It started innocently enough. Our parents or grandparents or a family friend decided to saw down an old 7-iron (why is it always a 7-iron?) to just the right height and let us swing away. We whiffed a few dozen times, then came that first solid “thwack” and we were hooked, never to look back. […]
The first national Playgolf WEEK ended on Sunday with hundreds attending Come & Try Days and other activities throughout the week at nearly 200 golf facilities across Australia. Kids, women, casual golfers, families – everyone was catered for in Australia’s biggest week of golf activities. One of the unique events was held at Links Lady […]
The year 2014 has been, perhaps, the most far reaching one for the golf industry in recent history. From The R&A voting to admit women to a European Union ruling that green fees at private members’ clubs should be exempt from VAT, all against a backdrop of the industry still struggling with falling participation and […]
In its 14th year, the 2014 Primary Schools Golf event is a fantastic opportunity for thousands of young Victorians to experience golf. Winners from Regional Qualifiers have earned a spot in The State Final, which is to be held at Kooringal Golf Club this coming Monday 1 December. The Primary Schools Golf event is structured […]
The proposed national “Home of Golf” project, which would see the head offices of PGA of Australia, Golf Australia and Golf Victoria under one roof, has received a boost with Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews assuring his support for the project under a Labor Government. The National Home of Golf and Centre of Excellence Project […]
Golf people are like old soldiers. They just never quit. Even as a teacher, promoter or director of a club, they can’t ever seem to let go. Debbie Mastromarino spent the past 17 years of her life dedicated to helping kids learn, as well as love, the game in her post as director and president […]
An Army explosive ordnance disposal Soldier led the U.S. Armed Forces Golf Team to victory during the 8th World Military Golf Championship here Nov. 21. Spc. Jordan-Tyler Massey from the 752nd EOD Company played on the Armed Forces Team against 14 different countries during the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) tournament in Bahrain Nov. […]
Charles Sifford withstood a torrent of racial slurs and death threats more than five decades ago to break the color barrier in professional golf, becoming the first African-American to earn a PGA tour card. On Monday, a beaming Sifford sat center stage in the ornate East Room at the White House as President Barack Obama, […]
As Thanksgiving hurtles towards us at the speed of 1,000 Bubba Watson tee shots I feel compelled to make a list of things because lists of things are what the rest of the Internet is made up of. My list, however, is not a snarky list (okay, maybe it’s a little snarky) but rather things […]
It is no secret that playing competent golf is a major key to creating successful business relationships. For years, men have enjoyed this privilege and up until recently, women had been virtually shut out. Many women have bemoaned the fact “if I only knew then what I know now…” and would have taken up the game […]
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