KPMG Golf Participation Report: Stability, growth in Europe

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Today sees the launch of the Golf Participation Report for Europe 2016 from KPMG’s Golf Advisory Practice. The report, which provides invaluable figures for key stakeholders in the golf industry, is the latest of KPMG’s annual publications offering analysis and insights into Europe’s golf industry. This year’s edition bears good news in store for the […]

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Australian golf appoints national inclusion manager

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Australian golf has taken an important stride with the appointment of a national inclusion manager. Long-serving PGA of Australia professional Christian Hamilton will take up the role from July 1 in a ground-breaking shared services arrangement between Golf Australia and Golf Victoria. Hamilton has been the golf services manager at the Sandhurst Club for the […]

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The R&A shows its support for nine hole golf with new championship at Royal Troon

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20 April 2016, St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A is demonstrating its support for nine hole golf as an ideal way to play golf in less time whilst still doing so competitively and for handicap purposes by introducing a new championship at Royal Troon this summer. The inaugural event for amateurs will be played on Saturday […]

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Dame Laura Davies appointed first Honorary President of Parliamentary Golf Group

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Dame Laura Davies has accepted the invitation to become Honorary President of the Parliamentary Golf Group. The World Golf Hall of Fame member, and former world number one, is one of the most successful UK golfers of all time and was appointed a Member, Commander and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire […]

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England Golf Award winners celebrated for making the game great

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Golfers and golf clubs who make the game great and inspire others to play have been honoured at the England Golf Awards. The winners were celebrated at a gala dinner on Thursday where the guests heard of their outstanding contribution to growing the game – and showed their appreciation with standing ovations. They include a […]

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England Golf Announce Three Year Partnership with Sky Sports

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England Golf have announced a three-year partnership with Sky Sports to promote the Get into Golf initiative across the UK, with the aim of bringing 500,000 new, or lapsed golfers into the sport by the end of 2018. Get into Golf is a national campaign supported by the four Home Unions, The European Tour, The […]

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South Korea woos economy class golf lovers in image makeover

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If the government has its way more South Korean golfers will be carrying their own clubs, walking between holes rather than riding in a cart, and there will be more public courses. The government wants more people to play by making the sport more affordable and less elitist. It is not a mission to find […]

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Ko effect gets teens on the greens

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The Ko effect is hitting New Zealand greens. Inspired by world No1 Lydia Ko, New Zealand girls are picking up the clubs to follow in the footsteps of the 18-year-old golfing juggernaut. As Ko continues to roll on with her second LPGA major victory at the ANA Inspiration, more young women are taking to the […]

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Australian Over Bloody Eighty golf championships to be played at Harrington

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WHILE numbers are down on what was expected, the inaugural Australian Over Bloody Eighty (OBE) golf championship will start at Harrington Waters on Tuesday. “At last count we had around 40,” Harrington Water GC president Peter Budden said. “We were hoping for more. But w’re going ahead – this is the first time this event […]

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Exciting New Era Dawns for Faldo Series Asia

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Singapore (April 8): A new chapter in the history of the Faldo Series Asia will be written when the second decade of the junior programme tees-off next week.   Spanning 11 months, the 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia season will include a minimum of 21 events in 17 countries including, for the first time, two qualifiers […]

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