Central Highlands kids putt, pitch, chip and drive

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KIDS from all over the Central Highlands teed off last week in a bid to improve their short game, get out of the bunker, avoid the water trap and make new friends in the process. The Emerald Golf Club hosted its My Golf program for the second year running in what was a vastly improved […]

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12 Aussies in British Amateur field

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A big and powerful contingent of 12 Australians will step out in the British Amateur Championships at Carnoustie and Panmure golf clubs in Scotland beginning tonight. World amateur No. 14 Ryan Ruffels, the Australian junior champion, heads the group of Australians trying to win the prestigious title that dates to 1885. Ruffels and Lucas Herbert […]

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Why more women should take up golf

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If there is one piece of advice I could give today’s emerging business woman, it would be to add golf as a skill set in her networking routine. The advantages are just too palpable – both for her and her employer. Women still only represent about 20 percent of the U.S. golfing population – a […]

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6-Year-Old Will Play 100 Holes of Golf in Honor of Friend’s Memory

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“Some people I know have had cancer and are OK now. I want to help Danny’s doctor so kids with DIPG have more hope to beat their cancer, too,” Ryan writes on his fundraising page on the GFC website. As of Thursday, he had raised more than $8K of his $15K goal.  Ryan’s original fundraising […]

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‘Setting Up Golf Courses for Success’ Collaborative Guidebook Debuts

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‘Setting Up Golf Courses for Success,’ an industrywide guidebook to course setup, officially debuted in digital form today on PGA.org. The collaborative guide contains new industry research and addresses a critical factor that inhibits enjoyment of the game for many women—golf course setups that are not tailored to the customer and their ability level.   With […]

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11-year-old Dabawenya qualifies to Kids world golf

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DABAWENYA golfer Alessandra Zozobrado-Nagayo is set to represent the country in the US Kids Golf World Championship in Pinehurst, North Carolina on July 29 to August 2. Alessandra earned a ticket to the world championships after she emerged champion in the girls 11 years old division in the recently concluded US Kids Golf World Championship […]

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Nick Faldo says Tiger Woods’ problems more mental than physical

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Tiger Woods’ deterioration on the golf course is a result of mental gremlins more than anything physical, six times major winner Nick Faldo said on Saturday after Woods shot a career-worst round of 85. “For me, this has been going on a while,” Faldo, now an analyst, said on Golf Channel after Woods finished 13-over […]

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Tiger Woods teaching son to play golf, jealous of aspects of his swing

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One of the best parts of parenthood is sharing common interests with your kids. In the case of 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, he is cultivating his 6-year-old son Charlie’s golf swing and game while he’s rebuilding his. ”He’s got some parts in his swing that I’m trying to do,” Woods said Wednesday with a […]

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The Case For the 36-Hole Day

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For a while now, the PGA of America has been extolling the benefits of the nine-hole round, to better accommodate these busy times. I would like to propose another initiative: the 36-hole day, which is common enough at this time of year, when the USGA stages its annual one-day, 36-hole sectional qualifiers for the U.S. […]

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The Gold Coast Mayor’s Junior Golf Development Scholarship

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Congratulations to the winners of The Mayor’s Junior Golf Development Scholarship! Three young Gold Coast golfers have just scored the opportunity of a lifetime, winning six weeks of mentoring from a PGA professional, a stay in Dubai, along with flights and tickets to the UK to watch the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews. The […]

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