Dame Laura Davies has accepted the invitation to become Honorary President of the Parliamentary Golf Group. The World Golf Hall of Fame member, and former world number one, is one of the most successful UK golfers of all time and was appointed a Member, Commander and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire […]
Golfers and golf clubs who make the game great and inspire others to play have been honoured at the England Golf Awards. The winners were celebrated at a gala dinner on Thursday where the guests heard of their outstanding contribution to growing the game – and showed their appreciation with standing ovations. They include a […]
England Golf have announced a three-year partnership with Sky Sports to promote the Get into Golf initiative across the UK, with the aim of bringing 500,000 new, or lapsed golfers into the sport by the end of 2018. Get into Golf is a national campaign supported by the four Home Unions, The European Tour, The […]
If the government has its way more South Korean golfers will be carrying their own clubs, walking between holes rather than riding in a cart, and there will be more public courses. The government wants more people to play by making the sport more affordable and less elitist. It is not a mission to find […]
The Ko effect is hitting New Zealand greens. Inspired by world No1 Lydia Ko, New Zealand girls are picking up the clubs to follow in the footsteps of the 18-year-old golfing juggernaut. As Ko continues to roll on with her second LPGA major victory at the ANA Inspiration, more young women are taking to the […]
WHILE numbers are down on what was expected, the inaugural Australian Over Bloody Eighty (OBE) golf championship will start at Harrington Waters on Tuesday. “At last count we had around 40,” Harrington Water GC president Peter Budden said. “We were hoping for more. But w’re going ahead – this is the first time this event […]
Singapore (April 8): A new chapter in the history of the Faldo Series Asia will be written when the second decade of the junior programme tees-off next week. Spanning 11 months, the 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia season will include a minimum of 21 events in 17 countries including, for the first time, two qualifiers […]
Empower Golf Australia is proud to invite you to our Free Come and Try Golf Clinic at beautiful Parkwood Golf Club, less than an hour from Brisbane’s CBD, on 6 May 2016. These clinics introduce people to golf for the first time or reintroduce players to the game they love after accident or illness. […]
As the golfing world turns its eyes to the Masters in the US, international golf sponsor HSBC has reaffirmed its commitment to golf in China by extending its sponsorship of the CGA-HSBC China Junior Golf Program for another five years (2016-2020). Now in its tenth year, the joint initiative – which is the only officially […]
Golf’s major championships threw their support behind the sport’s return to the Olympics, offering exemptions for men’s and women’s gold medal winners this year to all grand slam events. Augusta National chairman Billy Payne, who ran the 1996 Atlanta Games, told a news conference that the men’s gold medal winner in Rio de Janeiro, where […]
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