Entries by Live4Golf

Greg Norman keeping busy with golf and FOX Sports

Not even a potentially debilitating chainsaw accident could slow down Greg Norman. The World Golf Hall of Famer is too busy designing golf courses, working with his real estate business, promoting his golf apparel and wines, speaking on behalf of his sponsors and getting ready for his newest venture as the lead analyst on FOX […]

Aussies steeled for Sawgrass

Nine Australians headed by world No. 7 Jason Day are contesting the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Florida starting tonight. The Players is the flagship event of the PGA Tour of the United States with the strongest field, and Day, who went 0-3 in the World Golf Championship matchplay in San Francisco last week, […]

Gold Coast to St Andrews for three junior golfers

The recipients of the inaugural Mayor’s Junior Golf Development scholarship were officially announced today at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast. Teenagers Conrad Rafferty, Peter Lyon and Blaze Chapman received the inaugural scholarship which was presented to them by Gold Coast Mayor, Tom Tait. The trio will now join the who’s who of […]

Sporting Schools a pathway to Golf

A new pilot programme will help schools increase the number of students playing Golf as part of the Australian Government’s plan to get more children fit and healthy through its Sporting Schools program. Natasha Griggs MP, Federal Member for Solomon, joined Golf Australia and the Australian Sports Commission to launch Golf Australia’s new Sporting Schools […]

SEQDGA wins $500 grant for grow the game initiative

Grow The Game Central (GTGC) has awarded the South East Queensland District Golf Association (SEQDGA) with a first ever $500 grant in support of their district-wide Pee Wee Pennant initiative to grow the game. The grant was offered in encouragement of the 2014 national program PlayGolf Week in Australia and complies with GTGC’s approach to […]

China targets golf, ‘sport for millionaires’

HONG KONG President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on vice and corruption in China has gone after drugs, gambling, prostitution, ill-gotten wealth and overflowing banquet tables. Now it has turned to a less obvious target: golf. In a flurry of recent reports, state-run news outlets have depicted the sport as yet another temptation that has led Communist […]