Singapore (April 4): Six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo has pledged to continue his drive to grow the Faldo Series Asia. Ahead of the 11th season of the junior series that will be made up of a minimum of 21 events in 17 countries including, for the first time, two qualifiers in Thailand, Faldo […]
World Number 1 Jason Day has put his name to Australia’s national junior golf program, MyGolf, with the 2015 US PGA Championship winner today announced as its official ambassador. The nine-time US PGA Tour winner will be the face of MyGolf, boosting the growth of junior golf around Australia. “I’m honoured to be the ambassador […]
Atlanta, GA. – UPS® (NYSE: UPS) will donate junior sets of golf clubs for every birdie or better that UPS golf ambassadors Lee Westwood or Louis Oosthuizen make during a competitive round in the four 2016 major championships to deserving kids in select markets around the world. #Bags4Birdies is a program designed to support golf’s […]
Phuket, Thailand: Laguna Golf Phuket, a Golf Facility Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation, is stepping up its commitment to junior golfers. Named Thailand’s Best Golf Course at the 2015 World Golf Awards, Laguna Golf Phuket has initiated a junior golf membership, open to golf enthusiasts under the age of 18. As well as having […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA, April 1, 2016 – Some of the United States greatest ever Olympians believe golf’s return to the Olympic Games at Rio 2016 is an inspiring, game changing moment for the sport globally even if those within the sport don’t know it yet. Speaking on the sidelines of the first major in golf […]
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA (March 30, 2016) – With little more than four months until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, United States Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin and Lindsey Vonn have thrown their weight behind golf’s inclusion in the Games and given professional golfers a taste of what to expect in August. The […]
Whilst FootGolf is seen somewhat as a passing craze in mainland Europe, in the UK it is one of the quickest growing sports around. With the growth in what many often still view as a hobby is coming a leap in turnover for those helping facilitate it. The development of the sport has been so […]
No matter the age, golf is still a game of integrity. Yago Horno Mateo, a seven-year-old junior golfer from Spain, won a golf tournament last weekend thanks to shooting a 50. However, after he got home, Mateo realized he had actually shot 51. Instead of keeping his lips sealed and keeping the hardware, he decided […]
By Mathilda Andersson The rousing success of Golf Australia’s GOLF MONTH in October last year has prompted its 2016 return. In 2014, some of Australian golf’s major organisational bodies launched “Golf WEEK” to showcase the game of golf to the broader public, with an aim to grow the game and attract new players. The initiative’s […]
London (22 March 2016) – Dame Laura Davies, the most successful golfer in the history of the Ladies European Tour (LET), has her sights set on supporting women’s golf in the UK through the Laura Davies Foundation – set up in July 2015 to raise money for causes in the UK and worldwide including Children’s […]
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