There are 3,297 golf clubs in the British Isles

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An unprecedented report into the global golf industry that took 25,000 hours to compile has found that there are 3,297 golf clubs in the British Isles. The R&A’s Golf around the world 2015 is the first ever official count into all the golf courses in the world, concluding that there 34,011 golf facilities in 206 […]

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Stars Show That Golf Can be Child’s Play

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A group of local youngsters were treated to an inspiring look at the game of golf by some of the Ladies European Tour’s leading professionals as they gathered on the sidelines of the US$600,000 World Ladies Championship. Mission Hills Academies professional Jason Wu coaches a youngster during the children’s clinic at the World Ladies Championship. […]

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5 tips for avoiding the blowups in golf (and business)

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The more I learn this game of golf, the more I realize it is just like business and life. In life, you ride the roller coaster of victories and defeats, and with golf you can do that from hole to hole. As I work to bring my handicap down, one of the problems I’m having […]

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Chinese market for Fiji International golf

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THE Fiji International has attracted the Chinese market after being showcased at the China Golf Show in Beijing last week. The three-day show which ended on Sunday promoted the event to over 18,000 golf consumers and cementing Fiji’s place as a must visit golf destination to the Chinese market. The show is considered the world’s […]

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Could Placemaking Become the New Golf? Repurposing Obsolete Courses 

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You wouldn’t necessarily notice, not unless you’ve had a particular reason to be paying attention, but the US has way more golf courses than the industry and its enthusiasts can support. Once-flourishing fairways, greens, and clubhouses are being decommissioned all over the place, leaving communities with empty land, sometimes contaminated from years of intensive chemical […]

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An open letter to golfers

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Hey! How’s it going? Great day for golf, huh? Nice shirt! Is that an Ashworth? Listen dude, you don’t know me but I’m kind of an old fart who’s been around the turfy side of golf business for a long time. I just need about three minutes of your time to share something your course […]

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Chinese cash and American jobs

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The Chinese are coming! And they’re bringing their golf clubs. Chinese investment in America reached $12 billion last year, according to the Rhodium Group, an economic advisory firm. “Absent political headwinds,” predicts Rhodium, “outbound investment by Chinese firms will continue to boom in 2015 and the United States will remain a key market.” Traditionally, much […]

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Future Stars Set to Sparkle in 9th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final

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Many of the region’s brightest golfing prospects will lock horns in this week’s ninth Faldo Series Asia Grand Final. To be contested over the acclaimed Nick Faldo-designed Faldo Course at Mission Hills China, the R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking event will showcase an array of talented young male and female players who are destined to […]

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Warne leads the field as cricket’s greats swap the bat for golf clubs

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Former Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting took his plus 1 handicap across the ditch this week to compete in the Celebrity Challenge section of the New Zealand golf Open in Queenstown. With the rest of the cricket world in World Cup mode, Ponting is the best golfer of the 10 international cricketers in the Challenge, […]

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Target for golf tourism

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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 […]

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