Due to business need on international trade, I pick up golf just 10 years ago. Business golf is very popular in international trade especially on the senior management level.

Many of the international companies have set their own corporate "Golf Day" for business activities. We can also do the same to enhance our international trade relationship with oversea traders as China business had been globalized.

Li Yuping
Vice Managing Director
DALIAN OCEAN SHIPPING CO., LTD.

Cooperate Golf Day looks like a new trend to meet business friends, customers, partners, employees enjoying a day in relaxing and fresh environment. It's an informal and good way of networking also to create relationship as such.

 Golf may Not directly contributed to the business and personal development, but good customer relationship in long run will support the business.

Bjorn Johnsen
Vice President Sales / Marketing China
Rolls-Royce Marine(Shanghai) Limited

Corporate golf game can form a good platform to improve our relationship with other.

Golfers can relax and enjoy the game in harmony during the game.

Dong Jianzhong
Director
WELTON HAZZ SHIPBROKERS LIMITED

As it is in America “Cooperate Golf Day” will become part of many companies’ annual activities.  Golf is the best game to mix business in a social and convivial atmosphere.

"Golf is the Game of Life". If you play this game seriously, you will treat it like you do your business. It is full of ups and downs, and it teaches you humility, patience. The will to win!

Bernie Beaudoin
Regional Director of Marketing Asia Pacific
THE LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY

To build corporate image is a trend and that is the inspiration to arrange a corporate golf day. The idea for a corporate golf day is that everyone should have a memorable occasion. For the organizers corporate golf day is an ideal way to raise business profile, build relationships with key clients, customers and personnel. For everybody participating it gives them an opportunity to establish new contacts and build relationships. A corporate golf day out is perfect. People have fun and enjoy themselves.

If you play golf you know the spell bounding influence it has on its practitioners. Golf is a blend of tests of skill and characters. You always search for continuous improvement. You experience moments of great triumphs and huge disappointments. Friendships and business associations are strengthened during a round of golf.  How a player responds to pressure, failure and success becomes evident. You get to know well your business associate by the way they abides by the ethics and rules of the game. After all you spend 5-6 hours of quality time with your friends on the golf course.

Playing golf develops business networks and business introductions that you might want to explore later. The atmosphere is relaxed, and people are playing golf to enjoy themselves and get away from pressures of everyday business life.

Paal Wilsgaard
Regional Manager
UNITEAM INTERNATIONAL

I definitely think that CORPORATE GOLF DAYS is a very popular and giving in connection with social business activities. It is a trend which is rapidly accelerating due to its many different aspects. The golf in itself has always been a very social game as it gives great opportunity for conversation during the actual game. The participants will have the chance to discuss all kinds of subjects and have time to make some jokes as well as comment on each others game. People enjoy getting outside of the office and get some fresh air as well as good company.

For me the game of golf is a great way of relieving the stress which is a part of working in a different cultural environment. There can be many daily incidents caused by things like language and culture differences. Getting out on the course gives a chance for you to discuss it with some of your colleagues and/or friends. Having played 18 holes I feel relaxed, no matter my score, and my mind is clear and ready for yet another week with problems and stress. With regards to personal development I would say that golf has contributed to me developing my way of dealing with problems as well as people, I have more patience and feel much more tolerant when things are not going in the pace I want.

Martin Leif Jennet
Senior Manager& Deputy Site Manager
MAERSK SHIP DESIGN AS

I think “Cooperate Golf Day” is a trend to the current business social activities, with the reasons as:
1. More and more our customers are playing golf.
2. We can together with the customers for at least 4-5 hours, we can talk a lot and make more close relationship.
3. It is good for the health as one kind of the sports practice.
4. It is one of the sports which you can understand more your partner personality, characteristic and honest. This will help you to know how to discuss with your customers.

Yi Chen Zhao
Head of Vehicle Logistics China Area
WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN VEHICLE LOGISTICS (SHANGHAI) LTD.