60 entries: China

Why is ‘bleisure’ missing from the golf travel industry?

By: Mark Siegel 2016. 02. 08.

Recently, I made an interview with Mark Siegel, the owner of Golfasian that I would like to share with you. Today, Golfasian is the largest dedicated Asian golf tour company. In 2014, Golfasian handled 147,880 golf tourists, who played 74,382 rounds.…

What are John Solheim’s impressive lifetime achievements?

By: 2015. 11. 06.

John A. Solheim, PING Chairman & CEO, was honored yesterday with the distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award at the HSBC Golf Business Forum in Shanghai, China. This is probably not new to you. However, I think we should analyze…

HSBC extended its commitment to golf sponsorship by 5 years

By: 2015. 11. 04.

HSBC's announcement about the renewal of their global golf sponsorship portfolio (World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, the HSBC Women’s Champions and the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship) brought a great relief. In the summer was announced that HSBC will…

Have you heard about the on-demand Matteo Manassero?

By: 2015. 11. 02.

Matteo Manassero is quite busy in these days. Two days ago I had the chance to write about his support of Italy's bid efforts to win the hosting rights of the 2022 Ryder Cup. Today, he held an interactive…

Who are the TOP 10 winners of IGTM 2015?

By: 2015. 10. 13.

The International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) 2015, that was held in Tenerife between 5-8 October has ended last week. So I thought to share with you the list of TOP 10 winners : Michael Campbell, one of New Zealand’s most…

Tiger Woods in the Nike Campus in Shanghai

By: 2015. 04. 25.

Like I wrote yesterday, Tiger Woods will spend his weekend in Shanghai and Tokyo. Tiger Woods was at the Nike campus in Shanghai meeting with employees, young golf athletes and legendary basketball star Yao Ming. As part of the old…

Catch Tiger Woods in Shanghai or in Tokyo if you can!

By: 2015. 04. 24.

If you are quick enough, you can catch Tiger Woods in Shanghai today. Tiger Woods will visit Asia from April 24 – 26 to help stoke local interest in the sport of golf and inspire athletes in China and…

Inbee Park became ‘Champion of Champions’

By: 2015. 03. 08.

Inbee Park after winning the HSBC Women’s Champions 2015 in Sentosa was crowned as the 'Champion of Champions'. She shot a round of 2-under par 70 to win the title, two shots clear of second placed Lydia Ko. This result…

Lacoste signs partnership with Alexander Levy

By: 2015. 02. 10.

Alexander Levy (official world ranking: 52nd), will be one of the brand ambassadors of Lacoste (other ambassadors are: Raphael Jacquelin, Jose-Maria Olazabal, Cristie Kerr, Azahara Muñoz, Gwladys Nocera) as part of the partnership. He was chosen to represent the new golf…

Where will be held the 10th WGC-HSBC Champions tournament?

By: 2014. 11. 03.

It will be held in Shangai, China. For the second year running, 40 of the world’s Top 50 golfers will line up in Shanghai this week (November 6-9). It is another sign that China is becoming soon a golf…

UPDATE: HSBC’s Golf’s 2020 Vision

By: 2014. 05. 01.

On this week was held 2014 HSBC Golf Business Forum at The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa. I think the two highlights of the event were the announcement of Peter Dawson (Chief Executive of The R&A)…

HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore

By: 2014. 02. 28.

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…

Growing business potential of Asian female golfers

By: 2014. 01. 25.

Within less than ten days I received two interesting news. The reasons why I found them interesting are finally female + Asian golfers are taken seriously. The first is Shanshan Feng (first Chinese major tournament winner) signed a sponsorship…

Ernie Els’ contribution to Malaysia’s golf tourism

By: 2013. 10. 20.

Back in February I had already written about the golf tourism opportunities of Malaysia. Since then IAGTO published its Golf Tourism 2013 report that shows growing demand for Malaysian golf courses. Malaysia became the 15th in importance to…

Latest golf business outlooks in India

By: 2013. 10. 12.

I had to take an unplanned break "thanks" to my ISP, but now I am back with full power. In recent months we read some really disappointing news about the BRIC countries (Brasil, Russia, India and China).  In the…

If something is good, it sells itself!

By: 2013. 04. 25.

Adidas Golf has good reason to be happy in these days. Since the foundation of the company in 1999, the first part of 2013 was the highest sales period in the life of adidas Golf. According to Golf…

HSBC’s prediction on golf’s future

By: 2013. 02. 26.

First I intended to write about Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, then I came across with HSBC's report on golf's future. In general there are no big surprises in this report: the shift towards Asia; In China and…

Hole in one in Malaysia

By: 2013. 02. 11.

When we read in the Golf's 2020 Vision (by HSBC) report about the rise and importance of Chinese and Indian golf market, we should not neglect such golf markets like the Malaysian one. The Malaysian golf market's value in…

Titleist’s mother company Acushnet is sold to Fila Korea

By: 2011. 05. 21.

The Acushnet (owner of Titleist and FootJoy) Company saga started a year ago when they sold Cobra Golf to PUMA AG. In those days I thought Acushnet Company  is just restructuring and want to focus on golf balls…

Asian golf balls are rising

By: 2009. 10. 08.

While golf ball manufacturers are stampeding us into lure of branding, it is worth to look around in golf ball market. When I am considering to buy new golf ball, I always consider my wallet size and handicap…