Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Hong Kong’s Leon D’Souza displayed nerves of steel as he outlasted Naoki Sekito of Japan in a play-off to triumph at the ninth edition of the Ambank SportExcel International Junior Championships. The 16-year-old rallied from three strokes back, thanks to a brilliant closing effort of one-under 71 to force extra holes at […]
St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A has announced that some of the finest golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland will be the venues for its Championships and International Matches in 2017. Royal St George’s, where Darren Clarke won The Open in 2011, will host the Amateur Championship for the 14th time, with the qualifying stroke […]
Carlsbad, United States: Callaway Golf Company has announced the impending release of the new Chrome Soft Golf Ball. “It’s a product that will completely redefine golf ball performance and change the category,” said a spokesman for Callaway Golf, a Full Business Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation. Chrome Soft is the only ball that has […]
Nottingham, England: Asian Golf Industry Federation Executive Member John Deere’s award-winning apprenticeship programme has raised the bar yet again, setting another record for the new training season’s intake for the fourth year running. Altogether 59 young apprentices – up by three on last year – have signed up to begin their first year of training […]
Bangkok, Thailand: The pressure will be off for Putt Sridama when he tees-off the defence of his Faldo Series Thailand Championship trophy this weekend. A three-stroke winner last year, Putt enters the fray secure in the knowledge that however he may fare at Panorama Golf and Country Club he’s already assured a place in the ninth Faldo Series Asia Grand […]
Kansas, United States: Environmental Science, a division of Bayer Crop Science, has increased its support of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and its members through participation in the association’s Partner Recognition Programme. Bayer Crop Science will invest resources at the programme’s Gold Partner level. “GCSAA is delighted with Bayer’s partnership and continued […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Another industry accolade has come the way of The Els Club Teluk Datai. The Malaysian layout, which opened on the island of Langkawi in October, has been named the ‘Best International Golf Course’ at the International Property Awards in Dubai. Prior to that the course sculpted by Ernie Els Design – […]
Bangkok, Thailand: David Lipsky was crowned the 2014 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion after his closest challenger Anirban Lahiri failed to narrow the gap at the Thailand Golf Championship. The Korean-American waited anxiously at the clubhouse after he stumbled to a final round three-over-par 75 to finish in tied 38th position as Lahiri contended at the US$1 […]
Singapore: Asian Golf Industry Federation Golf Facility Member Sentosa Golf Club will welcome back Paula Creamer for the eighth edition of the HSBC Women’s Champions. The 2014 tournament ended in spectacular style when American Creamer improbably sank a 75-foot putt for eagle on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off to defeat Spaniard Azahara Munoz. […]
Copenhagen, Denmark: Garia luxury golf cars and leisure vehicles is planning to expand next year. Steen Scherff, Vice President of Sales, Europe, said: “Garia is enjoying healthy double digit sales and volume growth and will further expand by launching a new utility vehicle in the early part of 2015. “The new utility vehicle is a […]
Mumbai, India: Gaurika Bishnoi lists creating music as one of her off-course interests. It was appropriate, therefore, that the talented teenager should call the tune in the Faldo Series India Girls’ Championship. Maintaining her recent outstanding form, the 16-year-old held off the challenge of fast-finishing Ridhima Dilawari to clinch top spot at the 6,121-yard, par-70 […]
Barcelona, Spain: The Toro Company has been honoured with the presentation of the European Golf Course Owners Association’s [EGCOA] Industry Award for 2014. The annual award was presented to Toro – an Executive Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation – in acknowledgement of its on-going support, not only to the EGCOA but the European […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Marcus Fraser, Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore and Anirban Lahiri qualified for the 144th Open at St Andrews after the final round of the Thailand Golf Championship. Fraser, from New South Wales in Australia, led the chase for the four qualifying places on offer at Amata Spring Country Club with a steady performance from […]
Shenzhen, China: World number nine Kim Hyo-joo came out with all guns blazing on the final day of the US$550,000 Hyundai China Ladies Open. And when the smoke cleared as the sun started to set on the Jack Nicklaus-designed World Cup Course at Mission Hills Shenzhen, the 19-year-old Korean sensation was the only one left standing after a […]
Chonburi, Thailand: England’s Lee Westwood claimed a Thailand Golf Championship double when he staged a fabulous fightback with a final round five-under-par 67 to win the US$1 million Asian Tour event. The former world number one won the inaugural edition in 2011 and made it another victory to remember by signing off with a four-day […]