Kuala Lumpur, 14 May 2018: Bespoke Japanese clubmaker grindworks is hoping to expand its business in Southeast Asia following the brand’s immense success in traditional markets like the United States, Japan and Korea.
Launched in early 2015 with an initial inventory of high-‐end wedge heads, the Okinawa-‐based component specialist now offers the full spectrum of clubs and is available through clubfitters in close to 20 countries. The company’s co-‐founder and Head of Product Development & Global Sales, Kiyonari Niimi aka ‘Doc Niimi’, noted that their products have enjoyed excellent reception especially in the United States.
Shah Alam, 9 April 2018: Callaway Golf Malaysia through Leonian Singapore recently played host again to Callaway’s biggest South East Asia (SEA) unveiling of the ROGUE series, New Chrome Soft Series Golf Balls and the latest Odyssey putters at the award winning Kota Permai Golf & Country Club (KPGCC) on April 5, 2018. Dealers, business partners and staff of Callaway from across the SEA graced the launch as well as invited guest and media.
Mr. Kevin Yeap, Country Manager of Callaway Golf Malaysia welcomed all that was present in an opening address, expressing his heartfelt appreciation to the entire local guest and media as well as those whom had came all the way from Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. Right after which Mr. Takao Kurashima, Senior Director of Sales & Business Planning of Callaway Golf Japan opened the launch with an impressive unveiling gimmick of the ROGUE followed by an in depth introductory to the advantages of the ROGUE series and Chrome Soft Series Golf Balls along with new line extension of the Odyssey putters by Mr. Vidur Kumar, Key Account Manager for SEA Distributor Callaway India.
The continued pursuit of breakthrough technology and performance by Titleist golf ball engineers has resulted in the all-new Titleist Tour Soft golf balls, now available in golf shops worldwide.
For golfers demanding better feel, the invention of Titleist Tour Soft – the softest-feeling golf ball in its category – delivers a better performance experience. Tour Soft’s innovative design combines the largest core ever engineered into a Titleist golf ball with breakthrough ultra-thin cover technology to provide responsive feel, very fast speed for commanding distance and excellent short game performance.
Shah Alam, 4 May 2018: A fabulous 4-under 68 on the final day at Saujana Golf & Country Club stamped Joshua Ho’s dominance and triumph in the 2018 MPI Generali Saujana Amateur Championship. The Singaporean never relinguished his lead from the start, posting 70 for tied lead on day 1 and then scoring 69 on day 2 to finally overcoming his challengers with a 68 for 207 total and a 2-stroke win.
The Singapore Management University graduate becomes the 3rd Singaporean to win the title since the event’s inception in 1988.
Starting the final day with a 2-stroke lead over Aussie Connor McKinney and 3 strokes ahead of Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana and Kosuke Hamamoto, Joshua had only a birdie at hole 5 in the 1st nine. But by hole 7, both Connor and Sadom had drawn level with him. Connor had 3 birdies and Sadom had 4. Another birdie at hole 9 gave Sadom a 1-stoke lead.
Master Craftsman Bob Vokey and his pioneering R&D team continue to shape the future of wedge design with the introduction of the new Titleist Vokey Design Spin Milled 7 wedges. Available in golf shops worldwide beginning March 9, new Vokey SM7 wedges provide all golfers the opportunity for a better, more confident short game through unmatched craftsmanship, technology and performance.
Vokey’s prior generation SM6 models ushered in a new era of wedge innovation and performance with their groundbreaking Progressive Center of Gravity (CG) design. The advancements made with SM7 – already the most played wedge model on the PGA Tour, with four SM7’s in the bag of Jordan Spieth – further widen the performance gap between a Vokey and all other wedges.
Shah Alam, 19 April 2018: Kota Permai Golf & Country Club (KPGCC) finally lifted the curtains on the highly-anticipated Golf Wing today, after almost a year-long closure which saw major renovations and upgrading works undertaken to the original structure.
