Yarra Bend to host SpeedGolf Open

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Yarra Bend Golf Club in Melbourne is to host the first Speedgolf Open in August. The Australian Speedgolf Open will be played on Saturday 29 August 2015. This event is sanctioned by Speedgolf International and is also a qualifier for Australian speedgolfers – male and female – to represent Australia at the Speedgolf World Championships […]

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Golf Growth In China Makes Sense — Dollars And Cents

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China will soon become the largest economy in the world. It has one of the planet’s most dynamic middle classes, and already the largest mobile market on the planet. Now add the fact that video content is rapidly moving from traditional television and cable to mobile devices. What does that mean for golf in the […]

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Phil Mickelson Tops Tiger Woods As Golf’s Highest-Paid Player

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The U.S. Open kicks off this week with Phil Mickelson ranked behind only the favorites of Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth with the oddsmakers to win the tournament. Few golf fans would be surprised to see Mickelson’s name near the top of the leaderboard on Sunday. He’s finished second in the event six times during his […]

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Laucala Island championship golf course

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Laucala Island, a private island located in Fiji, offers an 18-hole championship golf course that sees less than 150 tee-offs per year, promising privacy and exclusivity. Designed by David McLay Kidd, the par-72 golf course is surrounded by volcanic mountains and clings to a sheer cliff dropping into the Pacific Ocean. Tees and greens were […]

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Inventors cross Crocs with golf shoes, score a hole-in-one

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Each week, we seek expert advice to help a small or medium-sized business overcome a key issue. Going global came easily for Biion Footwear Inc. The company’s creatively coloured, all-plastic golf shoe was a big sensation at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando last year, surprising even president and chief executive officer Rick Buchanan. “We […]

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6-Year-Old Will Play 100 Holes of Golf in Honor of Friend’s Memory

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“Some people I know have had cancer and are OK now. I want to help Danny’s doctor so kids with DIPG have more hope to beat their cancer, too,” Ryan writes on his fundraising page on the GFC website. As of Thursday, he had raised more than $8K of his $15K goal. Ryan’s original fundraising […]

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Golf unites behind ending violence

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Australia’s peak golfing bodies have thrown their support behind a campaign to stop domestic violence. To coincide with the release of a brilliant new song entitled “Let Me Breathe” by Colleen Hewett, Golf Australia, the PGA of Australia and ALPG have united to help promote the message of Violence Free Families. And with frightening statistics […]

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Focus on Local Talent at Faldo Series Cambodia Championship

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Siem Reap, Cambodia (June 11): Junior golf development will be to the forefront when the fourth edition of the Faldo Series Cambodia Championship tees-off this weekend. To be played over the award-winning, Nick Faldo-designed Angkor Golf Resort course on June 13-14, the third leg of the 2015-16 Faldo Series Asia season has attracted entries from […]

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Fiji golf targets development

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THE National Golf Association of Fiji is strategically developing new ideas to help the sport reach much greater heights in the country. NGAF president Ofakilomaloma Swann said golfers in Fiji had much potential if they started early in their careers. “It’s amazing to see the number of local golfers taking part in major events in […]

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Player aims to produce SA’s Tiger

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Internationally renowned South African golfer Gary Player cherishes the dream that his golf academy will produce the country’s first black champion in the mould of Tiger Woods. Although Woods has recently been out of form, the world’s former top golfer undoubtedly has an impeccable record and still ranks among the world’s most successful golfers. The […]

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