THE Fiji International has become a member of the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) in a bid to secure further ties with golf tourism buyers of the world. The new membership comes ahead of the Asian Golf Tourism Convention scheduled for Jakarta, Indonesia from April 27-30 where golf buyers from all over the […]
Neil Vyas, a teenage golfer from New York, was in Gurgaon to impart golfing tips to underprivileged kids here. Neil Vyas comes to India on an annual basis, but his recent trip was special. The 16-year-old budding golfer, born and brought up in New York, conducted a workshop in Gurgaon to introduce the game of […]
Team Australia will be aiming for a maiden victory this year when Team China return to Australian shores for the 2015 International Challenge. Now in its fourth year, the International Challenge gives participants from theBuickChina Golf Club League and the Holden Scramble the opportunity to play in an international tournament. The friendly competition will be […]
A brand new golf tournament, 6 to 12 September, should help to put this central Vietnamese destination squarely on the tourism map. The first ever World Masters Golf Championship in Vietnam has the backing of Accor, a leading hotel operator in the region and golf experts Go Golfing and Golfasian. The inaugural Accor Vietnam World […]
Dubai: A five-star luxury resort in Dubai has introduced a novel version of golf where players tee off into the Arabian Gulf instead of a conventional grass course. And what’s more, every time the ball hits the water, it disintegrates into fish food to help nurture marine life. Eugene Swart, recreation manager at Sofitel The […]
The United States is experiencing a gradual decline in the number of golf courses in the country to correct an oversupply between the 1960s and the early 2000s, according to a global report published Wednesday by the sport’s governing body. The study — entitled “Golf Around The World” — said there are 34,011 golf courses […]
The Accor hotel group joined hands with golf experts Go Golfing and Golfasian to host the inaugural Accor Vietnam World Masters Golf Championship, held in Danang from September 6-12, 2015. After 20 years of staging successful World Masters tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand, Go Golfing has partnered with Golfasian to introduce this golfing […]
Work will begin on Brisbane’s newest public golf course at Cannon Hill by the middle of the year, the Brisbane City Council says. The council has formalised a deal with developers BMD Group, who will pay for the Cannon Hill Links course in exchange for land it will use to create a housing development. Remediation […]
Golf participation across Australia is on the rise according to new data released by the Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC). An increase of 7.2 per cent in competition rounds was recorded across Australia in 2014, with every month recording a steady increase compared to the corresponding month in 2013. Competition rounds are defined as single […]
MyGolf, Australia’s national junior golf program, is thriving in the Northern Territory township of Nhulunbuy on the Gove Peninsula. Gove Country Golf Club has been a registered MyGolf centre since 2011, so it was an obvious decision for the club to re-register after the MyGolf program relaunched in July last year. Gove’s MyGolf co-ordinator Esther […]
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