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Long-serving supers recognised
The AGCSA Newsletter announced that a number of long-serving NSW course superintendents were recognised for their years of service to the industry at the NSWGCSA Annual General Meeting held earlier this week. The Toro sponsored AGM was held at North Ryde Golf Club (host superintendent and AGCSA member Ron Duffy) with three life members, 41 members and five guests in attendance, including AGCSA general manager John Neylan and AGCSA membership coordinator Lyndel Conway.
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OneAsia Tour axes China golf event
BEIJING (AFP) - The OneAsia Tour has axed this year's inaugural Shandong Gold Cup tournament in China due to scheduling issues, organisers said on Thursday.
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Asian golf welcomes Singapore expansion
SINGAPORE, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Asian golf bodies have welcomed the $6 million Singapore Open's move to expand its field and allow more golfers from the region a tilt at glory.
The tournament, Asian richest national Open, will boast an increased field of 204 for the Nov. 11-14 event, which will this year be headed by Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and Adam Scott.
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Greg Norman invests in Jin Jeong's future
GREG Norman has marked his return to competitive golf by taking another of the game's emerging stars under his wing.
The two-time British Open champion, the marquee attraction at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland, prepared for the tournament by spending more than four hours with Jin Jeong, one of the hottest amateurs in the world.
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NZ golfer Smail admits to affair
New Zealand's No. 1 golfer David Smail is taking time out to work on his marriage after he admitted to an affair with a Japanese woman. Smail, 40, who has won more than $NZ10 million ($A8 million) during 13 years on the Japanese tour, ended an affair with Sato Kurihara, 27, three weeks ago.
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Volunteer registrations open!
This is an opportunity to go behind the scenes and play a key role in delivery of the championship. As a volunteer you can nominate for a variety of roles including being inside the ropes, driving players and other exciting opportunities.
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Golf Industry Is Missing Mark To Attract, Retain Women
New York, NY (Vocus) August 3, 2010
As the golf industry searches for ways to attract new customers and retain current players, a recent research study would emphatically tell the industry that appealing to and appeasing women is a prudent path to economic health and well being.
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New subdivision underway at Queenstown’s Millbrook
Development of a new $2.9 million subdivision is now underway at Queenstown’s world-class Millbrook Resort. Known as Mill Green, the nine-lot subdivision is located on a prominent knoll on the western side of the resort, overlooking the sixth fairway and green of the recently opened Coronet Nine golf course.
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Confident Links Living developers may start by end of year
DEVELOPERS of the former Geelong golf course site claim work could start by the end of this year after receiving 100 expressions of interest from would-be residents. Links Living spokesman Stephen Head said recent publicity for the development had created a lot of interest from would-be residents keen to live around the proposed nine-hole golf course.
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Villas sold in tough market
THE Luxury Yacht Club Villas on Hamilton Island have attracted a lot of attention from investors and homebuyers since the development was completed in January this year. Twenty-nine of the villas have been sold in the past eight months which gives property general manager Noel Lucas-Martinez an impressive strike-rate.
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Scotland's golf tourism industry announces venue for awards event
The trade body for golf tourism in Scotland has announced the venue for this year's Gold Standard Awards - the golf industry's blue-ribbon event where the best of Scotland's travel, hospitality and golf service providers are celebrated. Following a lengthy selection process, Golf Tourism Scotland confirmed that the 2010 Awards will take place at the renowned Macdonald Marine Hotel & Spa in North Berwick.
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L.A. to begin takeover of golf cart concession
The board that oversees the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks voted Wednesday to cancel its search for a company to handle its golf cart rental concession, ending a seven-year bidding process that was derided as both heavily politicized and painfully slow.
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Kangaroo Management at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course
During this week the Ecological Services Unit of Wildlife Warriors and Endeavour Veterinary Ecology will be conducting kangaroo reproductive management operations on the Pines and the Palms golf courses.
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Catering Sales - Working Smarter, Not Harder
Without a doubt, the private events/special events industry is one of the hardest working groups of people I know! We love what we do, so we always go the extra mile (or two) to make sure everything is perfect. It’s all in the details, and no detail will be left unnoticed! So, this topic is especially important for all of you “type A” personalities out there.
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Swan aims to be a trainee
THE Geelong Advertiser newspaper reports that while injuries cruelled the AFL career of Danny O'Keefe, the former first-round draft pick is aiming to become a PGA Trainee.
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Tiger moves into downtown New York
He wants to be a part of it: New York, New York. Brand-new bachelor Tiger Woods moved into a new apartment in downtown Manhattan over the weekend, a source tells UsMagazine.com. A witness saw Woods, 34, "introducing himself as the new neighbor," the source adds.
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Elin Nordegren may open mental health clinic with Tiger loot
The question I'm most often asked is, 'What is the name of your fantasy football team?' (Answer: Somewhere Over Dwayne Bowe). The second-most asked question is, 'What is Elin Nordegren going to do with all of that money she got in the divorce?' That answer is less clear, although we may now have a hint.
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Ryder Cup: The Young and the Restless
The proverb “Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill” is one of my father’s favourites – especially on the 18th hole whenever he quietly pockets his winnings from our usual match.
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Jim Moore from the US Golf Association
LEADING US greens construction expert Jim Moore from the US Golf Association will be a keynote presenter for the 27th Australian Turfgrass Conference and Trade Exhibition in Adelaide next year.
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LoudMouth Golf to Open Shipping Depot in Australia
The colorful and always original sportswear line has opened its first shipping depot in the southern hemisphere to accommodate the high demand of shipping requests to Australia and New Zealand. The depot will be based in Sydney, and will allow for online orders made by customers in those two countries to receive shipments in a fraction of the time. “It will give our customers in Australia and New Zealand the same great local one to two day service that our customers are getting now in the US, UK, Europe and Canada,” said LoudMouth Golf CEO Larry Jackson.
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