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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…
First-Pace Golf Day For Girls helps discover new young golfers
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfNadia Lawrance (17) and Jessica Dendy-Young (13) have been awarded a golf development prize package valued at R80,000 per girl by the inaugural First-Pace Golf Day for Girls, which took place at thePearl Valley Golf & Country Estate in Franschhoek on 11 November 2014. Final Results Selected senior: Nadia Lawrance (17) from Paarl Gimnasium. Senior […]
Golf Leaders Prod Slowpokes: ‘Just Step up and Hit It’
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfGolfers finally are getting answers on why it takes so long to play 18 holes. Among them: A putting green that allows a golf ball to roll 4.5 percent farther can add as much as 18 minutes to a round, according to a study by the U.S. Golf Association. The findings are among those revealed […]
Jack Nicklaus and Keegan Bradley join judge panel for “Best Pee-Wee Golf Swing Contest.”
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfOne of my favorite little events on the golf calendar each year is the “Best Pee-Wee Golf Swing in the World” contest. For five years now, PGA Professional Brendon Elliott has encouraged parents to videotape their little golfers taking their best cuts and submit them to a panel of celebrity golfers. And this year, Elliott […]
Operation Great Greens
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAmerican Lake Veterans Golf Course, located in Lakewood, Wash., is the only golf course in America designed and operated for the sole purpose of rehabilitating wounded and disabled veterans. With extremely limited funding, a large group of passionate volunteers care for and maintain the golf course, all for the benefit of veterans and specifically the […]
Indoor golf course part of new downtown development
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfDES MOINES, Iowa —The Des Moines Business Record reports a new development near Principal Park will include an indoor country club. The Green Foundry at Southwest Third Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is being redeveloped by Rich Eychaner. Renovation work is already underway. The Business Record said the foundry will become a retail […]
LBGF Achieves Target thanks to SNAG Golf
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfSNAG Golf has been a revelation for the LBGF Trust, a non-profit organisation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The LBGF Trust uses the great game of golf as a tool to enrich the lives of disadvantaged children, by providing a positive impact on children, their families and communities. According to South African statistics, there are over […]
VISION 2020 Delivers Inspiration in Barcelona
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfThe 9th European Golf Business Conference hosted by the European Golf Course Owners Association last week in Barcelona has been hailed as ‘the best to date’’ with over 500 golf courses represented from 27 countries, writes John King. The EGCOA’S VISION 2020 project which was developed to provide a roadmap for the sustainable development of […]
Algarve Launches ‘golf4all’ With New Disabled Golf Open
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe Algarve, one of Europe’s leading golf destinations, will mark the launch of its new ‘golf4all’ campaign by hosting a new international disability golf tournament in November. Europe’s leading impaired golfers will compete in the European Disabled Golfers Association (EDGA) Algarve Open – where the winner of the 2014 EDGA Premier Series Order of Merit […]
Golfer Carlos Ortiz is better now he needs to be bigger
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfIn his first year as a professional, Carlos Ortiz became an instant hit in 2014 on the Web.com Tour, winning three times to earn player of the year honors and in the process a promotion to the PGA Tour. Now he’s ready to hit the gym. The lanky youngster, who tops out at 6-0 and […]
BMW New Zealand Open Day: Seventy-five clubs signed up for December 6
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfA total of 75 golf clubs from all over the country have signed up for the inaugural BMW New Zealand Open Day in December. The nationwide event, where 100 per cent of the proceeds will go to the tournament’s official charity The First Tee, will be held on Saturday December 6 at golf clubs as […]