SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Troon Golf, the leader in upscale golf course management, development and marketing is pleased to announce it has been selected to manage golf operations for Mediterannia Saidia, an emerging tourist destination located in northeast Morocco, facing the shores of Almeria, Spain. Read the rest of this entry »

For further information on Golf Tourism WA, please visit  www.golftourismwa.com

Golf Tourism Western Australia is a marketing body established to promote the world class golf courses, superb weather, and breathtaking scenery that make Western Australia one of Australia’s finest golfing destinations. Read the rest of this entry »

Sport for all or food for all? The two may not be mutually exclusive ideals, but when it comes to golf, the world’s hungry have good reasons to get angry.

At the United Nations-sponsored World Food Summit in Rome in October 1996, the Washington-based World Watch Institute for the first time raised the concern that the rapid proliferation of golf courses around the world considerably contributed to take food out of the poor people’s mouths. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Mountain Golf Club Hua Hin is the 7th and newest golf course in Hua Hin and was transformed from lush jungle and pineapple plantations. The course is set in a valley, just next to the “Black Mountain’s”, which are so named because of the large black rocks set into the mountains, providing a nice backdrop to many of the holes.

The golf course looks as natural as possible and maintains many of the original features of the site. The most important of these are the natural creeks that run throughout the course and the rocks that have been used as design features on many of the holes. Many of the original trees have been kept and many new trees have been planted to frame the holes. Read the rest of this entry »

Club Car announced that GPS Industries (GPSI), an international developer of global positioning system and Wi-Fi multimedia solutions, has joined the Club Car Solutions Network. The Solutions Network is an alliance of companies that help Club Car support its customers by providing products and services that complement the Club Car business. Read the rest of this entry »

World Golf : MELAKA, Malaysia - They’re mighty proud of their Dye family design at Orna Golf and Country Club in Melaka, Malaysia, south of Kuala Lumpur. Even if it’s not the Dye.

For most North Americans, Andy Dye might not be as synonymous with Pete Dye’s family tree as say, P.B. or Perry Dye. Even Alice Dye probably has more clout than Andy, who is Pete’s nephew. Read the rest of this entry »

Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai’s premier residential golf community, is being developed by Leisurecorp, a Dubai World company.

Inspired by the natural elements of Fire, Earth, Wind and Water, Jumeirah Golf Estates draws on the remarkable talents of some of the game’s most famous names: Greg Norman, the ‘Great White Shark’; former world number one Vijay Singh; European Ryder Cup hero Sergio Garcia; and “the father of modern course design”, the legendary Pete Dye. The four courses - Fire, Earth, Water, and Wind – will pay tribute to the power of nature, each employing the distinctive characteristics of its own surroundings to deliver a unique challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

Asia’s finest golfing facilities were last night honoured at a glittering gala dinner to commemorate the ninth year of the Asian Golf Monthly Awards.

Widely regarded as Asia’s golf course Oscars and the industry benchmark for excellence, prominent golf course developers, owners, club general managers and golf course architects gathered in the Grand Ballroom at the Mission Hills Golf Club in China. Read the rest of this entry »