Golf

Golf’s Asian Tour will travel to China for the first time in nine years after agreeing a strategic partnership with the China Golf Association (CGA).

Muirfield golf club has voted to allow female members for the first time in its history, paving the way for the Scottish course to stage the Open Championship once more.

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (R&A) has awarded hosting rights for the 2020 Open Championship to Royal St George’s in the English county of Kent.

Golf’s European Tour has entered into a strategic partnership with the PGA Tour of Australasia in an effort to create new opportunities for players in the southern hemisphere to further their professional careers.

Golf’s European Tour has continued its drive for innovation in the sport by unveiling a new event entitled GolfSixes.

Rome’s staging of the 2022 Ryder Cup has been hit by fresh financial concerns after Pietro Grasso, President of the Italian Senate, removed an amendment to a bill that would have provided a guarantee of €97m ($104.2m) for the golf showpiece.

Kasumigaseki Country Club, the venue that is due to host golf events during the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, has today (Tuesday) opted to postpone a decision as to whether it will end a ban on accepting women as full members.

Diana Murphy has been re-elected as president of the United States Golf Association (USGA).

The Italian Golf Federation (FIG) has announced that the European Tour’s Italian Open tournament will relocate from Rome to Turin for its 2017 edition, as preparations continue for the staging of the 2022 Ryder Cup.

Tiger Woods has signed a multi-year endorsement deal with golf equipment manufacturer TaylorMade ahead of his return to PGA Tour action.

China has ordered the closure of over 100 golf courses as it continues to crack down on the illegal development of arable land.

The International Golf Federation (IGF) has maintained it remains committed to the golf course developed for the 2016 summer Olympic Games despite a key Latin American event being assigned elsewhere, while Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has expressed her unease at membership rules employed at the venue chosen for the 2020 Games.

World No.1 women’s golf player Lydia Ko has signed an apparel partnership with newly-launched golfwear brand Mckayson through which the New Zealander will launch her own fashion line.

A golf-putting event operator is setting up a home in a temporary venue in Las Vegas. Greg Pitcher asks if the Major Series of Putting will do for golf what Twenty20 did for cricket.

US golf equipment manufacturer PXG has agreed endorsement deals with world No.1 Lydia Ko and three other leading Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour players as it steps up its investment in the women’s game.

The golf division of US sportswear company Nike has continued its realignment drive by agreeing a multi-year partnership with world No.1 Jason Day.