The Infortar Estonian Challenge will form part of the HotelPlanner Tour (formerly the Challenge Tour) schedule, with a total prize fund of €300,000 – a record-breaking amount for Estonian sporting events. The overall winner will receive €48,000 in prize money. According to Ain Hanschmidt, [...]
Q: What made The Dutch decide to host The Dutch Futures? A: The two main reasons were to support the development of elite golf in The Netherlands and at the same time reach out to the country’s next generation of golfers. After a few years without a Challenge Tour Event in The Netherlands, we [...]
1. Multi-generational appeal “Buyers are looking for properties of sufficient size to accommodate the whole family, whether that’s to live in together as a primary residence or to enjoy for holidays,” says Ruttle. “It’s no longer just about parents and their children; we’re [...]
Aligned with its long-term commitment to sustainability, the 36-hole resort in the Costa del Sol has invested across its golf facilities in solutions designed to tackle the most important green issues faced by global golf venues, with upgrades including a major overhaul of its water and energy [...]
Taking place from November 19-23 across three of Costa Navarino’s four 18-hole signature golf courses – The Dunes Course, The Hills Course and the International Olympic Academy Golf Course – the popular 54-hole event provides participants with the exclusive opportunity to combine world-class [...]
The first ever women’s professional event will take place on the island of Mauritius in 2026 when Constance Belle Mare Plage hosts the MCB Ladies Classic – Mauritius from 1-3 May. Part of the Ladies European Tour schedule, the tournament will bring together 120 players for 72 holes on [...]
Future-proofed course design If you thought the ‘distance debate’ about how far a golf ball travels was limited to the professional game, think again. The longer lengths of drives from players of all abilities is increasingly problematic for courses, posing a danger to areas that were once [...]
“Within 15 minutes, the lake that the course is built around rose by 3.6 metres,” said Christian Guzy Jr, owner-representative at Diamond Country Club, near Vienna, Austria. Days of heavy rain had led to catastrophic flooding across a large swathe of central Europe in September 2024, and when [...]