Macau: Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez and Thai Thongchai Jaidee will lock horns once more at October’s US$900,000 Venetian Macau Open. The two veterans captained their respective continents to a dramatic tie at this year’s inaugural EurAsia Cup in Malaysia. Jimenez and Thongchai are both multiple winners on the European and Asian Tours with no fewer than 36 […]
London, England: More than 110,000 people got into golf with the national network of County Golf Partnerships (CGPs) in the year to the end of March 2014. That’s more than double the figure for the previous 12 months. The figure, for people aged over 14, is highlighted in the latest Impact Report prepared by England […]
Hanoi, Vietnam: Flagstick will provide golf course construction management services and a team of between eight and 10 construction specialists to develop the FLC Samson Golf Links. Located in Thanh Hoa Province, about 170 kilometres south of Hanoi, the 75-hectare beachside site is bordered by the South China Sea to the east and the Ma […]
London, England: The 2014 Berenberg Gary Player Invitational concluded another successful event which saw some of the biggest names in golf, entertainment and business join together with golf icon and Grand Slam champion Gary Player to help raise money for under-privileged children. The charitable funds, exceeding US$100,000, were quickly raised by the auctioneer on only four bespoke […]
Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam (July 24): Laguna Lang Co Golf Club will take centre stage in the seventh Faldo Series Vietnam Championship. Since its opening 16 months ago, the Nick Faldo-designed masterpiece has received widespread acclaim and played a pivotal role in the development of Vietnam’s Central Coast region as a major golf and […]
Seoul, Korea: China’s Mission Hills has launched a concerted campaign to develop closer ties with South Korea by hosting a landmark seminar in Seoul. The company’s initiative comes with tourism between the two countries at record levels and goodwill being generated across the whole spectrum of society from politics to K-Pop. The Mission Hills Korea […]
London, England: Jacobsen has appointed Centaur Asia Pacific as its new distributor for Hong Kong and Macau. Centaur Asia Pacific is an established business with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, representing strong brands and internationally recognised equipment for the fine turf, nursery and landscape sectors throughout Asia and Australia. The company, which already holds […]
Kansas, United States: The first phase of the 2014 Rounds 4 Research fund-raising programme for turfgrass studies, run by the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG), sold more than 600 rounds and yielded US$115,500 in the June online auction. The total was a seven per cent increase over a year ago. The EIFG is the philanthropic […]
Far Hills, New Jersey, United States: The Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA) has adopted the United States Golf Association’s (USGA) Golf Handicap and Information Network (GHIN) for its more than 15,000 subscribers. Formed in 1968 with a mission to govern and promote the game in Hong Kong, the HKGA’s responsibilities include selecting Hong Kong national teams, […]
Liverpool, England: Nike athlete Rory McIlroy delivered a spectacular performance at The Open Championship to claim the Claret Jug and become the seventh player in history to win the famous trophy in wire-to-wire fashion. McIlroy is an impressive three-quarters of the way to winning the career Grand Slam at the age of 25 – the […]
Liverpool, England: Korean An Byeong-hun upstaged his better known rivals from Japan and Thailand to claim the distinction of finishing as the leading Asian at the 143rd Open Championship. The son of table tennis medallists at the 1988 Olympic Games, the 22-year-old signed for a final-round of even-par 72 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. That […]
Hua Hin, Thailand: Rising star Gunn Charoenkul shot a closing 68 to win the Singha Panasonic Hua Hin Open, his third title of the season and fourth overall on the ASEAN PGA Tour. The Thai triumphed by one stroke after a ding-dong battle with his more experienced countryman Chapchai Nirat, who led by one shot […]
Liverpool, England: This week’s Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club has seen Titleist continue its remarkable success story, being the overwhelming golf ball of choice at golf’s eldest Major championship since records have been kept. Alongside this, Titleist golf balls have been proven as the number one ball of choice across all levels of […]
Arizona, United States: To say that Troon Golf management veteran Ken Kosak has been a world traveller would be an understatement. In less than 14 years, Kosak’s career has spanned three continents, with stops along the way in Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, South Africa and Puerto Rico. Now, he returns to the United States as […]
Liverpool, England: FootJoy has extended its record as the overwhelming brand of choice in the Majors, with 54 per cent of the field at this week’s Open Championship selecting models from its extensive footwear family. A total of 84 players teed it up at Royal Liverpool in golf’s eldest Major wearing FJ shoes, further enhancing […]