Boost for golf tourism

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WHILE organisers of Fiji’s biggest professional golf tournament are gearing up for this year’s event in October, stakeholders in the tourism industry say the tournament continues to attract a large number of tourists. Rosie Holidays general manager Eroni Puamau said they had seen increased bookings from Chinese golfers following the broadcast of the Fiji International […]

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Golf remains a game of the elite in Iran

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The bumpy fairways and patchy putting surfaces — more burnt-out browns than grassy greens — are not much to look at. In Iran however, this is golf at its finest. Only 3,500 people, around 500 of them women, from a population of 78 million, pick up a club. The size of the sport is reflected […]

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PGA of America to debut indoor golf experience at an International airport

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Travelers will soon be able to tee off and take off at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The PGA of America and Wexford Golf, a Twin Cities golf development firm, have collaborated to debut PGA MSP Airport; an interactive golf concept. The first such concept of its kind located in a U.S. airport, PGA MSP anticipates […]

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Golf participation in Australia on the rise

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Golf participation across Australia is on the rise according to new data released by the Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC). An increase of 7.2 per cent in competition rounds was recorded across Australia in 2014, with every month recording a steady increase compared to the corresponding month in 2013. Competition rounds are defined as single […]

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IOC ‘surprise’ at Rio mayor golf course criticism Yahoo New Zealand Sport

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International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach voiced dismay on Wednesday at criticism of the golf course for the 2016 Rio Games by the city’s mayor. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes told O Globo newspaper Tuesday he would have preferred the course never to have been built. “I hate to have to done this course, if it […]

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Golf Legend Jack Nicklaus Ice Cream Coming To A Grocer Near You

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Golf’s “Golden Bear” has gone from finding the sweet spot to creating a sweet treat. Eighteen time major champion Jack Nicklaus has teamed up with the The Schwan Food Company of Minnesotato create Jack Nicklaus premium ice cream. It will be sold by the pint and available in grocery stores in select markets. The ice […]

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Twelve-year-old qualifies for the New Zealand Open

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It’s hard not to draw comparisons between Auckland golfer Bohyun Park and world No 1 Lydia Ko. Both will play in this week’s New Zealand Open after Park qualified in Christchurch yesterday. At the ripe old age of 12, Park is an up-and-coming superstar golfer and she’s coached by Ko’s former mentor Guy Wilson. To […]

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Millionaire entrepreneur explains why cycling — and not golf — is the new sport of choice for young professionals

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While golf “still commands the highest portion of participants with household incomes above $US100,000 among popular sports,” according to Reuters, its popularity is waning, and the number of courses has been on the decline in the U.S. the past eight years. The Economist says “golf’s appeal has become its undoing. Its meditative quality does not suit the frenetic […]

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Competition golf in Australia on the rise

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Golf participation across Australia is on the rise according to new data released by the Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC). An increase of 7.2 per cent in competition rounds was recorded across Australia in 2014, with every month recording a steady increase compared to the corresponding month in 2013. Competition rounds are defined as single […]

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Golf’s potential marriage is between unequal partners but it should be celebrated nonetheless

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IT’S fair to say that the sporting world did not hold its collective breath yesterday when the R&A and the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) announced they were holding exploratory talks with a view to an eventual merger. Their joint statement was brief, not elaborated upon, and if any pulses quickened they were likely to have […]

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