The High Performance Department would like to announce 2015 Victorian Elite Squad which will commence as of March, 2015. The aim of the Victorian Elite squad is to fast track the development of athletes into the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) & Golf Australia National Squad program. The squad also assists VIS first year scholarship […]
TOP women golfers are calling for an awareness campaign and facilities upgrade in a bid to reverse a decline in female players at Northcote’s public golf course. While Victorian statistics show women make up 25 per cent of the golfing population — a number Golf Victoria aims to increase to 50 per cent — Northcote has gone backwards, with […]
Jay Morrish, a Past President and Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, died March 2, 2015. He was 78. ASGCA members and the golf industry will remember Morrish’s design work around the world, as well as his service to ASGCA and the game of golf. Morrish received a degree in landscape and […]
The Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) is looking to attract new tourist markets from countries such as South Korea as well as expand its horizons in terms of the different kind of tourism available, such as golf tourism. This was reiterated during the group’s media familiarisation trip jointly organised with Omni Tours and Travel Sdn Bhd, […]
Michelle Wie and the rest of the LPGA Tour players are in Singapore for this week’s HSBC Women’s Champions. The $1.4 million event gets underway Thursday at Sentosa Golf Club. Competing in the event for the sixth time, the 25-year-old Hawaiian is in one of the first round’s marquee pairings with No. 1-ranked Lydia Ko […]
According to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association, participation in golf dropped in 2014 for the fifth consecutive year. The year prior, the National Golf Foundation reported that over 400,000 people left the sport altogether. Yet, the decline in popularity hasn’t stopped Topgolf from creating a unique category of entertainment that mixes the energy and excitement of […]
If you think the only real solution to the United States’ Ryder Cup woes is better play, you’ll be happy to hear from Jack Nicklaus. Speaking with NBC broadcasters Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller in the 18th tower at PGA National on Sunday, Nicklaus was asked for his take on the U.S. Ryder Cup task […]
Golf Channel announced Monday a new reality competition series, “Altered Course,” currently in production that combines golf, speed, fitness, teamwork and decision-making as teams navigate re-imagined and extreme golf holes in excess of 700 yards, traversing the natural obstacles and challenging terrain as fast as possible. “Athleticism and fitness have taken on a much greater […]
A small group of protesters disrupted a meeting of the International Olympics Committee Saturday to draw attention to the environmental destruction caused by preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games set for Rio de Janeiro. The Associated Press reported a group of environmental activists protested in the lobby of a hotel at Rio’s Copacabana Beach where the executive […]
A small group of protesters disrupted a meeting of the International Olympics Committee Saturday to draw attention to the environmental destruction caused by preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games set for Rio de Janeiro. The Associated Press reported a group of environmental activists protested in the lobby of a hotel at Olympic Games where the executive board of […]
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