The Australian PGA Championship has become the country’s richest golf tournament after a new co-sanctioning agreement with the European Tour. The prizemoney for the tournament, which runs this year from December 3-6 at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, has increased to $1.75 million following the deal, which will provide a much stronger […]
The medium-term trend of membership decline in Australian golf clubs appears to have slowed to negligible levels, says Stephen Pitt CEO Golf Australia. This is the main positive to arise from Golf Australia’s 2014 National Golf Participation Report released recently, along with a big increase in rounds of golf played. The main points are: · […]
Two pre-teen Kiwi golfers are set to receive mentoring and guidance from the women’s game’s world No 2, Lydia Ko. Ko and New Zealand Golf have set up a scholarship programme for selected young golfers to travel to Ko’s training base in Florida for a week each year to spend time with the 18-year-old and […]
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has launched its new “There’s a Lot to Love About Golf” campaign, which features multiple television spots and animated digital banners that highlight golf as a game for everyone. The six television spots and digital banners, created by DDB New York, will principally air in conjunction with the USGA’s […]
Yarra Bend Golf Club in Melbourne is to host the first Speedgolf Open in August. The Australian Speedgolf Open will be played on Saturday 29 August 2015. This event is sanctioned by Speedgolf International and is also a qualifier for Australian speedgolfers – male and female – to represent Australia at the Speedgolf World Championships […]
China will soon become the largest economy in the world. It has one of the planet’s most dynamic middle classes, and already the largest mobile market on the planet. Now add the fact that video content is rapidly moving from traditional television and cable to mobile devices. What does that mean for golf in the […]
The U.S. Open kicks off this week with Phil Mickelson ranked behind only the favorites of Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth with the oddsmakers to win the tournament. Few golf fans would be surprised to see Mickelson’s name near the top of the leaderboard on Sunday. He’s finished second in the event six times during his […]
A big and powerful contingent of 12 Australians will step out in the British Amateur Championships at Carnoustie and Panmure golf clubs in Scotland beginning tonight. World amateur No. 14 Ryan Ruffels, the Australian junior champion, heads the group of Australians trying to win the prestigious title that dates to 1885. Ruffels and Lucas Herbert […]
Laucala Island, a private island located in Fiji, offers an 18-hole championship golf course that sees less than 150 tee-offs per year, promising privacy and exclusivity. Designed by David McLay Kidd, the par-72 golf course is surrounded by volcanic mountains and clings to a sheer cliff dropping into the Pacific Ocean. Tees and greens were […]
If there is one piece of advice I could give today’s emerging business woman, it would be to add golf as a skill set in her networking routine. The advantages are just too palpable – both for her and her employer. Women still only represent about 20 percent of the U.S. golfing population – a […]
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