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Stuart Appleby lists Aussie pad to make US home21st May 2013
General Interest AUSTRALIAN golfing legend Stuart Appleby is packing his clubs and teeing off to a more permanent home in the US.
The 42-year-old champ is selling his luxury Brighton house.
Castran Gilbert chief executive Paul Castran is handling the sale and said clashes between Australian and US tour dates were part of Appleby’s reason to sell.
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SNAG® Offers Golf’s Version of T-Ball for Juniors21st May 2013
Grow the Game Since 2011, SNAG® Golf has piloted its highly successful SNAG G-Ball program in an effort to grow the game and energize youth participation in golf much in the way that T-Ball has done for baseball.
“The golf industry recently has been lobbying for the game to establish its own version of T-Ball, but we already have it with SNAG Golf’s G-Ball program,” said Terry Anton, CEO of SNAG. “Through our partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), we have been reaching thousands of kids ages 5-12 who sign up to learn the fundamentals of golf.”
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China's tropical golfing paradise beckons as Asia Golf Tourism Convention heads to Mission Hills Haikou in 201421st May 2013
Industry News - Asia/India Asia’s golf tourism industry will be gathering on China’s tropical island of Hainan next spring as the region’s most important golf tourism convention moves to award-winning golf resort Mission Hills Haikou.
The baton for the 3rd Asia Golf Tourism Convention was passed to China at a signing and hand-over ceremony on the final day of AGTC 2013, held at the Royal Cliff Hotel and PEACH Convention Centre in Thailand’s leading golf destination, Pattaya.
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Chinese 14-year-old will tee it up in Memorial21st May 2013
Grow the Game Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made history at Augusta National, is bringing his game to Jack Nicklaus' backyard.
Guan, who last month became the youngest player to make the cut in a major championship when he finished 58th at the Masters, has accepted an exemption to play at the Memorial Tournament next week.
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Michigan Golf Hall of Fame inducts three, continues search for permanent home21st May 2013
General Interest Doak, 52, has designed courses in 15 states as well as Tasmania, Australia and Scotland. He currently is working on a project in China but also recently designed a practice area at Marygrove University in the Detroit area and waived the fee.
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GMA Conference to address Effectively Managing and Motivating People21st May 2013
Conference and events GMA is delighted to announce it has secured the services of John Townsend (pictured) to speak on one of the most requested subjects in our pre-Conference survey.
This is an exciting new approach to management training and building employee engagement. The programme is based on proven scientifically tested methods of behaviour management.
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The basics of marketing your club21st May 2013
Mike's Space The term “marketing” is used very loosely nowadays and the real definition of “marketing” tends to get lost much of the time. It’s such a broad term which covers many aspects of our daily operation. The Webster’s dictionary defines marketing as “the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service.” In operational terms marketing is “everything you do!”
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New pro has big plans20th May 2013
Industry News - Australia/New Zealand Golf professional Anthony Barkley says it's funny where life can take you.
Barkley is the new club professional at Arikikapakapa Rotorua Golf Course, following a three-year stint at Whakatane Golf Course.
In his early days as a golfer, Barkley went in search of a dream - to try and make it on a professional golf tour.
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Drive to get golf top of tourist wish list20th May 2013
Industry News - Australia/New Zealand Hawke's Bay Tourism looks set to be part of a project aimed at raising the profile of the country's golf tourism industry.
Over the next two months, Tourism New Zealand will put together a working group tasked with developing a long-term "come and play golf here" plan as part of a project to get more "higher value" visitors to the country.
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McIlroy to Set up Own Management Group20th May 2013
Industry News- International Two-time major champion Rory McIlroy is leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management to set up his own management group.
A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that McIlroy will create his own team run by his father, Gerry, along with close friends and associates. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because McIlroy hasn't announced the change.
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The Way Forward For New Zealand Golf?20th May 2013
General Interest "Unfortunately, the reality of the game today is that it takes too long, costs too much and is generally way too difficult. How did we get here?
Peter Kostis takes a hard look at, "How Golf Lost Its Way"
"If you want to locate the Original Sin moment in modern course design, you have to go all the way back to 1951. Robert Trent Jones Sr. redesigned Oakland Hills to toughen up the Donald Ross track for the 1951 U.S. Open."
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Charles Tour: Hendry and Lee impressed by young NZ Golf talent20th May 2013
Industry News - Australia/New Zealand
New Zealand No.1 Michael Hendry and former Japan Tour professional Richard Lee left the Muriwai Beach Links last week impressed by two of the up and coming amateurs of New Zealand Golf.
Hendry and Lee played alongside Northland teenager Kadin Neho in the final two rounds and were raving about the talent of the recently crowned New Zealand Amateur Champion who finished third, only four shots back.
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