compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Player, a winner of more than 165 tournaments worldwide, is the only person to complete the career Grand Slam on both the regular and senior Tours. And 63 years as […]
Singapore: Asian Golf Industry Federation [AGIF] Chief Executive Officer Eric Lynge will be among the high-profile speakers at the 2015 HSBC Golf Business Forum. Lynge joins an elite list of golf’s global innovators and golf industry leaders on the agenda at the Pudong Shangri La Hotel in downtown Shanghai from November 1-4. Also confirmed as […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Improving the conditioning of golf courses throughout Malaysia is the aim of a new educational seminar. The inaugural Golf Course Superintendents Association of Malaysia [GCSAM] and Asian Golf Industry Federation [AGIF] Turfgrass Management Seminar is being organised under the auspices of the Malaysian Golf Association [MGA]. The event will take place at the […]
Beijing, China: A number of John Deere employees were injured at the company’s Tianjin manufacturing plant after the massive chemical explosion that tore through the Chinese port city. In an article in the weekly TurfPro newsletter it said a small group of Deere employees working at the time suffered minor injuries, but several others were […]
Singapore: Anirban Lahiri’s Whistling Straits heroics will ‘inspire a new generation of Asian golfers to take on the world’. That’s the view of Asian Tour chairman Kyi Hla Han, following Indian Lahiri’s joint fifth-placed finish at the US PGA Championship, the final Major of 2015. “Anirban is one of our exceptional talents who has emerged […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Kelly Tan, Michelle Koh and Ainil Bakar have been awarded qualifying exemptions for the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club [KLGCC], a Golf Facility Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation [AGIF]. The places have been awarded to the players in recognition of their continued progress as […]