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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…
Kiradech ready to ‘give back’ to the game through Academy
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat will launch his own golf academy in Bangkok later this week to expand the legacy of his late coach and also to ‘give back’ to the game. The big-hitting former Asian Tour number one, who won his first title on European soil last week for his second victory of the year, […]
New look with one year before Rio
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAustralia’s top golfers will not only return to the Olympic family in one year’s time, they’ll do so wearing brand new logos. As the countdown to Rio 2016 hits the one-year mark today, the Australian Olympic Committee has launched its new branding in Sydney. Gone are the three entirely different logos of the team, the […]
MyGolf centre of the month: July 2015
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAlyangula Golf Club, nestled within the tropical setting of Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, is the winner of this month’s MyGolf Centre of the Month award. Alyangula wanted to align with Australia’s national junior golf program to deliver a structured junior program at the club and subsequently signed up to MyGolf earlier this year. […]
Report: Rory McIlroy Planning PGA Championship Practice Round at Whistling Straits
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfRory McIlroy is scheduled to play a practice round Saturday at Whistling Straits in what appears to be a test run for his injured ankle in advance of next week’s PGA Championship, according to a report by Reuters, which cited a “reliable” source. The world No. 1 has already ruled himself out of the WGC-Bridgestone […]
Sir Nick Faldo to Host Amateur Tournament in Vietnam
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfSir Nick Faldo, newly-appointed as brand ambassador for Laguna Lang Co in Central Vietnam, is partnering with the acclaimed golf resort in a series of new amateur golf tournaments, including the inaugural Laguna Golf Classic in November. As home to a championship course designed by the six-time Major winner, which he opened in 2012, Sir […]
Here’s How Much Water Golf Courses, Ski Resorts, and Pools Are Using in California
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfCalifornia residents have gotten used to gentle coaxing to save water: ads urging residents to “Make It a Quickie” when showering and restaurants withholding water unless it’s ordered, for example. But it wasn’t enough: This spring, Gov. Jerry Brown mandated water use reduction for the first time in California’s history. Starting in June, cities and […]
FootGolf: More players get kick out of soccer, golf combo
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfFootGolf is spreading to golf courses across the U.S., including Fox Hills Golf and Banquet Center in Plymouth and Fellows Creek Golf Club in Canton. Both are official American FootGolf League courses. FootGolf is a combination of golf and soccer. Instead of using a golf ball and club, a player uses his foot to kick […]
Positive trends for golf in Australia
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf participation is on the rise across Australia with golf club members playing an increased number of competition rounds in the last financial year. The latest national competition rounds report released by the Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC) produced some positive information for those in the golf industry. Across Australia approximately 14.4 million rounds of […]
Research Partnership Aims to Drive Golf Participation
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfSt Andrews, Scotland: Golf could hold the key to tackling Europe’s current epidemics of physical inactivity, obesity and low youth participation in sport. While the world’s best golfers competed in last week’s 144th Open Championship, major organisations from the European golf sector gathered with researchers at the University of St Andrews in an effort to […]
Participation in golf: The shocking facts over the last seven years
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf in England has lost more than 200,000 weekly, and well over 400,000 monthly, players in just the last seven years, according to new data. The latest Active People Survey (APS) results, for six months to the end of March, show that 727,700 people aged 16-plus, play golf for at least 30 minutes a week. […]