Assoufid Golf Club recently named ‘Africa’s Best New Golf Course 2014’, has reinforced its growing global reputation by being nominated on the shortlist for The World Golf Awards as ‘Morocco’s Best Golf Course 2015’. It is a little bit…
The Algarve, Europe’s leading golf destination (2 nine or 18-hole golf courses), has continued its surge in popularity after revealing a five-figure increase (increase of more than 50,000 rounds played on its famous courses in 2014) in the number of…
The Morocco Matchplay will be played in Essaouria between February 7-12, 2016. The Morocco Matchplay is sponsored by the Moroccan National Tourist Office (MNTO) and powered by HowDidiDo. The organizers are expecting that thousands of UK golfers will participate this summer to…
Donnafugata Golf Resort is one of the leading nominees to be named as the ‘Most Prestigious Sporting Venue 2015’ when the winners are announced at a lavish prize-giving ceremony in London on September 18. After 6 years Prestigious…
Finally, British golf clubs start to understand why it is beneficial to cooperate with other golf clubs in their region. Golf Tourism England strategy to foster local cooperation between golf clubs and paying more attention to inbound golf…
Son Gual, Mallorca's leading golf destination has just reported their 1000th Chinese golfer in the golf club. This is the result of the copperation with Mission Hills GC (a 12-course resort, located in the town of Guanlan in…
Have you heard about Luang Prabang? I must admit, I had not heard about Luang Prabang until my father was not there. It is in north Laos. He found a lonely guy under his hotel window practicing golf…
In November 7, World Golf Award will announce winners in 11 categories . Among the shortlisted golf courses we can find Golf Las Américas and The Ritz-Carlton, Abama. They have both nominated to be named as 'Spain's Best Golf…
It will be actually a boutique hotel. The Onyria Palmares Beach House Hotel - which features 18 rooms and two suites - will open in spring 2016 and will offer 180-degrees views to the Bay of Lagos, with beds…
During the 2nd St Patrick’s Golf Day at Goodwood organised by Golf Ireland this month, some interesting findings came to light about the contribution of golf tourism to the Irish economy. The economic impact of golf tourism across Ireland has risen…
Today device usage is driven by and depend on context (time, location, goals and attitude). One device is no longer able to control all of our attention. 70% of us are using TV+smartphone together. Another typical multiscreen usage…
Scotland has submitted an expression of interest in bidding to host the 2019 Solheim Cup and will decide on whether to launch a formal bid in the summer. The expression of interest has been submitted to the Ladies European Tour…
Jack Frost National Golf Club, owned by Blue Ridge Real Estate Company (Blue Ridge) and managed by Billy Casper Golf (BCG), was recently named a “Top 50 U.S. Golf Courses in 2014” by GolfAdvisor, the trusted home of…
Golf Tourism England has just announced the formation of a partnership with England Golf. I think they can complement each other well. I hope this partnership does not come too late. England Golf reported last year a 12%…
It seems to me that Quinta do Lago's €29m investment programme brought it's first awards. Part of this program was the modernization an facelifting (worth of €9.6m) of Quinta do Lago's North Course by Paul McGinley with Beau Welling. Quinta do Lago, the leading…
Actually Rory McIlory together with the Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler are preparing for the 10th anniversary of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship that will kick off tomorrow (15-18 January 2015). So the guys looked around and…
51 hours left from 2014. So here is the time to summarize this year. Scotland rightly can rejoice this year. In 2014, Scotland attracted 340,000 golf event spectators. VisitScotland says this year was the 2nd highest year for golf…
Golf World magazine has recently announced its '100 Classic Golf Holes in the UK and Continental Europe'. The jury included top designers like Martin Hawtree (Trump International Golf Links) and David McLay Kidd, but also well-known golfers like…
I don't know how much do you know about the Darren Clarke Golf brand, but it was launched in 2010. Actually it is a golf school. Since the foundation Darren Clarke Golf School (a 2-year full time diploma)…
When I ask about Estonia for many of us not a golf destination comes to our mind, but rather a country with well-preserved medieval cities. However if I wish to highlight one Estonian golf club then it would…