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Australian Championship Designated as Key Step Toward 2032 Paralympic Golf Inclusion
Golf Australia and the International Golf Federation (IGF) have announced a major milestone for para-golf, designating the 2026 Australian All Abilities Championship as the first IGF Counting Event to operate under the IGF’s new Classification Rules and Sport Classes.
This decision is seen as a direct and significant step toward achieving Paralympic Games inclusion for golf at Brisbane 2032.
IGF Chairman Guy Kinnings confirmed the strategic importance of the designation, stating, "Golf Australia…
Slow Golf Play Cure Found at Show: Lacrosse on a Bike
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfThe annual PGA Merchandise Show is a golf paradise: 1 million square feet of products designed to help hit the ball farther, straighter and less often. And it’s in Orlando, Florida, where January temperatures reach a balmy 75 degrees. There’s new clubs, new balls and booths and booths of clothes, from traditional golf duds to […]
Olympic golf in Boston? It’s possible
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGiven that we’re eight-plus years away from the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics, one would think there would be no rush to introduce all the specifics of a possible – and we emphasize that the word possible should be drenched in caution – Boston staging without at first confirming accuracy. After all, there seems […]
Let’s fix golf
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfBad news for golf fans – our sport is teetering. Those in the golf industry will have suspected for some time now that the sport is in decline, but numbers released from a survey into the US golf market are worrying. They show that not only are fewer people taking up the game, but even […]
The Boom and Bust of Golf in China
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf was once regarded as a bourgeois pastime and it was banned for many years in China. But in recent years the game has seen a soar in popularity, as China’s new elite are gradually taking up the game in record numbers. Statistics indicate that China’s golf lovers have reached over one million. While behind […]
Tiger Woods Endorsing Full Swing Golf Simulators
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfWhile Tiger Woods’ missing tooth has been dominating the headlines, the 14-time major winner has quietly gotten back to business, inking a multi-year deal with Full Swing Golf, a San Diego-based company that makes golf simulators. Woods says he’s used the simulators for years at The Champions Grill at Isleworth, and plans on installing them at his new course, […]
Elmassian, Green power into last 16
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThere might not have been many flying the flag, but the Aussie girls did it proudly to begin the Australian Amateur Championship matchplay today. While only 11 of the 32 qualifiers were Australian, six advanced to the top 16 with Perth’s Hannah Green the standout performer. Green, 18, didn’t play her […]
Mickelson nears age where greatness fades
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThis feels like a transcendent player fading gently into the twilight of his career. History says that’s what happens when PGA Tour pros — even the best golfers ever — reach their mid-40s, and Phil Mickelson turns 45 in June. So does this week’s Humana Challenge outside Palm Springs unofficially launch Mickelson’s farewell tour? via […]
Rio 2016 golf test event set to go ahead in November despite fears over grass growing in time
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfRio 2016 are not expecting to need to postpone the golf test event scheduled for the Olympic course in November despite the grass having only recently been laid, officials have insisted here today, although they are still working to accommodate the concerns of environmentalists. The course at Reserva de Marapendi in the main Olympic Cluster of Barra […]
Bmw New Zealand Open: Member Get Member Winner Found For Queenstown
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfNew Zealand Golf is pleased to announce the winner of the LOVE Golf Member Get Member competition for the chance to play in the BMW New Zealand Pro-Am in Queenstown in March. Andrew Simpson, from the Nelson Golf Club, was chosen as the winner of the Ultimate BMW New Zealand Open Experience, a promotion run in conjunction with the […]
All systems go for golf’s return to Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfSeveral prominent figures behind golf’s eagerly-awaited return to the Olympic Games joined forces today with Major Champions, Graeme McDowell and Suzann Pettersen in Florida, in providing an upbeat assessment of the state of play with only 19 months left until the first tee shot in Rio de Janeiro. Peter Dawson and Ty Votaw, respectively the […]