Mike Orloff’s recent trip ‘across the pond’ from Australia to near neighbours New Zealand, offered him the chance to reconnect with friends, and colleagues, in the land of the long white cloud.
A number of insights were evident, one of which was that golf faces similar challenges, irrespective of where the region might be.
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What took the UK so long?!
A property development trend, which started many years ago in South Africa – converting golf courses to either residential golf estates, or to facilities with a significant residential component.
So, is this a case of the UK being a little ‘slow’ on the uptake, or a case of changed legislation, or necessity becoming the mother of invention?
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DGT’s latest Global Guide (winter 2025), is now live.
It is a must read for anyone interested in golf travel, while DGT is the perfect platform, with its regularly published guides, and global network of regional websites, for anyone planning a personal, family or group golf vacation.
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Retirement – an almost inevitable consequence of being human and alive!
If you have got to the stage where you are planning to retire, or you are making the transition and contemplating a retirement spot, whether it is on a golf estate or within some other type of community – then this will be a must read.
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In essence, golf is not a team sport, but to promote a region, as a golf destination, it takes a collective effort from all those entities involved in the game in the area.
In this case, Malayasia has realised that any successful drive to be the premier golf destination in Asia, must be underpinned by regional collaboration.
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Vietnam’s golf scene continues to simmer, as the country’s golf course owners, met at the inaugural Vietnam Golf Course Owners Summit, which signals clear intent as vision for the future is embraced by national figureheads and leading national investors.
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on page 5 of this issue of Estate Living Magazine, Zimbali Coastal Estate (KwaZulu-Natal on the North Coast) features as an example of a property investment, which can create generational wealth.
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for those golfers planning a golf trip for 2026, your search for information should tee off with DGT, and in the case of anyone looking to a golf vacation in the Emerald Isle, then DGT’s Ireland Golf Guide to Ireland will be a must read.
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not all tech is ‘fun and games’ as we all know, with some of the architecture especially frustrating, and I refer to a scenario where if we let tech designers loose in terms of designing homes, we would need to go through the main bedroom to get to the kitchen! St Andrews Links seems to have embraced tech, and adopted a phone-based booking and info system, so let’s see it delivers on all, or indeed any, of the promises, which will almost certainly have been made by those selling it!
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The R&A’s new programme, which is in pursuit of golf course bio-diversity in Australia and New Zealand, and which should help to reinforce the game of golf’s ability to contribute to the expansion of green spaces in general, and particularly in urban areas.
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