A group of elite amateurs has been selected for the traditional Walker Cup practice session, which will take place Dec. 17-20 at Frederica Golf Club on St. Simons Island, Ga. Among the 16 men invited to the session are five U.S. Golf Association champions and only one previous Walker cupper. Invitees include (university name listed […]
Every great sports legend has a manager, but golfer Gary Player’s is his son. Marc Player sat down for a candid chat about how it works. Nearly every professional athlete has a manager. But Gary Player, the legendary South African golfer, has a somewhat unique situation: his longtime manager, and the executive in charge of […]
Nadia Lawrance (17) and Jessica Dendy-Young (13) have been awarded a golf development prize package valued at R80,000 per girl by the inaugural First-Pace Golf Day for Girls, which took place at thePearl Valley Golf & Country Estate in Franschhoek on 11 November 2014. Final Results Selected senior: Nadia Lawrance (17) from Paarl Gimnasium. Senior […]
Golfers finally are getting answers on why it takes so long to play 18 holes. Among them: A putting green that allows a golf ball to roll 4.5 percent farther can add as much as 18 minutes to a round, according to a study by the U.S. Golf Association. The findings are among those revealed […]
One of my favorite little events on the golf calendar each year is the “Best Pee-Wee Golf Swing in the World” contest. For five years now, PGA Professional Brendon Elliott has encouraged parents to videotape their little golfers taking their best cuts and submit them to a panel of celebrity golfers. And this year, Elliott […]
American Lake Veterans Golf Course, located in Lakewood, Wash., is the only golf course in America designed and operated for the sole purpose of rehabilitating wounded and disabled veterans. With extremely limited funding, a large group of passionate volunteers care for and maintain the golf course, all for the benefit of veterans and specifically the […]
DES MOINES, Iowa —The Des Moines Business Record reports a new development near Principal Park will include an indoor country club. The Green Foundry at Southwest Third Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is being redeveloped by Rich Eychaner. Renovation work is already underway. The Business Record said the foundry will become a retail […]
SNAG Golf has been a revelation for the LBGF Trust, a non-profit organisation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The LBGF Trust uses the great game of golf as a tool to enrich the lives of disadvantaged children, by providing a positive impact on children, their families and communities. According to South African statistics, there are over […]
The 9th European Golf Business Conference hosted by the European Golf Course Owners Association last week in Barcelona has been hailed as ‘the best to date’’ with over 500 golf courses represented from 27 countries, writes John King. The EGCOA’S VISION 2020 project which was developed to provide a roadmap for the sustainable development of […]
The Algarve, one of Europe’s leading golf destinations, will mark the launch of its new ‘golf4all’ campaign by hosting a new international disability golf tournament in November. Europe’s leading impaired golfers will compete in the European Disabled Golfers Association (EDGA) Algarve Open – where the winner of the 2014 EDGA Premier Series Order of Merit […]
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