IGF Creates Fan Zone to Engage and Educate Fans at Olympic Golf Course

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When it comes to potential long-term benefits from golf’s return to the Olympic Games, none is more pronounced than the opportunity to grow the game worldwide, particularly in countries where it is considered a developing sport. A country like 2016 Olympic host Brazil. The Olympics bring a whole new level of exposure to any sport, […]

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The wait is over…Olympic golf is back

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The longest wait between a final putt and the next tee shot will finally end at 07.30 on Thursday morning at Reserva de Marapendi Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro. Golf will return to the Olympic Games, after an absence of 112 years between the gold medal-winning putt sunk by Canada’s George Lyon in St.Louis […]

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Thai golf star Thongchai ready to live up Olympic dream

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Sentosa, Singapore, August 8: As a kid, Thongchai Jaidee dreamt of becoming a footballer, hoping that one day he would get into the Thai national team and play in the Olympics. A freak accident though where a wooden skewer got lodged in his foot and laid him off the sport dealt Thongchai with a twist […]

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Amateurs aiming high in Rio

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The ancient Olympic Games motto of Citius, Altius, Fortius may sometimes appear from another era, but in the case of three young women golfers, the Latin phrase for Faster, Higher, Stronger adopted by Pierre de Coubertin is entirely appropriate. The Founder of the modern Olympic Games would surely have approved of Tiffany Chan, Leona Maguire […]

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Olympics 2016: Golfers Take in Opening Ceremony at Maracana

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For the first time in 112 years, golf makes it return to the Olympics — and several golfers weren’t going to miss out on the opportunity to take in the opening ceremonies. Team USA’s Rickie Fowler arrived in Rio de Janeiro earlier Friday and wasn’t shy, cozying up to Friday’s flag bearer, and most decorated Olympian in […]

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Coaches bring out the best

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GOLF: Junior Golf in Gympie has a new home base. Gunabul Par 3, has become the focus point of our junior golfers and golf development in general . With two PGA professionals at the facility, exciting times lay ahead for not only our junior players, but Ladies clinics and men’s beginner clinics kicking off over […]

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Avondale Amateur becomes 2017 Nominated National Ranking Event

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Golf NSW is thrilled to announce that the 2017 Avondale Amateur has been afforded Golf Australia Nominated National Ranking Event status. “We can’t wait to witness many of the nation’s and the world’s best amateurs compete on one of New South Wales’ finest layouts,” Golf NSW General Manager of Golf, Graeme Phillipson said. “Being awarded […]

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The Ladies’ Golf Union And The R&A Sign Merger Agreement

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27 July 2016, St Andrews, Scotland: The merger between the Ladies’ Golf Union and The R&A has moved close to completion with the signing of a heads of agreement by the two St Andrews-based organisations. The LGU organises a series of prestigious championships and international matches including the Ricoh Women’s British Open, taking place this […]

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Golfers Ages 10 and 13 Record Back-to-Back Aces in PGA Junior League

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Junior golfers Harrison Mancill and John Berrigan both hit the best shots of their lives on Thursday. And they came back-to-back. Mancill, 13, and Berrigan, 10, recorded back-to-back holes-in-one during PGA Junior League Golf in Hilton Head Island, S.C. They hit their shots on the 89-yard par-3 5th hole. Mancill went first, used a wedge […]

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Ho Tram Test Awaits at Faldo Series Vietnam Championship

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Ho Chih Minh City, Vietnam (July 20): An extra spring will be in the step of participants when they line up in this week’s ninth Faldo Series Vietnam Championship. For the first time, the R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking-counting event, which acts as the sixth leg of the record-breaking 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia campaign, is […]

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