SUPPORT NEEDED: Aussie Women’s golf student Abbey Trinca tragically passes

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A promising young golfer from Melbourne passed away Monday 27 February, and is mourned by family and the Embry-Riddle Department of Athletics. 21-year-old women’s golf student-athlete Abbey Trinca travelled at age 17 to Florida to pursue her dream of studying and playing golf, after graduating from Maribyrnong Sports Academy in 2013. Abbey was awarded the […]

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Maryland Golf Course brings diversity to the game of golf

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African-American ownership and a thriving youth program of more than 300 show inclusion to women, millennials and minorities. Aage Ware is a ninth grader who resides on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. She had never been exposed to golf until she was introduced to the game at Marlton Golf Course, a public venue in Upper […]

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Australian Junior Age Division Golf Championship

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The Australian Junior Age Division Golf Championship will be held from 10th to 13th April at Capricorn Resort Golf, Yeppoon, after successful events in 2015 and 2016. This event is played over 3 days and is for junior golfers from the ages of 4 through to 18 years of all abilities.  Players aged from 4 […]

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New On-line Pace of Play Training Services Now Available

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In collaboration with Pace Manager Systems®, Golf Industry Central (GIC) is excited to offer a variety of on-line as well as on-site consulting and improvement training services, facilitated by international “guru of pace of play” Bill Yates. The world leader in improving pace of play and your operational bottom line, Pace Manager Systems is now […]

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Club-based golf on the rise in Australia

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The Australian Sports Commission’s (ASC) first AusPlay survey has revealed golf to have more club-based players than most other sports, ranking second in most popular sport played in a club by adults and children. Golf is the number one most popular sports just for adults. The survey stated that more than 685,000 Australians played club-based […]

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Former NZ prime minister Key & Lydia Ko new ISPS HANDA charity ambassadors

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New Zealand’s former Prime Minister John Key and women’s world number one Lydia Ko are the newest ambassadors for International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS HANDA), the leading global organisation supporting blind and disabled golf. The ambassadors will represent ISPS during the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth and ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open tournaments Feb. […]

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Free Come and Try Golf Clinic – Parkwood QLD – 2 March 2017

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Empower Golf is hosting a Come and Try Golf Clinic at Parkwood Golf Club on Thursday 2 March 2017. Come and Try Golf Clinics are the ideal way to introduce new people living with a disability to golf for the first time or to re-introduce players to the game they love after accident or illness. […]

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Wild golf reimagines the ancient game as a contact sport

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A 27-year-old Michigan native, Caramagno owns a production company, Wilderness Xtreme Sports Media, which he has used to film a number of wild golf outings. At first blush, the fledgling sport looks a bit like speed golf. But whereas speed golf tracks your score as a combination of shots-taken and time-elapsed, wild golf doesn’t bother […]

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Women’s Golf Day News Conference Attracts Key Industry Stakeholders

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It was standing room only at the Woman’s Golf Day (WGD) news conference, held last week in conjunction with the 2017 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla. A highly-informed panel of golf leaders consisting of Mark Gore (ClubCorp), David MacLaren (European Tour Properties), Steve Mona (World Golf Foundation) and Antony Scanlon (International Golf Federation), spoke […]

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Disability Boost for Welsh Golf Championships

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Golfers with a disability will be able to compete in most Golf Union of Wales championships this summer, making it one of the first sports to be inclusive at the highest levels. GUW Championships from 2017 will be incorporating modified rules of golf into its general conditions for the vast majority of events run under […]

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