Free Come and Try Golf Clinic – Parkwood QLD – 2 March 2017

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Empower Golf is hosting a Come and Try Golf Clinic at Parkwood Golf Club on Thursday 2 March 2017. Come and Try Golf Clinics are the ideal way to introduce new people living with a disability to golf for the first time or to re-introduce players to the game they love after accident or illness. […]

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Wild golf reimagines the ancient game as a contact sport

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A 27-year-old Michigan native, Caramagno owns a production company, Wilderness Xtreme Sports Media, which he has used to film a number of wild golf outings. At first blush, the fledgling sport looks a bit like speed golf. But whereas speed golf tracks your score as a combination of shots-taken and time-elapsed, wild golf doesn’t bother […]

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Women’s Golf Day News Conference Attracts Key Industry Stakeholders

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It was standing room only at the Woman’s Golf Day (WGD) news conference, held last week in conjunction with the 2017 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla. A highly-informed panel of golf leaders consisting of Mark Gore (ClubCorp), David MacLaren (European Tour Properties), Steve Mona (World Golf Foundation) and Antony Scanlon (International Golf Federation), spoke […]

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Disability Boost for Welsh Golf Championships

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Golfers with a disability will be able to compete in most Golf Union of Wales championships this summer, making it one of the first sports to be inclusive at the highest levels. GUW Championships from 2017 will be incorporating modified rules of golf into its general conditions for the vast majority of events run under […]

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IGF threatens to relocate Olympic golf competition

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Another Olympic golf competition, another Olympic golf course controversy. Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is set to host the Olympic golf competition for the 2020 Tokyo Games, failed to reach a resolution ending its policy restricting women from becoming full members. According to Reuters, the board met on Tuesday following public pressure on the club, the […]

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MyGolf Presents…Adam

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MyGolf Presents brings to life the unique stories, characters, experiences and fun of MyGolf. Meet Adam. Having started in prep, he’s been playing golf for three years. He’s now nine years old and is turning convention on its head by inspiring his own family to play. He is the first member of his family to […]

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MyGolf Presents…Siobhan

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MyGolf Presents brings to life the unique stories, characters, experiences and fun of MyGolf. Meet Siobhan. She started playing golf at nine years of age when she went to the range with her grandpa. She’s 11 now and has learned heaps at MyGolf. Source: Golf Australia

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MyGolf Presents…Isaac

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MyGolf Presents brings to life the unique stories, characters, experiences and fun of MyGolf. Meet Isaac. He’s just turned five and already drives the ball up to 115m! He’s a special talent, and his enthusiasm, energy and love of golf makes him the perfect person to help show just how much fun golf is for […]

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Golf 20/20 Announces the Sport’s Charitable Impact

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Golf has been expanding on an international and domestic stage for years now.  This has resulted in the PGA and LPGA being involved in more and more events that benefit not only the professionals themselves but also the entire golf community. Golf 20/20 recently did a study on the charitable impact that golf has had in […]

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Health benefits of golf discussed in Parliament

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Earlier this week (17 January) the All-Party Parliamentary Golf Group welcomed representatives of the Golf and Health project to the Palace of Westminster. Executive Director for Golf and Health, and Chief Medical Officer at the European Tour Golf, Dr Roger Hawkes, and lead researcher, Dr Andrew Murray of the University of Edinburgh, made a presentation […]

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