The reveal was witnessed by high-ranking Gamuda officials namely Executive Director Dato’ Goon Heng Wah and Corporate Development Director Mr KC Goh, club management, members of the media, club sponsors and event partners, committee members as well as the contractors, architects and designers involved in the project.
Renovation works which commenced in mid-July last year reached completion at the end of March, and presented the Club with a price tag of approximately RM13.5million. Featuring an interior design concept of ‘Tropical Elegance’, the total overall expansion measured 7,265ft2 with main areas enjoying the extensions being ones that would benefit golfers the most.
An average golf tourists’ knowledge about golf in Indonesia typically confines to the likes of Jakarta and at best Bali. Southern Peninsula Malaysians (Singaporean golfers included) may favour the Batam & Bintan islands due to geographical reasons as well as connectivity. Here lies the opportunity of introducing the iconic city in the East Java; Surabaya.
Surabaya is the 2nd largest city in Indonesia with over 3.4 million population in the city while the metropolitan area has a population of 8 million. Historically, Surabaya was once the Dutch colonies’ largest city and a trade competitor to Shanghai & Hong Kong.
Just some months ago, Malaysia Airlines begun its daily flight operations to Surabaya while AirAsia has been operating up to 6 daily flights for many years. With flight time approximately 2hrs 40 minutes from Kuala Lumpur, this will be a great opportunity for more outbound golf getaways from the capital of Malaysia.
Callaway Golf Malaysia through Leonian Singapore has just recently launch the most awaited final two pieces to the complete line up of the EPIC series. The dream iron - “EPIC STAR Iron” and “EPIC PRO Iron” was released to all Callaway authorized dealers in the country earlier this month.
Staying true to its name “EPIC”, the “EPIC STAR Iron” and “EPIC PRO Iron” were developed without constraints of time, material and development cost, a model that deserved to be called a dream iron. These irons came to birth from the unique request of Callaway’s CEO Chip Brewer a few years back to Head of R&D of Callaway Dr. Alan Hocknell, that if he could design the very best iron that he would play, with maximum performance and without any limits to the cost or engineering process, what would that be?
Kuala Lumpur, 11 April 2018: A joint promotion between Mission Hills Resort (Haikou) and The Dunes (Shenzhou Peninsula) from China was established under the exclusive partnership with Liberty Golf Services in Malaysia. The tripartite organised presentations between 8 to 10 April in Kuala Lumpur and Penang to showcase their respective facilities and Hainan island as a golf destination in China.
Liberty Golf Services’ Simon Ng said ‘We are proud to have a great business relation with Mission Hills Haikou since 2011 and now to have The Dunes Shenzhou Peninsula onboard completes the 5 star golf holiday golfers can expect’. The managing director of two-time Asia’s Best Golf Tour Operator also said ‘As a teaser for the market, we’re launching our exclusive 5 Days 4 Nights 6 Rounds golf tour package price from MYR 3,699.00 incl hotel, golf, transfers, air fare, seafood dinner, F&B and Spa vouchers combined worth RMB 2,500.00. We have selected departure dates for this and at this price, slots will be wrapped up very fast’.
TaylorMade Golf, the industry leader in iron technology and innovation, announced the expansion of its globally successful P700-series iron lineup with the addition of the P790 irons, a forged players distance iron engineered with new SpeedFoam Technology for golfers seeking the forged look and feel of a players iron with increased distance, forgiveness and playability.
With P790, TaylorMade’s engineers have answered the challenge of creating a forged iron that delivers remarkable distance and playability combined with remarkable feel in a medium-compact head design with a thinner topline and reduced offset preferred by discerning players. This was accomplished by incorporating technologies that improve on feel, sound and consistency while delivering significant distance. The P790 features a soft, 8620 carbon steel body combined with a high-strength forged 4140 carbon steel WrapFace in a hollow body design.
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