Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: By the time the first test event at the Olympic Games golf venue takes place early next year a total of 35 Jacobsen turf maintenance machines will be employed at the Gil Hanse-designed course. In the interim, Jacobsen’s Product Support Manager, Andrew Echenique, will be providing technical training for Course Superintendent […]
South Australia National Coach Gareth Jones has been appointed to the role of National Coach for Japan. Jones will start the role in October and be responsible for establishing and overseeing the development of the Japan Golf High Performance Program for male and female players, which includes training, coaching and sports medicine elements. Jones will […]
The heavy hitters of Melbourne’s corporate world, professional golf, government and celebrity will showcase their golfing skills on the prestigious Royal Melbourne course in February next year to raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital. The inaugural ‘Premier’s Cup’ hosted by the Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews, in conjunction with the Australian Golf […]
YEPPOON’S Don and Shelley Scott’s dream finally came to fruition after four years of research and planning for the inaugural Australian Junior Age Division Golf Championships at the Capricorn Resort. With the complete support of management, more than 150 juniors teed off the inaugural event in an effort to represent Australia in the Veritas World […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: One of the region’s leading sports talent development programmes opened its doors to the public, providing an insight into the workings of a course that is changing the face of elite women’s golf in Malaysia. Over six years, the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Development Programme has been one of the mainstays of […]
Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat will launch his own golf academy in Bangkok later this week to expand the legacy of his late coach and also to ‘give back’ to the game. The big-hitting former Asian Tour number one, who won his first title on European soil last week for his second victory of the year, […]
Australia’s top golfers will not only return to the Olympic family in one year’s time, they’ll do so wearing brand new logos. As the countdown to Rio 2016 hits the one-year mark today, the Australian Olympic Committee has launched its new branding in Sydney. Gone are the three entirely different logos of the team, the […]
Alyangula Golf Club, nestled within the tropical setting of Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, is the winner of this month’s MyGolf Centre of the Month award. Alyangula wanted to align with Australia’s national junior golf program to deliver a structured junior program at the club and subsequently signed up to MyGolf earlier this year. […]
Rory McIlroy is scheduled to play a practice round Saturday at Whistling Straits in what appears to be a test run for his injured ankle in advance of next week’s PGA Championship, according to a report by Reuters, which cited a “reliable” source. The world No. 1 has already ruled himself out of the WGC-Bridgestone […]
Sir Nick Faldo, newly-appointed as brand ambassador for Laguna Lang Co in Central Vietnam, is partnering with the acclaimed golf resort in a series of new amateur golf tournaments, including the inaugural Laguna Golf Classic in November. As home to a championship course designed by the six-time Major winner, which he opened in 2012, Sir […]
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