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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…
Rio 2016 golf course passes test with flying colours
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by MadamOn 9 March, nine Brazilian golfers took part in the Aquece Rio Golf Challenge in the Barra di Tijuca area of Rio de Janeiro to inaugurate the new course that will host the first Olympic golf competition in 112 years, reports the official Olympic Games website Alexandre Rocha, the highest ranked player in the men’s […]
Junior Initiative Aims to Build Future Champions
/0 Comments/in Asia, golf industry, Latest News /by MadamKuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The MYFutures Junior Tour (MYFJT), a junior development programme for budding young golfers, has teed-off at the Danau Golf Club. The programme is promoted by MYFutures Initiative Sdn Bhd and sanctioned by the Malaysian Golf Association with the intent of developing junior golf in Malaysia by creating a structured long-term strategy to […]
NSW Junior Golf Championships
/0 Comments/in Aussie Junior golfers, golf industry, Latest News /by MadamDates: July 4th – 8th 2016 Venues: Monday 4th Wyong Golf Club (Junior-Am) Tuesday 5th – Friday 8th Shelly Beach & Toukley Golf Clubs The New South Wales Junior Championships will head to the NSW Central Coast for 2016 & 2017, with Shelly Beach Golf Club and Toukley Golf Club hosting the […]
How ‘£2 per member’ can boost junior golf
/0 Comments/in golf industry /by MadamMembers of Sandiway Golf Club in Cheshire have shown their support of junior grass roots golf by agreeing to add an optional extra £2 to their membership subscriptions and raise £1,000 for the Golf Foundation. The Golf Foundation is the nationally recognised charity which provides young people of all backgrounds and abilities with the opportunity […]
Females a Priority in New2Golf Campaign
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by MadamGolf Development Wales has launched its fresh look 2016 New2Golf, Back2Golf scheme today (March 8) which will see women, families and couples given exciting incentives to give-golf-a-go or get back into the sport again. After a successful initiative that saw 1600 New2Golf members in 2015, with 55% of those being female, this year the focus […]
Female Athletes Take Center Stage at Inaugural ANA Inspiring Women in Sports Conference
/0 Comments/in golf industry /by MadamRANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA, March 9, 2016 – The world’s best golfers will not be the only champion female athletes at this year’s ANA Inspiration, as tournament officials last night announced the first-ever ANA Inspiring Women in Sports Conference, slated for Tuesday, March 29 at Mission Hills Country Club. Female sporting icons Missy Franklin, Annika Sorenstam, […]
Golf Queensland launches Queensland Golf Foundation
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamQueensland golfers are being asked to give back to the game they love with the launch of Golf Queensland’s new charity, the Queensland Golf Foundation. The Queensland Golf Foundation is asking members of the golfing community to pitch in and help contribute to the future of golf in Queensland. Participation and development of golf in […]
New players really want to play golf—until they try it
/0 Comments/in golf industry /by MadamThe number of people trying golf in the US for the first time has gone up, but overall participation continues to drop. What is the sport doing wrong? American golf should be growing rapidly. The sport is attracting more new players in the U.S. now than at any time since the early 2000s. And yet, […]
2015 Golf Participation in the U.S. – A slight dip tempered by strong positive indicators
/0 Comments/in golf industry /by MadamTwenty years after Tiger Woods stepped before a microphone in Milwaukee on Aug. 28, 1996, and with the words “Hello, World,” touched off the most meaningful golf industry growth since Arnold Palmer and President Eisenhower jump-started it 40 years earlier, there are reasons to be confident about the stability of the game. While the latest […]
PGA Tour, LPGA announce ‘strategic alliance agreement’
/0 Comments/in golf industry, Latest News /by MadamThe PGA Tour and LPGA announced a “strategic alliance agreement” Friday that could lead to joint events. The tours said in a news release that they are merely “formalizing their longstanding cooperative relationship” to promote the growth of golf and there is no transfer of ownership or control and there is no formal financial investment […]