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Hoiana Shores GC to welcome first golfers starting 23 Sept.

POSTED ON September 4, 2019 @ 5:04 pm

Hoiana Shores Golf Club will welcome its first players starting on 23rd September 2019, to preview the completed, 18-hole design from architect Robert Trent Jones II. The golf course will be the first facility within the new Hoiana Integrated Resort to welcome the public. The …

Ba Na Hills GC (Vietnam) makes Aussie and Spanish key appointments

POSTED ON August 26, 2019 @ 10:14 am

The beginning of August saw award winning IMG managed club, Ba Na Hills Golf Club, make two key appointments to ensure it remains one of Asia’s top golfing destinations. Marcus Giles was appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing and Ignacio Isern was appointed as …

Horizon Hills to Host Malaysia Turf and Club Management Seminar

POSTED ON August 25, 2019 @ 12:07 pm

Johor Bahru, Malaysia: Horizon Hills Golf & Country Club will play host to next month’s Malaysia Turf and Club Management Seminar. The one-day event (September 30) is organised by the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF) in partnership with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of Malaysia …

Asia Golf Tourism Convention Returns to Malaysia

POSTED ON August 17, 2019 @ 6:41 pm

  The International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) will stage its ninth annual Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) in Malaysia next year. It will be the first time the event has been held in Malaysia since the inaugural AGTC in 2012. To take place …

Sign Up for Indonesia Club Management Mini Summit

POSTED ON August 16, 2019 @ 6:41 pm

Dr Larry Ross and Steven Thielke will share their vast experience at this month’s Indonesia Club Management Mini Summit. Jointly organised and presented by the Golf Course Management Association of Indonesia (GCMAI) and the Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF), the August 27 gathering will be …

The Bluffs Hits Its Big Five On a High

POSTED ON August 13, 2019 @ 4:08 pm

Anniversaries, traditionally, are a time for reflection. But Vietnam’s top rated golf course, The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip, is is fixed on the future as it celebrates its 5th birthday this year. Since opening in 2014, the Greg Norman-designed course has helped raise the bar …

Laguna Raises the Bar for 19th Holes in Vietnam

POSTED ON August 1, 2019 @ 5:01 pm

Visitors to Laguna Golf Lang Co, one of Vietnam’s top courses, now have even more call to toast a life well led following the launch of 67, the nation’s plushest clubhouse bar. The 19th hole has traditionally been a refuge away from the course, a …

The Bluffs Gets Kudos For Aiding Vietnam’s Golf Growth

POSTED ON July 30, 2019 @ 6:43 pm

Ever since its debut five years ago, The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip has been in the vanguard of Vietnam’s emergence as one of Asia’s most exciting destinations for golf. Its efforts to grow the game in the Southeast Asian nation were given the official seal …

With 3 projects in works, Golfplan still leading SK’s public revolution

POSTED ON July 30, 2019 @ 12:42 pm

Having designed the first public facility here, in 1982, and led the country’s second wave of public golf development during the 1990s, the course architects at Golfplan-Dale & Ramsey are today spearheading Stage III with one stand-alone, public project newly opened and another three in …