Matteo Manassero has endured a frustrating time since winning the BMW PGA Championship two years ago but is refusing to panic because he believes he is performing well enough to turn the corner. The Italian burst on to the scene in 2010 by landing the Castello Masters title in Spain, becoming the youngest European Tour […]
The life of a sports turf agronomist is often challenging, usually varied and always interesting. When I started working for myself as an independent consultant in August 2005, I had thought that the majority of my work would be in golf. This turned out not to be the case and it was, in fact, football […]
Congratulations to the winners of The Mayor’s Junior Golf Development Scholarship! Three young Gold Coast golfers have just scored the opportunity of a lifetime, winning six weeks of mentoring from a PGA professional, a stay in Dubai, along with flights and tickets to the UK to watch the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews. The […]
In a historic development, a new milestone was set in Asia today when a purpose-built golf academy was launched to serve the needs of junior golfers in the Asian continent. The American School of Bangkok (ASB), a pioneer in providing quality education leading to college education in some of the best universities in North America […]
The Queensland Travel Industry has again raised the bar in their quest to support the amazing work of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. Recently the organisers of the now famous Drive for Daniel presented a cheque for $19,000 to Bruce and Denise Morcombe following another amazingly successful 2015 event held at Carbrook Golf Club in March […]
Catch WA teenage golfing sensation Minjee Lee in the bar of the Royal Fremantle Golf Club where she is something of a “favourite daughter” and she will likely be up for a chat. Ask the 18-year-old how it feels to clinch the biggest win of her career on the world stage and the same down-to-earth […]
Asia Pacific Golf tourism specialists Golfasian and Go Golfing, the market leaders in golf travel in Asia and Australia, have formed a strategic partnership to bring World Masters golf events to Asia. World Masters championships, already held in Australia and Thailand with another to be staged in Vietnam this year, are week-long amateur tournaments combing […]
Companies whose CEOs spend too much time on the golf course often end up in the rough. So goes the conclusion of a study from researchers at the University of Tennessee and University of Alabama that could send shivers through C-suites across the U.S. The team looked at four years’ worth of data from the […]
A rapidly growing international golf tourism market should bring benefits to Otago, with courses in Central Otago and Dunedin being given a push by Tourism New Zealand. The man behind selling New Zealand golf courses to overseas tourists says while ”marquee courses” like Jacks Point, The Hills and Millbrook are important stops for visitors, it […]
The next phase of Olympic ticket sales for Australia begins tomorrow at 10am (AEST). The Australian Olympic Committee and its authorised Rio 2016 ticket reseller CoSport reported today that demand from the initial request phase had rivalled that of London 2012. Tickets on sale tomorrow will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with a CoSport […]
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