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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…
Former NZ prime minister Key & Lydia Ko new ISPS HANDA charity ambassadors
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamNew Zealand’s former Prime Minister John Key and women’s world number one Lydia Ko are the newest ambassadors for International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS HANDA), the leading global organisation supporting blind and disabled golf. The ambassadors will represent ISPS during the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth and ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open tournaments Feb. […]
Free Come and Try Golf Clinic – Parkwood QLD – 2 March 2017
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamEmpower Golf is hosting a Come and Try Golf Clinic at Parkwood Golf Club on Thursday 2 March 2017. Come and Try Golf Clinics are the ideal way to introduce new people living with a disability to golf for the first time or to re-introduce players to the game they love after accident or illness. […]
Wild golf reimagines the ancient game as a contact sport
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamA 27-year-old Michigan native, Caramagno owns a production company, Wilderness Xtreme Sports Media, which he has used to film a number of wild golf outings. At first blush, the fledgling sport looks a bit like speed golf. But whereas speed golf tracks your score as a combination of shots-taken and time-elapsed, wild golf doesn’t bother […]
Women’s Golf Day News Conference Attracts Key Industry Stakeholders
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamIt was standing room only at the Woman’s Golf Day (WGD) news conference, held last week in conjunction with the 2017 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla. A highly-informed panel of golf leaders consisting of Mark Gore (ClubCorp), David MacLaren (European Tour Properties), Steve Mona (World Golf Foundation) and Antony Scanlon (International Golf Federation), spoke […]
Disability Boost for Welsh Golf Championships
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamGolfers with a disability will be able to compete in most Golf Union of Wales championships this summer, making it one of the first sports to be inclusive at the highest levels. GUW Championships from 2017 will be incorporating modified rules of golf into its general conditions for the vast majority of events run under […]
IGF threatens to relocate Olympic golf competition
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamAnother Olympic golf competition, another Olympic golf course controversy. Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is set to host the Olympic golf competition for the 2020 Tokyo Games, failed to reach a resolution ending its policy restricting women from becoming full members. According to Reuters, the board met on Tuesday following public pressure on the club, the […]
MyGolf Presents…Adam
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamMyGolf Presents brings to life the unique stories, characters, experiences and fun of MyGolf. Meet Adam. Having started in prep, he’s been playing golf for three years. He’s now nine years old and is turning convention on its head by inspiring his own family to play. He is the first member of his family to […]
MyGolf Presents…Siobhan
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamMyGolf Presents brings to life the unique stories, characters, experiences and fun of MyGolf. Meet Siobhan. She started playing golf at nine years of age when she went to the range with her grandpa. She’s 11 now and has learned heaps at MyGolf. Source: Golf Australia
MyGolf Presents…Isaac
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamMyGolf Presents brings to life the unique stories, characters, experiences and fun of MyGolf. Meet Isaac. He’s just turned five and already drives the ball up to 115m! He’s a special talent, and his enthusiasm, energy and love of golf makes him the perfect person to help show just how much fun golf is for […]
R&A new lead partner of the Golf Environment Awards
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by MadamThe R&A has become a lead partner of the Golf Environment Awards (GEA). The R&A will work alongside STRI (formerly known as the Sports Turf Research Institute) to bring greater credibility and recognition to what recognised as one of the most valued and established award programmes that directly promotes golf’s positive environmental standing. The GEA […]