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New Zealand Open Golf Championship attracts new naming rights sponsor

POSTED ON September 13, 2016 @ 1:01 pm

New Zealand Golf and Millbrook Tournaments Limited (promoters of the New Zealand Open) are delighted to announce the signing of ISPS Handa as the new naming rights sponsor for the ISPS HANDA New Zealand Open for a minimum three-year term, covering the 2017, 2018 and …

WA likely to retain major international golf tournament in 2017

POSTED ON September 12, 2016 @ 2:14 pm

  WA is likely to retain a major international golf tournament in early 2017 despite the Perth International being absent from a preliminary European Tour schedule released this week. The Lake Karrinyup tournament has been a feature of the WA sporting scene across the past …

Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel refinery paid golf course bills

POSTED ON September 9, 2016 @ 12:26 pm

Clive Palmer’s cash-strapped Queens­land Nickel was paying bills for up to five of the tycoon’s golf courses and property developments in the months before it collapsed and cost nearly 800 jobs. Former QN general manager of operations Ian Ferguson yesterday told the Federal Court that …

Seven secures World Cup of Golf in Australia

POSTED ON September 7, 2016 @ 12:30 pm

The Seven Network, Australia’s most-watched broadcast television platform, today confirmed an agreement for all-encompassing coverage of the World Cup of Golf to be played in November this year. Seven’s agreement for the World Cup of Golf delivers all rights in Australia including free-to-air broadcast television, subscription …

Doubt surrounds future of Perth International golf tournament

POSTED ON September 7, 2016 @ 12:16 pm

Western Australia could be without a major golf tournament next year with doubt surrounding the future of the Perth International. The tournament has previously been sanctioned by the Australian and European PGAs, but it has been left off the schedule for the upcoming European season, …

Huntly Golf Club in trouble

POSTED ON September 7, 2016 @ 12:12 pm

Uncertain times lie ahead for the Huntly Golf Club as members have only months to decide on its future as bills pile up. Dwindling membership has meant the club has struggled to cover some essential costs, club captain Graeme Tait said. A special members meeting will be …

Peter Frewin to join Rain Bird Australia

POSTED ON September 6, 2016 @ 9:46 pm

Deer Park, Victoria, AUSTRALIA (September. 1 2016) – Rain Bird Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Frewin to the position of National Sales and Marketing Manager for its Golf activities. Frewin arrives at Rain Bird following a successful tenure of almost five …

Minister Stuart Ayres to visit Concord GC

POSTED ON September 6, 2016 @ 12:44 pm

The Honourable Stuart Ayres MP, NSW Minister for Sport, accompanied by Mr John Sidoti MP, Member for Drummoyne, will be visiting Concord Golf Club tomorrow to inspect the $4.3 million course upgrade project being carried out by the Club in partnership with renown American golf course …

500 jobs to follow as $700m resort gets underway

POSTED ON September 5, 2016 @ 10:21 pm

FOR more than 25 years Maha Sinnathamby has been carefully piecing together his multi-billion dollar Springfield vision and today he celebrated yet again by adding another vital piece to his complex jigsaw. Following on the heels of the openings of the Mater Hospital, the second …