Challenge Tour launches exciting #golfballselfie competition

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The European Challenge Tour today offers fans the chance to win a fantastic trip to the Omani capital of Muscat with the launch of the new #golfballselfie initiative across its social media channels. The idea is simple: draw your face on a golf ball; take a selfie with your golf ball; share it across Twitter, […]

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Golf Month returns in October

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Golf Month, Australian golf’s national participation campaign, returns for another year this October following a successful 2016 in which 435 clubs and facilities provided more than 1350 offers and activities to consumers around the country. Led by Golf Australia and supported by the PGA of Australia, all state and territory golf associations, Australian Ladies Professional […]

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National Golf Month reaches record number on social media

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National Golf Month, the annual campaign aimed at increasing participation in golf, has achieved record levels of success on social media. With the help of celebrity ambassadors, which include Georgie Bingham, Denise van Outen, Dan Walker and Charley Hull, the #GirlsGetGolfing hashtag has reached nearly 3 million people across various social media platforms – smashing […]

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Taking a Fling on New Pathway to Traditional Golf

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The new sport of FlingGolf is gaining traction … and acting as a natural pathway to traditional golf. In FlingGolf, players fling a golf ball on a golf course with a lacrosse-looking FlingStick. The lightweight FlingStick is used to shape shots on the course and glide the ball into the hole. Unlike other alternative golf […]

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Inaugural R&A Nine Hole Championship at Royal Birkdale in July

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Golf club members from throughout Great Britain and Ireland will have the opportunity to tee it up at Royal Birkdale shortly before the world’s best golfers compete at The 146th Open in July. A group of 42 men and women will secure their places in the final of the inaugural R&A Nine Hole Championship through […]

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How the Great Danes inspired Golf Foundation youngsters

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Team Denmark – the Great Danes – were inspiring the next generation both on and off the course at the weekend. Not only did they win the first GolfSixes championship at Centurion Club, but they also encouraged boys and girls in a special junior GolfSixes event organised by the Golf Foundation and staged at Centurion […]

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NOT TO BE MISSED – England golf innovation conference

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When Tuesday 13th June 2017 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Where Villa Park, Trinity Road Birmingham, B6 6HE What is it? The #MoreThanGolf Conference aims to encourage innovation in golf and highlight how and why the golf industry should look to innovate for the future of the game. The conference will also focus on how golf […]

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32 golf clubs will take on GolfSixes branding

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The Golf Foundation reports that the event at Centurion Club resulted in local children showcasing how this dynamic team format can help grow the junior game in many of our golf clubs – and will see 32 English golf clubs launching an academy based on the tournament this summer. GolfSixes is the revolutionary new short […]

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Gunabul Homestead GC signs on for MyGolf program

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Gunabul Homestead Par 3 Golf Course has recently become a registered MyGolf Centre, delivering Australia’s Junior Golf Programs both school terms and school holidays by Ellesha Michie from EM Golf. The Gunabul Homestead estate, located in Gympie, comprises luxury cottage accommodation and an 18 hole par 3 golf course, a driving range and restaurant. Gunabul […]

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Nine-hole golf is growing rapidly across England

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The organisation that runs amateur golf in England says that the growth of non 18-hole formats of golf has been a major trend in the last 12 months. England Golf launched the Golf Express campaign last May to promote shorter and quicker formats amid concern that golf participation was falling due to the length of […]

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