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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 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 […]
Turkish golf business offers growth potential
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf is big business and Turkey is becoming an important European market for resorts that cater to the game’s enthusiasts. Golf is worth more than 50 billion euros a year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), according to a study by KPMG Golf Advisory Practice published in 2013. These latest available figures claim […]
Bring your Grandkids and Kids to Try Golf Day
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfThe Federal Golf Club in Canberra held its inaugural ‘Bring your Grandkids and Kids to Try Golf Day’ on Sunday 3 May, 2015. The event was held in sunny conditions in the nation’s capital and attracted just over seventy children mostly aged between eight to ten years old, including thirty-eight girls. After a lunch that was provided […]
Korea’s soldier-golfers fight to stay out of bunkers.
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfWhile the lure of fame and fortune fires the imagination of most aspiring golfers, players on South Korea’s armed forces team hope their talents will let them fulfil two years of military service on the fairways rather than the frontlines. With North Korea and its million-strong army regularly hurling threats of nuclear annihilation across the […]
Great Opening For Mini Men’s Golf
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfTHE Anglican Church Alexandra Hills’ day of introductory golf for Mini Man Shed turned out to be a swinging success, showing great potential for junior golfers at Pacific Golf Club. Ten young students had the unique opportunity to attend a sponsored golf clinic instructed by club professionals, followed by 9 Holes on the Par 3 […]
This Interactive Golf Graphic Is An Easy Way To Kill Six Or Seven Hours.
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfData visualization is one of those buzz terms you hear once in a while but perhaps aren’t quite sure what it means. Not to worry. It’s basically just a way of taking a bunch of numbers and presenting it in a more compelling way than . . . well, a bunch of numbers. An example […]
Murdaca plots future path
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf Australia national squad member Antonio Murdaca has signed with global management company ISM. Murdaca, 19, competed at The Masters last month and drew wide praise for his effort as the third-best-performed amateur at Augusta National. The South Australian has aspirations to turn professional later this year, potentially before the European Tour’s qualifying school. Golf […]
Greg Norman keeping busy with golf and FOX Sports
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfNot even a potentially debilitating chainsaw accident could slow down Greg Norman. The World Golf Hall of Famer is too busy designing golf courses, working with his real estate business, promoting his golf apparel and wines, speaking on behalf of his sponsors and getting ready for his newest venture as the lead analyst on FOX […]
Aussies steeled for Sawgrass
/0 Comments/in Steve Elkington /by Live4GolfNine Australians headed by world No. 7 Jason Day are contesting the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Florida starting tonight. The Players is the flagship event of the PGA Tour of the United States with the strongest field, and Day, who went 0-3 in the World Golf Championship matchplay in San Francisco last week, […]
Gold Coast to St Andrews for three junior golfers
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe recipients of the inaugural Mayor’s Junior Golf Development scholarship were officially announced today at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast. Teenagers Conrad Rafferty, Peter Lyon and Blaze Chapman received the inaugural scholarship which was presented to them by Gold Coast Mayor, Tom Tait. The trio will now join the who’s who of […]