Inaugural Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific golf championship to reach over 70 countries

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The inaugural Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific golf championship will be televised in over 70 countries and reach millions of homes around the world, the Founding Partners – the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) and The R&A – announced today. From 21 – 24 February, an 84-player field will compete in the new and exciting 72-hole stroke […]

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Golf Australia’s Vision 2025 to target female participation and change golf’s culture

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Golf Australia’s plan to redress the game’s greatest imbalance – female participation – was launched in Adelaide today. “Vision 2025: The future of women and girls in golf” was made public during preparations for this week’s ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open at Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide. GA chief executive Stephen Pitt, flanked by GA […]

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England Golf partners Topgolf to grow the game

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England Golf has today (Monday) announced its partnership with global sports entertainment leader Topgolf in a bid to grow the game of golf. The two organisations plan to work together and learn from each other to attract more people into golf, to improve the image of the game and to make the sport more inclusive […]

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First Green and GCSAA announce partnership to further expand innovative education in local communities

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The First Green Foundation (First Green) and Golf Course Superintendents Association of American (GCSAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will bring First Green under the umbrella of the GCSAA’s philanthropic organization, the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG). The agreement was announced at the 2018 Golf Industry Show in San Antonio. First Green, an […]

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Help quadriplegic golfer change lives through documentary about his remarkable recovery

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Prior to his accident, James Gribble was not only a successful investment banker but an active sportsperson and obsessive golfer with a single-digit handicap, and with his whole life ahead of him. That all change in a freak accident in Africa in 2008 after fainting from dehydration, falling off a stool backwards onto hard sand […]

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United States Golf Association announces the launch of Driving Golf Forward

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For those paying attention or have a memory, they will recall the USGA’s infamous “While We’re Young” campaign was an overwhelming disappointment. The pace of play campaign was introduced back in 2013 and well we’re no better off today than we were then. Despite the organization’s shortcomings, it has created yet another pledge. To ensure […]

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Hong Kong’s Inter-Secondary Schools Golf Tournament Initiative

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The Hong Kong Golf Club (HKGC) is to sponsor and host the Special Administrative Region of China’s first Inter-Secondary Schools Golf Tournament. Aimed at promoting and developing the game, the Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA)-organised event will be held on May 14. Supported by the Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation, the tournament is open to […]

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Golf Australia and School Sport Australia sign landmark agreement

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Golf Australia and School Sport Australia have signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding that will take the partnership between the organisations to a new level. The two-year MOU that began on 1 January 2018 documents key strategies that will help promote and develop golf to all school children across Australia via a clearly defined pathway […]

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TPC Kuala Lumpur Introduces Junior Golf Pass

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Driven by the commitment to spur golf interest among youths, TPC Kuala Lumpur has introduced the Junior Golf Pass (JGP), an annual passport for golfers aged between 12 and 20. The JGP allows 360 days access to TPC Kuala Lumpur’s multi award-winning golf course, top notch clubhouse facilities plus a host of other privileges; minus […]

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EDGA and miSport create exciting coaching partnership for ‘Golfers First’

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The European Disabled Golf Association (EDGA) is partnering with miSport Coaching Ltd to offer a specially tailored online coaching platform that enables golfers with disabilities to work with an international field of appropriately trained PGA professional coaches. The new partnership between miSport and EDGA began on January 29 with a pilot programme inviting a trial […]

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