England Golf’s strategy to grow the game has inspired over 640,000 people to take up the sport in the last four years and more than 44,000 to join clubs. The growth was notably rapid in 2016/17, with over 237,000 new players and almost 17,000 new members recorded in the year to the end of March. […]

Research commissioned by England Golf and the Professional Golfers’ Association has identified that golfers are 14% more likely to report good health than non-participants, significantly reducing their risk of some of Britain’s biggest diseases, including dementia. With dementia and Alzheimer’s disease now the leading cause of death in England and Wales and accounting for 11.6% […]

The ‘HSBC Hour’ initiative returns to Hong Kong again this week with a mission to promote golf to schools and the local community. Following last year’s pilot programme, HSBC is teaming up with the Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA) to launch the second ‘HSBC Hour’ golf experiential week. It is part of HSBC’s global ‘HSBC […]

Contrary to popular narrative, golf is actually in pretty good shape with much cause for optimism as we hurtle towards the second half of the year. Erik Matuszewski reports. Golf has a big problem. It’s the pervasive – and lazy – narrative that the sport is dying. It’s not just misguided, it’s wrong. But it’s […]