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Talented APGC Team Aims for Bonallack Trophy Defence

Singapore: Performing with pride and passion will be the mantra for fresh-faced members of the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) team in their Bonallack Trophy defence next year. To be held at Al Hamra Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates from...

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Yuan and Kim Playing for High Stakes

St Simons Island, Georgia, United States: The 2024 PGA Tour Season comes to a conclusion at the RSM Classic this week, with former Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) participants Carl Yuan Yechun and SH Kim Seong-hyeon fighting to retain their...

Hoshino Secures PGA Tour Card as Nakajima Misses Out

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Keita Nakajima’s bid to secure a place on the PGA Tour may be on hold. But Rikuya Hoshino has given Japanese golf another reason to celebrate after securing his playing rights for 2025 following the conclusion of the...

Emirates Hosts Pan Arab Golf Championship

Ajman, United Arab Emirates: More than 80 players representing 13 nations will participate in this week’s 43rd Men’s and 2nd Senior Pan Arab Golf Championship. To be staged at Al Zorah Golf & Yacht Club from November 20-22, the championship...

Zhou Climbs to Career-Best 84th in WAGR

Singapore: On the back of successive victories on the China LPGA Tour, teenager Zhou Shiyuan has catapulted into the top-100 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). Following her maiden China LPGA Tour triumph at last month’s Zhangjiagang...

Roblox Initiative Launches in Jakarta

Jakarta, Indonesia: The R&A is helping connect the digital and physical golf worlds though a new Active Play event on popular gaming platform Roblox, exclusively for Indonesian players. Earlier this summer, The Gang, a full-service gaming studio...

SGA Good Governance Lauded

Singapore: The Singapore Golf Association (SGA) has been lauded for its accomplishments in excellent corporate governance for the second consecutive year at the 12th edition of the Charity Transparency Award. An initiative of the Charity Council...

Power-Packed APGC Team for Patsy Hankins Trophy

Singapore: Twelve of the top-140 players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) will fly the flag for the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) in January’s fourth edition of the Patsy Hankins Trophy. “We’re excited to have been able to...

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Nakajima Seeking More Dubai Inspiration

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Japan’s Keita Nakajima returns to Dubai this week in search of another career-defining performance. It was in 2021 that Nakajima won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club...

Sustainable Golf: Getting the Messaging Right

To commemorate Sustainable Golf Week, Jonathan Smith, a pioneer in the sport and sustainability movement, discusses golf’s on-going sustainability drive. Smith is Founder and Executive Director of GEO Sustainable Golf Foundation, a non-profit based in North Berwick, Scotland, serving courses, tournaments, associations and people around the world for nearly 20 years.

One Year Countdown to China’s 15th National Games

Hong Kong SAR, China: Last weekend marked the start of the one-year countdown to the 15th National Games, the country’s major celebration of sport that, for the first time, will see Hong Kong involved as a host. The Hong Kong Golf Club will stage...

Prodigy Zhou Upstages China LPGA Tour Pros Once More

Chongqing, China: Teenage amateur sensation Zhou Shiyuan has won her second straight China LPGA Tour title, creating more golfing history in the process. In front of her hometown fans, the 14-year-old belied her tender years to defeat professional...

APGC Senior Champion Herbert Soars in WAGR

Singapore: Winning the women’s individual title at last week’s Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) Senior Amateur Championship has seen Lisa Herbert’s stock soar. Just days after her triumph at Vinpearl Hai Phong in Vietnam, Herbert has...

Sabah Swing for 120th Malaysian Amateur Open

Sabah, Malaysia: The Malaysian Amateur Open will mark another milestone in its rich history when the 120th edition takes place in the East Malaysian State of Sabah from December 12-15.

Passing of Former APGC President Neil Woodbury

Wellington, New Zealand: Neil Woodbury, one of the Asia-Pacific’s best-known golfing administrators, has passed away at the age of 86. Woodbury served as President of the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) from 1993 to 1995. He also acted as New...

Choi and Moore Crowned New Zealand Champions

Auckland, New Zealand: Eunseo Choi has solidified her place as her country’s leading female amateur golfer with an historic success in the New Zealand Women’s Amateur. A stalwart of New Zealand’s Queen Sirikit Cup teams for the past three...

Narain and McKee to Captain APGC Teams

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: Rishi Narain, mastermind of the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) Bonallack Trophy success in 2023, has been reappointed as Captain for the 2025 event. Next year’s 12th edition of the Ryder Cup-style...

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Golf Saudi CEO Highlights ‘Landmark Moments’

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The Aramco Team Series presented by PIF – Riyadh enjoyed its strongest ever Saudi representation. With an 18-under-par total, England’s Charley Hull clinched her sixth win as a professional, and her fourth on the Ladies...

Limelight Falls on Kiwi ‘Lefty’ Lisa

Hai Phong, Vietnam: Under-stated she may be, but Lisa Herbert is not shy when it comes to setting golfing records for New Zealand. Herbert was a member of triumphant New Zealand teams in the Queen Sirikit Cup in 1990 in Hong Kong (alongside Jan...

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