Danny Lee donates $90,000 to New Zealand Golf

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Danny Lee has donated $90,000 to New Zealand Golf in a bid to help the development of the game in this country. The Kiwi star’s generous act comes as a direct result of making his Presidents Cup debut last year. The biennial tournament, which pits US golfers against an International team minus players from Europe, has […]

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2016 GV Pennant season ready to launch

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48 Melbourne Member Clubs are gearing up for the 2016 Golf Victoria Pennant Season which begins this week. The first tee shot will be struck on Friday (18 March) when the first round of Friday Women’s Pennant gets underway whilst Men’s, Women’s and Colts Pennant will commence on Sunday (20 March). The Pennant season is […]

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Israel’s Laetitia Beck to represent golf-starved country at Olympics

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PHOENIX – While the South Koreans duke it out over the next four months for Olympic qualifying – a top-10 world ranking doesn’t even guarantee a spot – Laetitia Beck need not look over her shoulder. She’s the first and only female professional golfer from Israel. There’s one male, Asaf Cohen, but he’s not a […]

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Junior Initiative Aims to Build Future Champions

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The MYFutures Junior Tour (MYFJT),  a junior development programme for budding young golfers, has teed-off at the Danau Golf Club. The programme is promoted by MYFutures Initiative Sdn Bhd and sanctioned by the Malaysian Golf Association with the intent of developing junior golf in Malaysia by creating a structured long-term strategy to […]

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NSW Junior Golf Championships

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Dates:       July 4th – 8th 2016 Venues:  Monday 4th                          Wyong Golf Club (Junior-Am) Tuesday 5th – Friday 8th    Shelly Beach & Toukley Golf Clubs The New South Wales Junior Championships will head to the NSW Central Coast for 2016 & 2017, with Shelly Beach Golf Club and Toukley Golf Club hosting the […]

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How ‘£2 per member’ can boost junior golf

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Members of Sandiway Golf Club in Cheshire have shown their support of junior grass roots golf by agreeing to add an optional extra £2 to their membership subscriptions and raise £1,000 for the Golf Foundation. The Golf Foundation is the nationally recognised charity which provides young people of all backgrounds and abilities with the opportunity […]

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Female Athletes Take Center Stage at Inaugural ANA Inspiring Women in Sports Conference

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RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA, March 9, 2016 – The world’s best golfers will not be the only champion female athletes at this year’s ANA Inspiration, as tournament officials last night announced the first-ever ANA Inspiring Women in Sports Conference, slated for Tuesday, March 29 at Mission Hills Country Club. Female sporting icons Missy Franklin, Annika Sorenstam, […]

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Golf Queensland launches Queensland Golf Foundation

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Queensland golfers are being asked to give back to the game they love with the launch of Golf Queensland’s new charity, the Queensland Golf Foundation. The Queensland Golf Foundation is asking members of the golfing community to pitch in and help contribute to the future of golf in Queensland. Participation and development of golf in […]

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New players really want to play golf—until they try it

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The number of people trying golf in the US for the first time has gone up, but overall participation continues to drop. What is the sport doing wrong? American golf should be growing rapidly. The sport is attracting more new players in the U.S. now than at any time since the early 2000s. And yet, […]

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2015 Golf Participation in the U.S. – A slight dip tempered by strong positive indicators

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Twenty years after Tiger Woods stepped before a microphone in Milwaukee on Aug. 28, 1996, and with the words “Hello, World,” touched off the most meaningful golf industry growth since Arnold Palmer and President Eisenhower jump-started it 40 years earlier, there are reasons to be confident about the stability of the game. While the latest […]

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