Young Singaporean Braydon Lee came close to upstaging world number seven Adam Scott, defending champion Song Young-han and Japan Tour number one Yuta Ikeda in the ground-breaking ‘Beat the Pro’ competition at the SMBC Singapore Open. Nine-year-old Lee, a handy 12.7 handicapper, was challenged to …
China has launched a renewed crackdown on golf, closing 111 courses in an effort to conserve water and land, and telling members of the ruling Communist Party to stay off the links. The state-run Xinhua News Agency said Sunday the courses were closed for improperly …
The Asian Tour will expand its reach further afield with the introduction of live streaming for a selected number of tournaments on www.asiantour.com, starting with the season-opening SMBC Singapore Open this week. The new and exciting digital initiative will complement its well established global television …
Sentosa, Singapore, January 18: Leading golf footwear innovator, ECCO Golf, will extend its partnership with the Asian Tour as the Official Footwear Sponsor for the next two years. The renewal of the sponsorship is testament to ECCO Golf’s growing presence in the region, and affirms …
Halong Bay, north Vietnam’s dazzling tourism magnet, is about to present another reason to visit the UNESCO World Heritage-listed region: a world-class golf course perched above the old town, overlooking the spectacular limestone karst-riddled bay. Although a site above the city was set aside for …
Azalea Hospitality introduces a fresh new approach for leisure developers and owners. Azalea Hospitality is a new full-service golf and leisure management and consulting company that will provide owners and developers a unique insight in how to maximise their investments in the leisure sector by …
Arc Children’s Centre (ACC) has once more been confirmed as the Official Charity of the SMBC Singapore Open 2017. It marks the fourth time that the ACC has been the Official Charity for the tournament at Sentosa Golf Club. An exciting new addition to this …
The R&A has invited a panel of leading international and local experts to present at two Sustainability in Golf seminars being staged in Japan and Korea this spring. Following the success of similar events in China and Thailand last year, hundreds of golf club officials, …
The SPH Golf Club is rapidly growing their membership base and has engaged a dynamic team, lead by Singapore Press Holdings deputy chief executive officer Patrick Daniel, to manage and run its activities. SPH Golf Club General Manager Benny Teo, managing editor of Golf Vacations, …
Asia’s largest golf course aggregator, GolfLan has acquired its Singapore-based competitor GolfGreedy in a part cash part stock deal. Through this acquisition GolfGreedy will become a part of the GolfLan group but continue to operate under its brand name. GolfLan plans to raise about $5 Million in 2017 and …
