By Mathilda Andersson Not many would contest the view that golf has been fighting a losing battle over the past few years, with flattish-to-down participation numbers indicating a sport too stuck in tradition to gain and retain a new generation of players. But a new era has arrived which might just revolutionise the game as […]
With three months to go until the start of The 2018 Ryder Cup Keith Pelley, Chief Executive of the European Tour, says: “The support we have had from everyone in France; the Government, the French Golf Federation and the fans has been superb. “We have tremendous plans to make The 2018 Ryder Cup the best […]
A new partnership between the PGAs of Europe and love.golf – the pioneering group coaching programme for women supported by Syngenta – is set to develop coach education and make a positive impact to female golf participation. Now recognised as a PGAs of Europe Golf Development Partner, love.golf will be one of the Association’s preferred […]
Golf course managers across North America have begun planting milkweed and wildflower habitat to attract butterflies, bees and … golfers. Audubon International and Environmental Defence Fund (EDF) recently partnered to launch Monarchs in the Rough, a programme to assist golf courses in the United States, Canada and Mexico in creating habitat for monarch butterflies and […]
Royal Melbourne Golf Club has been confirmed as the venue for next year’s Junior Presidents Cup. To be held on December 8-9, the Junior Presidents Cup will precede the 2019 Presidents Cup, which will also be contested at Royal Melbourne Golf Club later that week. The 24 best junior boys from the US and around […]
Sportsmanship, respect, resilience and other ‘Skills for Life’ were to the fore as young people from all over England and North Wales contested the Golf Foundation’s grass roots National StreetGolf Final at The 3 Hammers Golf Complex; on the course designed by Sir Henry Cotton, founder member of the Golf Foundation. Some 40% of the […]
Samoa Golf Incorporated (S.G.I.) launched its Invest Samoa Open 2018 yesterday at the Faleata Golf Course. There are 50 professionals and 50 amateur golfers participating. Forty-eight professional players are from Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Attorney General, Lemalu Hermann Retzlaff, said: “On behalf of the Chairman and Board of Directors of S.I.F.A., I extend […]
Victoria Park’s premier event the Schweppes City of Brisbane Pro-Am is being held in August.
The Queensland Amputee Golf Association encourage everyone to ‘have a go’. They hold monthly social games for members (and those interested in becoming members), as well as hosting the annual Qld Open and an annual Charity Day event. CHARITY DAY 2018 Friday 3rd August at Kooralbyn Golf Resort 11.00 Shotgun start $90 per person includes […]
The Asian Tour and Thai Country Club donated 250,000 Baht (approximately US$8,000) to Habitat for Humanity Thailand to support the mission of working with low-income families in Thailand to build safe and affordable housing. New Thailand Open champion Panuphol Pittayarat of Thailand and Paul Harris of the United States presented a cheque to the nonprofit […]
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