Sir Nick Faldo to Host Amateur Tournament in Vietnam

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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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Here’s How Much Water Golf Courses, Ski Resorts, and Pools Are Using in California

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California residents have gotten used to gentle coaxing to save water: ads urging residents to “Make It a Quickie” when showering and restaurants withholding water unless it’s ordered, for example. But it wasn’t enough: This spring, Gov. Jerry Brown mandated water use reduction for the first time in California’s history. Starting in June, cities and […]

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Positive trends for golf in Australia

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Golf participation is on the rise across Australia with golf club members playing an increased number of competition rounds in the last financial year. The latest national competition rounds report released by the Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC) produced some positive information for those in the golf industry. Across Australia approximately 14.4 million rounds of […]

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Research Partnership Aims to Drive Golf Participation

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St Andrews, Scotland: Golf could hold the key to tackling Europe’s current epidemics of physical inactivity, obesity and low youth participation in sport. While the world’s best golfers competed in last week’s 144th Open Championship, major organisations from the European golf sector gathered with researchers at the University of St Andrews in an effort to […]

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Participation in golf: The shocking facts over the last seven years

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Golf in England has lost more than 200,000 weekly, and well over 400,000 monthly, players in just the last seven years, according to new data. The latest Active People Survey (APS) results, for six months to the end of March, show that 727,700 people aged 16-plus, play golf for at least 30 minutes a week. […]

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Bobo’s Sons Take A Swing

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Former Vodafone Flying Fijians rep Sireli Bobo’s children Epeli and Sireli Junior were part of the Fiji International school golf development programme launched at the Pacific Harbour Multicultural School last Friday. The programme, which is aimed at getting kids interested in golf at a young age, captured the interest of eight-year-old Sireli Junior who favoured […]

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Liang Hails R&A China Campaign

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Shanghai, China: Liang Wen-chong, China’s most accomplished golfer and R&A Working for Golf ambassador, has launched the second phase of an education campaign aimed at helping China’s golf community better understand the Rules of the sport. The initiative is driven by The R&A, which administers the Rules of Golf together with the USGA, and is […]

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Australian golfer Robert Allenby fires caddie after fight during Canadian Open

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Robert Allenby has added another chapter to a tumultuous season by firing his caddie mid-round after a blazing row at the US PGA Tour’s Canadian Open. Source: Australian golfer Robert Allenby fires caddie after fight during Canadian Open

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Trump’s $550M golf empire may be in the weeds

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Most golfers who like to fib just shave a few strokes off their handicap or ask for an occasional mulligan. Most golfers are not Donald J. Trump. The Donald’s financial-disclosure paperwork, released Wednesday by federal election officials, claim that Trump’s 16 golf-related businesses are worth $550 million to more than $675 million. That’s a big […]

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Two Australian golfers in Special Olympics

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Two Australian golfers are representing their country at the Special Olympics in Los Angeles starting this weekend. In what is billed as the biggest sporting event in the world this year, 7000 athletes from 177 countries are competing across 24 sports in the World Summer Games for people with intellectual disabilities. Golf is represented by Kathryn […]

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