PGA of America, NLN to bring PGA Junior League Golf to Asia

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PGA Junior League Golf, the PGA of America’s signature youth golf program, will expand to Asia, starting with China this summer. The popular team approach to golf for boys and girls ages 13 and under will debut in Asia for the first time ever, through a new joint licensing agreement with NLN, LLC. The announcement […]

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Sustainability in golf seminars in Japan hailed a success

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Over 400 golf club officials, golf course operators and developers attended two successful Sustainability in Golf seminars staged by The R&A in Japan and Korea this week. A panel of leading international and local experts addressed the delegates on best practice in sustainability to encourage responsible and practical golf facility development, renovation and course management. […]

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Golf features in report on Global Goals for Sustainable Development

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WWF recently released a new global report illustrating how credible, third-party sustainability standards and certification systems can help companies, and whole industries, deliver against the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report highlighted the credibility and value of golf’s own third-party sustainability standard and certification system, developed and managed by GEO (the Golf […]

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Nick Willis in contention at NZ Speed Golf Open

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Olympic medal winner Nick Willis is in eighth place after the first day of the New Zealand Speed Golf Open Championships in Rotorua. Willis decided to play the unusual event for “fun”. “It’s a great way to enjoy the links but not to take five hours out of your day,” the middle distance running great […]

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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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