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Faldo’s Focus Takes in St Andrews and Shanghai

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The Faldo Series Shanghai Championship will feature prominently in what promises to be an emotional week for Sir Nick Faldo. While six-time Major champion Sir Nick is making his farewell appearance at the ancestral Home of Golf in the 144th edition of the Open Championship, more than 50 youngsters will be vying for glory in […]

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St. Andrews’ kooky deal with an Australian golf club

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IN ITS 600-YEAR HISTORY, St. Andrews (home of the British Open, July 16-19) has granted reciprocal playing rights to precisely one golf course. Nine time zones from the Firth of Forth, in South Australia’s desert mining settlement Coober Pedy (pop. 3,500), is Opal Fields Golf Club. In 2003, while filming a documentary about opal mining, a […]

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Golf’s peak bodies forge strong bonds

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In an exciting step forward for the Australian golf industry the countries peak professional bodies have moved towards a stronger alignment.The PGA of Australia and Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG) have announced a dual membership for their mutual members.In addition, members of the ALPG wishing to also become members of the PGA of Australia are […]

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Stakeholders see growth in Fiji International

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  TOURISM stakeholders have high hopes of Fiji’s growing potential in golf tourism. “It’s actually a very lucrative, emerging tourism market for us, for golf tourists to come here and spend a whole lot more money,” noted Tourism Minister, Faiyaz Koya at the Fijian Tourism Expo in Nadi this week. The Government has pumped about […]

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Golf Growth In China Makes Sense — Dollars And Cents

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China will soon become the largest economy in the world. It has one of the planet’s most dynamic middle classes, and already the largest mobile market on the planet. Now add the fact that video content is rapidly moving from traditional television and cable to mobile devices. What does that mean for golf in the […]

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Focus on Local Talent at Faldo Series Cambodia Championship

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Siem Reap, Cambodia (June 11): Junior golf development will be to the forefront when the fourth edition of the Faldo Series Cambodia Championship tees-off this weekend. To be played over the award-winning, Nick Faldo-designed Angkor Golf Resort course on June 13-14, the third leg of the 2015-16 Faldo Series Asia season has attracted entries from […]

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Aussie Junior golfers take on world’s best in California

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The talented Swaffield brothers from Yeppoon Golf Club, Ben, 15, and Jake, 13 have long been showcasing their unique talent in regional tournaments and are now two of six local juniors competing on an international stage. The Swaffields, Taryn Maher and Aiden, Ben and Caleb Scott will make their Australian team debut at the Veritas […]

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QLD Travel Industry raises $19,000 in Drive for Daniel

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The Queensland Travel Industry has again raised the bar in their quest to support the amazing work of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. Recently the organisers of the now famous Drive for Daniel presented a cheque for $19,000 to Bruce and Denise Morcombe following another amazingly successful 2015 event held at Carbrook Golf Club in March […]

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Bring your Grandkids and Kids to Try Golf Day

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The Federal Golf Club in Canberra held its inaugural ‘Bring your Grandkids and Kids to Try Golf Day’ on Sunday 3 May, 2015. The event was held in sunny conditions in the nation’s capital and attracted just over seventy children mostly aged between eight to ten years old, including thirty-eight girls. After a lunch that was provided […]

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Golf industry enters new era of collaboration to keep growing game

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The leaders of five major golf organizations in the United States shared a refocused, collaborative approach to grow, protect and perpetuate the health of the game during a press conference today at THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The LPGA, Masters Tournament, PGA of America, PGA TOUR and the United States Golf Association, […]

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