He’s already spent an estimated $100 million creating one of the world’s best golf courses in New Zealand. Now American billionaire Ric Kayne plans to spend a further $50m-plus developing two new beachfront links-style courses on land adjacent to and south of Tara Iti, on …
Amid celebrations for the 100th staging of the New Zealand Open was the official opening of a unique par-three course. Designed by Darius Oliver and known as ‘The Farm’, the course at The Hills Golf Club was christened with the playing of a 140-person ‘Champions Day’ …
Of the 209 countries around the world with golf courses, the fastest-growing market just might be in Vietnam. Vietnam currently has 78 golf courses plus another 43 in different stages of development, according to the R&A’s latest Golf Around the World Report, which is based …
Scott Macpherson and Greg Turner have designed a second nine for the Coronet course at Millbrook Resort in Arrowtown, New Zealand. Millbrook opened its first 18-hole course in 1992, designed by John Darby and Bob Charles. Macpherson and Turner, a former pro golfer, added nine-hole …
Tanah Merah Country Club (TMCC) is celebrating the official opening of its reimagined and redeveloped Tampines Course and Clubhouse with a charity tournament. Even before a ball was struck today, more than S$500,000 had been raised to benefit three charities – Mediacorp Enable Fund; Down …
The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), the largest member-owned golf and country club in the region, has begun construction on its extensive S$50 million renovation on the New and Millennium courses. The 27-hole layout offers a stunning setting, bordering the nation’s nature reserve. More than …
THE Helensvale Golf Club is costing ratepayers more than $300,000 as council maintains the course without an operator. The latest Budget Review shows the Gold Coast’s only public-owned golf course is listed at the top of “emerging issues” for the city. The cost of maintaining …
Thirty-two hectares of the Fanling Golf Course will be taken back by the government in 2023 and be ready for public housing to begin in 2024, says the Secretary for Development Michael Wong Wai-lun. But the government has no plans for the remaining 140 hectares …
The sun will set on Paradise Palms golfing at the end of next month, so work can begin on a new master plan for the site. Tournaments during the final six weeks of play at the Kewarra Beach course will be held to raise funds …
The Yowani Country Club has appointed Ben Davey, Director of Contour Golf Design Group, to prepare a Masterplan for the redevelopment of their golf course. Yowani, which is located in Canberra just 3 kilometres from the CBD, is undertaking a major redevelopment which includes the …
