I have just got the news that Troon Golf will manage Burabay Golf Resort – an all-new facility near Astana, Kazakhstan. Burabay Golf Resort is Troon’s second development in the region, joining The National Azerbaijan Golf Club. Located across the…
In general we do not hear too much golf news from Israel, especially in these days when the world is focusing on the Gaza conflict. Despite of the dreadful situation around the Gaza strip, from north of Tel…
I am facing a very interesting trip to Israel, where I am going to discover the Israeli golf industry and golf life. I will try to find answers why Israel is less successful in golf than Abu Dhabi.…
I have just heard that La Manga Club received a double nomination at the 1st World Golf Awards, which will be held in Portugal in November 15. The ceremony will be in the Conrad Algarve, Quinta do Lago. We will be able…
The National Azerbaijan Golf Club has been selected to host the 2014 European Challenge Tour Schedule. The first golf facility in this emerging golf destination will host the inaugural Azerbaijan Challenge Open July 31 – August 3, 2014. I must…
Woburn Golf Club was announced today as the venue for the Ricoh Women’s British Open in 2016. Previous Championships have been held on the Duke’s Course, but Ricoh Women’s British Open will be the Marquess Course that will host the…
At the end of May I wrote about that Las Colinas Golf & County Club is close to win the Golf Resort Award at the International Hotel & Property Awards (hosted by Design et al). Now I have the…
Ernie Els has just partnered with The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel. As an Asian Tour ambassador he will assist in marketing and promotion of the Venetian Macau Open as well. The Venetian Macau Open will be held from October…
The big question before the next Ricoh Women's British Open, will Stacy Lewis be able to defend/reclaim her title? The event will be held at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England, 10 –13 July. Actually everyone who are…
Last year PGA Catalunya Resort was the lucky Spanish golf club to win at the European Property Awards as the best golf development in Europe. At this time Las Colinas Golf & Country Club is close to win the…
I am just kidding. :-) Actually I found four golfers with a combined age of 330. They have accumulated a total of 182 years' membership at Mannings Heath Golf Club, Horsham - and they still play regular golf…
This week Michael Galasso (COO at golfscape.com) continues his previous post on how social technology is influencing on golf tourism: Perhaps it’s the remnants of the bruised trust many feel in institutions post-recession where word-of-mouth now rules, or…
Last week I mentioned you that Michael Galosso, the Chief Operating Officer at Golfscape.com will share here his thoughts about the latest trend in golf tourism. Social technology is definitely changing the landscape and what think about golf…
I am always happy to write about female golf. Now I have again a good reason, yesterday started the 7th HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore (The Serapong Course) with the best female golfers of the world. This is the…
Last year, right after Golfboo.com was launched in June, I reported about this so-called "search engine for golf". Today they have 7323 golf courses in their database with 127,767 reviews by golfers. Nice achievement. Today I have just…
Last week I had an interesting talk with Michael Galasso the Chief Operating Officer of Golfscape.com a start-up golf social networking portal. While we were talking about many things regarding the golf tourism industry, I realized very soon…
Somehow in the last couple of years I have not heard a lot about Scandinavian and especially Swedish golf events. (I found 13 Swedish PGA Tour players.) OK, except one case: Henrik Stenson became part of the Callaway…
Early this month a new luxorious golf course was opened in the Maldives, the Velaa Private Island. You will not believe, but the developers of the golf course asked José María Olazábal to help them in designing the golf…
2013 was a really outstanding year for Abu Dhabi thanks its two leading golf clubs Saadiyat Beach Golf Club and Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Saadiyat Beach Golf Club has unveiled an unprecedented growth of 94% against the same period…
I think 2013 was a pretty good year for HSBC Golf. HSBC marked 10th anniversary as a major international sponsor of golf. I have just received from them a mail where they announced their sponsorship of Golf Business…