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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…
Golf Growth In China Makes Sense — Dollars And Cents
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfChina will soon become the largest economy in the world. It has one of the planet’s most dynamic middle classes, and already the largest mobile market on the planet. Now add the fact that video content is rapidly moving from traditional television and cable to mobile devices. What does that mean for golf in the […]
Phil Mickelson Tops Tiger Woods As Golf’s Highest-Paid Player
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe U.S. Open kicks off this week with Phil Mickelson ranked behind only the favorites of Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth with the oddsmakers to win the tournament. Few golf fans would be surprised to see Mickelson’s name near the top of the leaderboard on Sunday. He’s finished second in the event six times during his […]
12 Aussies in British Amateur field
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfA big and powerful contingent of 12 Australians will step out in the British Amateur Championships at Carnoustie and Panmure golf clubs in Scotland beginning tonight. World amateur No. 14 Ryan Ruffels, the Australian junior champion, heads the group of Australians trying to win the prestigious title that dates to 1885. Ruffels and Lucas Herbert […]
Laucala Island championship golf course
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfLaucala Island, a private island located in Fiji, offers an 18-hole championship golf course that sees less than 150 tee-offs per year, promising privacy and exclusivity. Designed by David McLay Kidd, the par-72 golf course is surrounded by volcanic mountains and clings to a sheer cliff dropping into the Pacific Ocean. Tees and greens were […]
Why more women should take up golf
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfIf there is one piece of advice I could give today’s emerging business woman, it would be to add golf as a skill set in her networking routine. The advantages are just too palpable – both for her and her employer. Women still only represent about 20 percent of the U.S. golfing population – a […]
Inventors cross Crocs with golf shoes, score a hole-in-one
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfEach week, we seek expert advice to help a small or medium-sized business overcome a key issue. Going global came easily for Biion Footwear Inc. The company’s creatively coloured, all-plastic golf shoe was a big sensation at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando last year, surprising even president and chief executive officer Rick Buchanan. “We […]
6-Year-Old Will Play 100 Holes of Golf in Honor of Friend’s Memory
/0 Comments/in golf industry /by Madam“Some people I know have had cancer and are OK now. I want to help Danny’s doctor so kids with DIPG have more hope to beat their cancer, too,” Ryan writes on his fundraising page on the GFC website. As of Thursday, he had raised more than $8K of his $15K goal. Ryan’s original fundraising […]
6-Year-Old Will Play 100 Holes of Golf in Honor of Friend’s Memory
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4Golf“Some people I know have had cancer and are OK now. I want to help Danny’s doctor so kids with DIPG have more hope to beat their cancer, too,” Ryan writes on his fundraising page on the GFC website. As of Thursday, he had raised more than $8K of his $15K goal. Ryan’s original fundraising […]
Golf unites behind ending violence
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAustralia’s peak golfing bodies have thrown their support behind a campaign to stop domestic violence. To coincide with the release of a brilliant new song entitled “Let Me Breathe” by Colleen Hewett, Golf Australia, the PGA of Australia and ALPG have united to help promote the message of Violence Free Families. And with frightening statistics […]
Rivalries, rankings and Olympics offer Women’s PGA subplots – Golf – Eurosport Asia
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Live4GolfWinning a major is its own reward, but rivalries, rankings and next year’s Rio Olympics were also on the mind of contenders at the Women’s PGA Championship starting on Thursday at Westchester Country Club. Source: Rivalries, rankings and Olympics offer Women’s PGA subplots – Golf – Eurosport Asia