This year, Johor is trying to attract amateur and professional golfers from Asia pacific countries like Japan, South Korea, and China to come and play. It is a new project launched by the Johor Tourism Committee to boost up numbers of tourists to come to this state. So golfers, you are welcome to have a swing and rock on.
Other than the famous Royal Johor Country Club (RJCC), there are another 28 golf courses the state could offer. By now, Johor Tourism Committee has organized several programmes with local and foreign …

The Malaysian were not good enough to be in the top three. Too bad. Malaysia’s best finishers in the Iskandar Johor Golf Open were Danny Chia and Rashid Ismail, who posted a three-round total of 211 for joint 28th spot with seven others. Danny and Rashid earned US$8,211.11 each for their efforts while another Malaysian, Iain Steel, received US$4,333.33 for 47th place with eight other golfers.
South Korea’s K.J. Choi won the Iskandar Johor Open title by four strokes with a final-round flourish of eight-under 68 at the Royal Johor Country …

The Iskandar Johor Open (IJO), tees off at the Royal Johor Country Club on Oct 22 with an impressive cast of leading players battling for US$1 million, one of the country’s richest tournament purses.
“We’re very excited at the line up of players and with less than three weeks before the tournament we’re seeing a very strong line up of Asian Tour players expected to make their presence felt in the Iskandar Johor Open 2009.
“With the return of Retief Goosen and last year’s runner up Thaworn Wiratchant and K.J. Choi playing …