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Quartet of new coaches get set for influx of female golfers
love.golf, the empowering group coaching experience for women, has welcomed four new coaches to its ranks as it gears up to attract women to golf throughout 2022.
Karyn Burns from East Kilbride Golf Club near Glasgow, has joined Leicestershire’s Amy Taylor and duo Damon Wood and Sam Proctor, both based in Cheshire, in signing up to the program this year.
love.golf, supported by Syngenta, replaces traditional instruction with the freedom to explore new skills, discover untapped potential and…
World Series of Golf – Turbo Tournaments launched
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfWhat is a “World Series of Golf – Turbo Tournament”? Well, it is not Golf as you know it! For Example; Like ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ Tournaments did for Poker, so will the ‘World Series of Golf Turbo-Tournaments’ do for Golf! You only have to beat your group (of 5 players) to advance to the next […]
Roof top golf is a big hit at Birkdale!
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf went through the roof at Birkdale Primary School during part of a ‘Blue Peter’ nationwide scheme to widen children’s participation in sport and inspire their friends to try them out. The venture was unique because when the school ran out of play space a roof system was designed to allow the pupils to operate […]
Youth programme helps Ramsdale Park earn international sustainability award
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfA youth sponsorship initiative at Ramsdale Park Golf Centre, Nottingham, has helped the public pay-and-play facility earn the prestigious international sustainability ecolabel, GEO Certified®. Viewed as the global mark for sustainability in golf businesses, GEO Certified® is administered by the Golf Environment Organization (GEO) according to strict codes set by ISEAL, the global leader in defining […]
SNAG Model for Growing the Game
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, Featured /by Live4GolfMiami, United States: Developmental golf programming company SNAG (Starting New At Golf) and the Miami-Dade Parks & Recreation Department are running one of the largest youth golf programmes in the United States with the hope of introducing the game to hundreds of thousands of kids who otherwise would never have the opportunity to learn the […]
Oman junior golf development programme receives a boost
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4Golf(MENAFN – Muscat Daily) The Oman Golf Committee’s (OGC) efforts to give the sport a boost in the sultanate has received a shot in the arm with Volkswagen Oman extending its support towards the fast-improving junior development programme by signing an agreement on Monday. The move has come at a time when the OGC is […]
Golf Industry Central Launches Global Initiative to Grow the Game
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf Industry Central today launched a new initiative called Grow The Game Central that aims to create a world-wide community of like-minded people banding together to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to play the game of golf or increase their participation. Golf Industry Central Director Mike Orloff says he created the website www.live4golf.com.au to […]
World Urban Golf Day hits Australian shores
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAbout halfway through September in a city called Portland Oregon a festival kicks off that serves to promote and celebrate the sport of golf. However this is not golf as you know or have seen it before. This festival is for a special brand of golf known as Urban Golf. Players have swapped greens and […]
Playgolf WEEK stacking up to be biggest week of golf activities
/0 Comments/in Best Practice /by Live4GolfNearly 300 golf facilities across Australia will host the inaugural Playgolf WEEK campaign from 17-23 November. Held nationally for the first time and presented by Drummond Golf, Playgolf WEEK will be Australia’s biggest week of golf events, aiming to increase participation and engagement with the sport. The participating facilities will be opening their doors to […]
NZ Golf launches LOVE Golf Campaign
/0 Comments/in Best Practice /by Live4GolfIt began with the now world-famous #KogoesPro video with Lydia Ko and All Black Israel Dagg and now New Zealand Golf launches the LOVE Golf campaign. It is the first time that New Zealand Golf has undertaken a nationwide promotion of golf with the aim of the campaign to drive people towards golf club membership […]
Non conforming clubs: An Inconvenient Truth
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfPerhaps the most talked-about club in golf the past six months is one many people haven’t even seen, existing only in the prototype stage and neatly tucked away in the back room of an R&D department. It might even be a computer-aided design drawing — an idea that has yet to come to fruition. But […]