England Golf Award winners celebrated for making the game great

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Golfers and golf clubs who make the game great and inspire others to play have been honoured at the England Golf Awards. The winners were celebrated at a gala dinner on Thursday where the guests heard of their outstanding contribution to growing the game – and showed their appreciation with standing ovations. They include a […]

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England Golf Announce Three Year Partnership with Sky Sports

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England Golf have announced a three-year partnership with Sky Sports to promote the Get into Golf initiative across the UK, with the aim of bringing 500,000 new, or lapsed golfers into the sport by the end of 2018. Get into Golf is a national campaign supported by the four Home Unions, The European Tour, The […]

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South Korea woos economy class golf lovers in image makeover

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If the government has its way more South Korean golfers will be carrying their own clubs, walking between holes rather than riding in a cart, and there will be more public courses. The government wants more people to play by making the sport more affordable and less elitist. It is not a mission to find […]

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Ko effect gets teens on the greens

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The Ko effect is hitting New Zealand greens. Inspired by world No1 Lydia Ko, New Zealand girls are picking up the clubs to follow in the footsteps of the 18-year-old golfing juggernaut. As Ko continues to roll on with her second LPGA major victory at the ANA Inspiration, more young women are taking to the […]

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Australian Over Bloody Eighty golf championships to be played at Harrington

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WHILE numbers are down on what was expected, the inaugural Australian Over Bloody Eighty (OBE) golf championship will start at Harrington Waters on Tuesday. “At last count we had around 40,” Harrington Water GC president Peter Budden said. “We were hoping for more. But w’re going ahead – this is the first time this event […]

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Exciting New Era Dawns for Faldo Series Asia

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Singapore (April 8): A new chapter in the history of the Faldo Series Asia will be written when the second decade of the junior programme tees-off next week.   Spanning 11 months, the 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia season will include a minimum of 21 events in 17 countries including, for the first time, two qualifiers […]

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Free Come and Try Golf Clinic – 6 May 2016 – Parkwood Golf Club

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Empower Golf Australia is proud to invite you to our Free Come and Try Golf Clinic at beautiful Parkwood Golf Club, less than an hour from Brisbane’s CBD, on 6 May 2016. These clinics introduce people to golf for the first time or reintroduce players to the game they love after accident or illness.   […]

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Olympic golf winners to get exemption to majors

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Golf’s major championships threw their support behind the sport’s return to the Olympics, offering exemptions for men’s and women’s gold medal winners this year to all grand slam events. Augusta National chairman Billy Payne, who ran the 1996 Atlanta Games, told a news conference that the men’s gold medal winner in Rio de Janeiro, where […]

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Jason Day gives back to Aussie golf as MyGolf ambassador

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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 […]

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UPS Will Promote Youth Golf in Costa Rica With Donations

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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 […]

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