TWO AGIF CHARTER MEMBERS JOIN ASGCA BOARD
Jason Straka, a Senior Design Associate at Columbus, Ohio based Hurdzan/Fry Environmental Golf Design has been nominated to join the American Society of Golf Course Architects Board of Governors. Straka along with Brian Curley and John Harvey will begin three year terms at the Board meeting following the 2010 ASGCA Annual Meeting on March 9th in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
The Asian Golf Industry Federation
It is an acknowledged fact that no one really has a handle on the size of the Asian Golf Industry, its true size in terms of real and potential business and the challenges faced by the industry.
An educated guess will place the total golf course population in Asia (including Japan) at around 6,000 clubs. A fix on the number of new courses in various stages of development is anybody's guess. And the number of golfers - this is a moving target which ranges from anything between 17 million to 22 million (including Japan again).
You get the picture - it is pretty much a guessing game and the time has come for all stake-holders in golf to come together to help develop an industry that is properly tracked and guided going forward. It is a multi-billion dollar industry and given the region's economic growth potential, the future augurs well for all stakeholders.
In response to this, a number of major stakeholders in the industry have banded together to form the ASIAN GOLF INDUSTRY FEDERATION.
- Golf Equipment Manufacturers
- Golf Course Suppliers
- Golf Management Services
- Golf Course Architects
- Golf Real Estate and Development Companies
- Golf Organisations like the Asian Pacific Golf Confederation
- Professional Golf Tours (Asian Tour, ASEAN Tour, Japan Tour, Korea Tour, etc)
- National Golf Associations
- Others (any business associated or affiliated with the Golf Industry)
