(MENAFN – Muscat Daily) The Oman Golf Committee’s (OGC) efforts to give the sport a boost in the sultanate has received a shot in the arm with Volkswagen Oman extending its support towards the fast-improving junior development programme by signing an agreement on Monday. The move has come at a time when the OGC is […]
Golf Industry Central today launched a new initiative called Grow The Game Central that aims to create a world-wide community of like-minded people banding together to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to play the game of golf or increase their participation. Golf Industry Central Director Mike Orloff says he created the website www.live4golf.com.au to […]
About halfway through September in a city called Portland Oregon a festival kicks off that serves to promote and celebrate the sport of golf. However this is not golf as you know or have seen it before. This festival is for a special brand of golf known as Urban Golf. Players have swapped greens and […]
Nearly 300 golf facilities across Australia will host the inaugural Playgolf WEEK campaign from 17-23 November. Held nationally for the first time and presented by Drummond Golf, Playgolf WEEK will be Australia’s biggest week of golf events, aiming to increase participation and engagement with the sport. The participating facilities will be opening their doors to […]
It began with the now world-famous #KogoesPro video with Lydia Ko and All Black Israel Dagg and now New Zealand Golf launches the LOVE Golf campaign. It is the first time that New Zealand Golf has undertaken a nationwide promotion of golf with the aim of the campaign to drive people towards golf club membership […]
Perhaps the most talked-about club in golf the past six months is one many people haven’t even seen, existing only in the prototype stage and neatly tucked away in the back room of an R&D department. It might even be a computer-aided design drawing — an idea that has yet to come to fruition. But […]
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Despite perceptions to the contrary, most golfers are not very good…but a day on the course is a “perfect day” for all who play the game. That’s the message the PGA of America plans to spread through a new television, print, radio and digital PSA integrated marketing campaign with a […]
‘Growing Golf in the UK’, a comprehensive market research study that aims to help clubs and courses retain, attract and grow their customer base, is published today. Commissioned by Syngenta and undertaken by GfK, one of the world’s largest market research firms, a summary report is available to download free of charge from:www.greencast.co.uk A total […]
You may already be aware of a golfing subculture that is currently growing around the world known as Urban Golf. Urban Golfers have rejected the strict rules and dress codes that on course golf offers and prefer to play everywhere. The only equipment required to play Urban Golf is a single club and a pocketful […]
To date most industry efforts to “fix” golf have centered on the former issue, the time constraint, taking the form of faster playing alternatives to traditional 18-hole courses. Three years ago I wrote a feature on this architectural trend for American Way, the inflight magazine, in which I explained that as far back as 2007 […]
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