The R&A today unveiled a new Women in Golf Charter as part of the organisation’s drive to increase the number of women and girls participating in golf and to encourage more opportunities for women to work within the golf industry. The Women in Golf Charter aims to inspire an industry-wide commitment to developing a more […]
The Golf Foundation Presidents’ Awards at Wentworth on this afternoon (Wednesday 23rd May) celebrated the “fantastic people at the heart of junior golf” – the volunteers and professionals who selflessly give their time to help young people to enjoy the benefits of golf. Thanks to support from the European Tour, the ceremony was held again […]
The Professional Golfers’ Association is launching a multi-channel, integrated social media and PR campaign aimed at encouraging more women and girls to play golf. The campaign – We Love Golf – will highlight the female focussed programmes already being delivered by PGA Professionals across the world and give women interested in taking up golf the […]
Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston will sign up as the first of a series of new ambassadors for the Golf Foundation to help promote this charity’s ‘Golf for All’ philosophy, which encourages young people of all abilities to enjoy all the benefits of golf. ‘Beef’ Johnston helps out at the Golf Foundation’s stand at The Open Beef […]
Golf Australia (GA) has this week published the complete blueprint for Vision 2025 – an initiative to generate greater female participation, involvement and inclusion in golf all around Australia. Spearheaded by the national body, the scheme “Vision 2025: the future of women and girls in golf” was first announced in February earlier this year during […]
All elements of women’s and girls’ golf were on display at the special event held at The Buckinghamshire Golf Club on the eve of the US Women’s Open Qualifier. With support from the R&A, the Ladies European Tour was able to put together an event that offered everything from fun activities and lessons for female […]
A number of the world’s leading golfers are demonstrating their support for shorter forms of golf as new figures reveal a significant increase in competitive nine hole scores being submitted. Stars of the sport, including two-time major champion Ryu So-yeon, Jon Rahm, Charley Hull, Mel Reid, Eddie Pepperell and Richie Ramsay, feature in a new […]
The National Golf Foundation (NGF), the trade organization that works with every sector within the golf industry, today released its new Golf Industry Report, a comprehensive state-of-the-industry overview. The report compiles many of the game’s key data points in a single publication and is intended to provide the most holistic view of the business of […]
The PGA of America is working with Schupan Recycling’s SustainAbility division to create a recycling programme for the 79th KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship. The event will be held at Harbour Shores in Benton Harbour from May 22-27. The programme will focus on the recycling of front-of-house materials, such as water bottles and beer cans, cardboard […]
The golf venue for the Tokyo 2020 Games has granted the first full memberships in nearly four decades to women after lifting a ban under pressure from the International Olympic Committee. The upscale Kasumigaseki Country Club said it had upgraded three women to full membership status after agreeing last year to admit female members following […]
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