Haikou, China: The PGA Tour’s inaugural China Series tees-off on Thursday with the Mission Hills Haikou Open on tropical Hainan Island, where Chinese and international players will begin their bid to finish in the top-five of the money list and qualify for the 2015 Web.com Tour in the United States. The rewards match those on […]
Beijing, China: The core population of golfers in mainland China continues to grow as does the output value of golf products. These are among the key findings from Research and Investment Prospect of China Golf Industry 2014-2018. The survey offers an analysis on the golf industry in the following aspects: market scale, golf market supply […]
Pattaya, Thailand: Thai Prayad Marksaeng completed a magnificent wire-to-wire victory in the Singha Pattaya Open today after holding off a brave challenge from his nephew and defending champion Kwanchai Tannin, at Burapha Golf Club. Prayad, oozing his usual effortless natural gift for the game, recorded the 14th win of his professional career after firing a closing […]
Carlsbad, United States: Odyssey, the self-proclaimed ‘#1 Putter in Golf’ has announced the in-store availability of its Tank Cruiser Putter, bringing a new level of fitting to Odyssey’s most technological counterbalanced putter range. In response to feedback from the company’s Tour professionals, the Tank Cruiser features three head weights (10g, 15g and 20g) that can […]
Haikou, China: More than 150 golf tour operator companies attended last month’s IAGTO´s third annual Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC). While there, they discussed business opportunities with supplier delegates from 150 companies including golf resorts, golf clubs, hotels, inbound operators and tourist boards from 19 countries across the Asia-Pacific region. China was well represented with […]
Abu Dhabi: With less than three weeks until the start of the 2014 HSBC Golf Business Forum, the conference room at the Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort and Spa is filling up. Golf’s west to east migration and the business case for golf sponsorship are just two topics to feature on the agenda in Abu […]
Singapore: Prominent club professionals from around the globe have hailed the 10th Asian Club Managers’ Conference (Singapore) an overwhelming success. The three-day gathering attracted a record attendance of more than 200 delegates from a dozen countries, including the first delegation from mainland China to participate in the event. Americans Gregg Patterson and Mike Holtzman, respected […]
Singapore, April 10: Laguna National Golf and Country Club’s Masters Course will return to the limelight when it stages The Championship from May 1-4. It also marks a return to the Island country for the European Tour and the Asian Tour, which co-sanctioned the Singapore Masters there in the six years between 2002 and 2007 […]
Haikou, China: Abu Dhabi is set to experience a surge in golf holiday bookings from Asia, according to a leading Chinese golf tour operator. Speaking after Abu Dhabi’s participation in last month’s Asian Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC), Dai Weina, Marketing Planning Director from China’s Grand Tours, said this year would be big for the emirate’s […]
Augusta, United States: Thai veteran Thongchai Jaidee intends to complete a personal Major milestone when he makes his third appearance at the Masters Tournament starting on Thursday. The three-time Asian Tour number one did not make it through to the weekend rounds in his previous visits to Augusta National Golf Club in 2006 and 2010 […]
Haikou, China: China’s pioneering Chu family has been honoured with a special Legacy Award in the inaugural IAGTO Excellence Awards for 2014. The family operates the Mission Hills Group, whose huge Mission Hills resorts at Shenzhen on China’s mainland and at Haikou on the tropical island of Hainan have transformed China’s golf scene. The award […]
Aberdeen, Scotland: Meldrum House Golf Club course manager Kenny Harper is a man on a mission – to make this top-100 course as environmentally friendly and efficient as possible, with benefits to both the golf course and the overall parkland estate. Harper and his team of nine full-time and three or four part-time summer staff […]
Shanghai, China: The Coca-Cola Company has agreed to continue its giving ways by announcing its renewed sponsorship of the Gary Player Invitational event for a further three years. The Chinese leg of the Gary Player Invitational (GPI) global charity series, staged by Black Knight International to benefit The Player Foundation, will be held at the […]
Haikou, China: Asia’s largest-ever golf tourism event has been trumpeted as a huge success, with a record 556 delegates from 40 countries attending the third annual Asia Golf Tourism Convention on China’s Hainan Island. Organised by global golf tourism industry association IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators), AGTC 2014 was hosted by award-winning golf […]
Arizona, United States: Troon loyalists DJ Flanders, Stephen Havrilla, Patrick Wynn and Karl Whitehead have all accepted new opportunities, expanding their horizons and expertise to deliver exceptional golf experiences at some of the top courses and resorts across the world. With a broad knowledge of the golfing landscape, drawing on over half-a-century’s collective experience, the […]