Feast your eyes on this cool new layout in the Caribbean, and while you’re looking, feel free to nibble on it, too. Hailed as the world’s first “edible” golf course, Irie Fields on St. Kitts Island is a par-71, 18-hole track whose fairways blend into organic farmland, its grounds a mosaic of native grasses and […]
It is the gold jacket “rub”. Or maybe it’s the “Open injection”. Whatever you call it, the fact Australia’s “Triple Crown” golf events have served as a stepping stone to greater success in recent years is indisputable. In the last four years, a victory on our shores has provided a springboard for some of the game’s biggest names […]
The region’s first and most comprehensive market research is now available. The survey covers a wide-range of data fields (62 data-fields) and for the first time,golf clubs, equipment manufacturers and suppliers and the trade can have access to a body of reliable market intelligence to help them understand trends in the market. Just consider these […]
As golf has struggled in recent years to find new golfers and retain existing players, there have been other questions for golf course operators such as: What can we do with all of this land if it’s not being used on a regular basis? Last weekend in the desert, at least two courses showed there […]
Australian professional golfer Jason Day has grabbed his first PGA Championship title in a record-breaking win against Jordan Spieth last Sunday. Day finally broke through to win a Major after shortcomings in this year’s previous tournaments, but the Aussie’s recent victory may just be the beginning of his journey in winning further Majors, and fellow PGA […]
“Some people I know have had cancer and are OK now. I want to help Danny’s doctor so kids with DIPG have more hope to beat their cancer, too,” Ryan writes on his fundraising page on the GFC website. As of Thursday, he had raised more than $8K of his $15K goal. Ryan’s original fundraising […]
Say you meet a 12-handicap golfer from Australia on the first tee at St. Andrews in Scotland. If your U.S. handicap index also happens to be 12, you might suggest a friendly little money game, with no strokes given. Bad move. That’s because Golf Australia, the sport’s governing body there, doesn’t calculate handicaps the way […]
Little Tommy Morris is THE children’s book of the year for anyone who loves the great game of golf and would like their children to love it too. Written by acclaimed St Andrews golf historian Roger McStravick and illustrated by St Andrews artist, Maria Amelia Randall, this gorgeous story charts the meteoric rise of golf’s first ‘rock star’ prodigy, […]
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