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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…
The top golf club trends of 2014
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe year 2014 has been, perhaps, the most far reaching one for the golf industry in recent history. From The R&A voting to admit women to a European Union ruling that green fees at private members’ clubs should be exempt from VAT, all against a backdrop of the industry still struggling with falling participation and […]
Kooringal GC set to host Primary Schools State Final
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfIn its 14th year, the 2014 Primary Schools Golf event is a fantastic opportunity for thousands of young Victorians to experience golf. Winners from Regional Qualifiers have earned a spot in The State Final, which is to be held at Kooringal Golf Club this coming Monday 1 December. The Primary Schools Golf event is structured […]
Victorian Labor pledges $10m to the “Home of Golf”
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfThe proposed national “Home of Golf” project, which would see the head offices of PGA of Australia, Golf Australia and Golf Victoria under one roof, has received a boost with Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews assuring his support for the project under a Labor Government. The National Home of Golf and Centre of Excellence Project […]
Golf people are like old soldiers. They just never quit.
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfGolf people are like old soldiers. They just never quit. Even as a teacher, promoter or director of a club, they can’t ever seem to let go. Debbie Mastromarino spent the past 17 years of her life dedicated to helping kids learn, as well as love, the game in her post as director and president […]
US Military Golf Teams’ EOD Soldier, leads them to Victory
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAn Army explosive ordnance disposal Soldier led the U.S. Armed Forces Golf Team to victory during the 8th World Military Golf Championship here Nov. 21. Spc. Jordan-Tyler Massey from the 752nd EOD Company played on the Armed Forces Team against 14 different countries during the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) tournament in Bahrain Nov. […]
First African-American to play professional golf, others honored with Medal of Freedom
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfCharles Sifford withstood a torrent of racial slurs and death threats more than five decades ago to break the color barrier in professional golf, becoming the first African-American to earn a PGA tour card. On Monday, a beaming Sifford sat center stage in the ornate East Room at the White House as President Barack Obama, […]
10 things I’m thankful for about golf this Thanksgiving
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfAs Thanksgiving hurtles towards us at the speed of 1,000 Bubba Watson tee shots I feel compelled to make a list of things because lists of things are what the rest of the Internet is made up of. My list, however, is not a snarky list (okay, maybe it’s a little snarky) but rather things […]
Winning combination for women: Fun in the sun, golf with the champs
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfIt is no secret that playing competent golf is a major key to creating successful business relationships. For years, men have enjoyed this privilege and up until recently, women had been virtually shut out. Many women have bemoaned the fact “if I only knew then what I know now…” and would have taken up the game […]
Junior golf programme for Sarawak
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe Malaysia Golf Association (MGA) junior development programme will be extended to schools in Sarawak next year. This was announced by MGA president Tan Sri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor during his meeting with Sarawak Golf Association (SGA) president Hoan Kee Hock at Kelab Golf Sarawak (KGS), Petra Jaya yesterday. “We are going to extend the […]
100 teachers learn to deliver MyGolf in Schools
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfThe PGA of Australia, Golf Australia, Golf Victoria and School Sport Victoria, have provided approximately 100 Victorian teachers the opportunity to undertake professional development in golf. Held at Oakleigh South Primary School on Friday, November 21, the Golf Teacher Professional Development (PD) morning was designed for teachers who are both golfers and non-golfers, offering practical […]