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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…
Inaugural Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship to be Played Feb. 13-15 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfMyrtle Beach, S.C. — Founders Group International, the Dustin Johnson Golf School and Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday announce the inaugural Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship, a 54-hole tournament that will be played February 13-15 at TPC Myrtle Beach. The invitational event will feature a 90-player field comprised of elite-level boys and girls from across the […]
Growing the game on and off the green
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfThere’s something for everyone when teaching on and off the green in Perth. Local school students from Thornlie Christian College in Southern River, have recently been through the paces of learning golf in different settings. Whilst 95% of these children have never played golf before this gave them an opportunity to try it in the […]
Rangitikei Golf Club embroiled in promoting women’s golf
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfNew Zealand Golf’s Love Golf promotional campaign shifts into a new gear during November with the “She Loves Golf” campaign which aims to encourage women to give golf a go. The timing could not have been better with Lydia Ko making headlines for regaining the world No 1 spot. Along with Lydia, New Zealand golf […]
Introducing Qatar International Golf Club, a Mega-Golf Development in the Arabian Desert
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf, we’re often told, is in a fraught position, faced with slagging participation, decried by critics as exclusionary, widely cast as an environmental blight. What to do? Maybe the answers lie in a far-flung country with a bone-dry climate, a tiny golf-playing population and a pock-marked record on human rights. Introducing Qatar International Golf Club, […]
Adidas to Cut TaylorMade Work Force by 14 Percent
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAdidas Group CEO Herbert Hainer announced this week that the equipment giant plans to lay off approximately 14 percent of the global work force at its TaylorMade golf division by the end of the year. The announcement comes amid a quarterly report that shows TaylorMade sales rose 6 percent during the third quarter. But the […]
Qatar International Golf Club unveiled at Golf Business Forum
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfRevolutionary new golf and tourism project aims to grow the game of golf in Qatar and establish global best-practice Complete golfing journey offered to support beginners through to professionals including Olazabal designed championship courses Visionary plans for a new world-class golfing destination in the heart of Qatar’s Education City, Doha, have been unveiled […]
Pro-golf help now on hand
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfGolf professional Toni Batey is full of energy and enthusiasm for teaching both golf and swimming and hopes to pass on this enthusiasm to as many people as possible. She has been a golf professional for 25 years, travelling to South Island golf clubs teaching to all ages. In that time she also spent 11 […]
“Throwback” Golf Variations Gain Popularity
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfEncouraged by adventurous golfers, creative greens chairmen are now scheduling their own takes on reverse or cross-country golf days at their properties, a practice that dates back to The Old Course at St Andrews. “It’s astounding how different the terrain looks when you are coming down the fairway from the other side,” said golfer Mike […]
HSBC extends flagship WGC event in China
/0 Comments/in Latest News, Uncategorized /by Live4GolfShanghai – The flagship World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions will stay in China for the next five years with an increased prize fund of $9.5 million, officials said on Tuesday, making it the richest tournament outside the US and major championships. In a slew of announcements at the HSBC Golf Business Forum in Shanghai, the bank […]
Feherty calls for bigger golf balls to keep game popular
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfTop-level professional golf is headed by an “extraordinary group of players,” but the game urgently needs a bigger ball to keep it relevant for the average amateur, former Ryder Cup player and television analyst David Feherty said. While world No. 1 Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and others have given fans plenty to savor, both on […]