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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…
Women’s Golf Day is 5 weeks away!
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamPlease share and forward this to the women in your organization, family, work place and community. It is a one day, 4 hour event for beginners and exisiting golfers happening at over 614 locations in 42 countires! Sign up on our website to participate in one of the sport’s fastest growing movements on June 6, 2017 at a […]
Bid to Set Record for Number of Free Lessons
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by MadamWE ARE GOLF (WAG) – a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners – will once again partner with Topgolf for National Golf Day 2017, offering free golf lessons at the company’s 28 venues across America. Taking place on April 26, Topgolf is attempting to set a company record for most golf lessons […]
National Golf Day – an active voice in directing legislation to help the game.
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamHaving attended National Golf Day every year since its inception in 2008, World Golf Foundation CEO Steve Mona doesn’t hesitate in conveying how the event has evolved as it celebrated its 10th anniversary on Wednesday. Where once its purpose was primarily as an educational endeavor aimed at breaking down negative stereotypes about the sport, it […]
How Topgolf Has Become a New Driving Force in Golf Participation
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamThe influence Topgolf has had in welcoming players to its fun, social, non-intimidating version of golf is undeniable, with off-course participation (a figure that also includes regular driving ranges and indoor golf simulators) up a healthy 11.1% in 2016. Over the past year, the number of golfers who played on a golf course for the […]
NGF Report shows Positive growth in U.S. Golf Participation
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamNGF’s 2017 participation report shows many of the trends in traditional participation to be encouraging: the total number of beginning golfers (those playing on a golf course for the first time ever in 2016) rose to a record-high 2.5 million, surpassing the previous record set in 2000, when Tiger Woods was at his prime and […]
Big push in ladies golf to boost numbers
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamThomasin Keogh is one of 20 athletes already signed up for the Ladies, Let’s Golf, program and more are welcome. There are two free introductory session next week and the level 1 coaching program will start in early May. Keogh said she first played golf when she joined the Oxley club 18 months ago when […]
Olympian to inspire Australian MyGolfers
/0 Comments/in Featured, golf industry, Latest News /by MadamMinjee Lee has proudly put her name to MyGolf, Australia’s national junior participation program, which is jointly run by Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia. Australia’s top-ranked female golfer joins men’s world No.3 Jason Day as a joint ambassador of the booming program that’s designed to boost the growth of junior golf around the […]
Over 50 superintendents to take part in National Golf Day
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamGreg Brandriet is a small-town man from South Dakota who has never been to Washington, D.C. But the 41-year-old golf course superintendent from Elkhorn Golf Course in Spearfish, S.D., will visit the nation’s capital this month as one of more than 50 superintendents taking part in National Golf Day on April 26. He also plans […]
Ten Facts About Golf in Celebration of Earth Day 2017
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by MadamGolf is a sport for a lifetime that delivers more than 2 million jobs and $69 billion in annual economic impact while contributing $3.9 billion per year for philanthropic causes — more than all other sports combined. A professionally managed golf course can demonstrate environmental stewardship and provide a place to meet exercise and fitness […]
Recap of the 2017 Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamEight junior golfers – four boys and four girls – were crowned champions at the fourth annual Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals held Sunday (April 2) at Augusta National Golf Club. The road to the National Finals began last summer as youngsters competed at one of 250 local qualifiers at courses across all 50 […]