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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 industry enters new era of collaboration to keep growing game
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfThe leaders of five major golf organizations in the United States shared a refocused, collaborative approach to grow, protect and perpetuate the health of the game during a press conference today at THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The LPGA, Masters Tournament, PGA of America, PGA TOUR and the United States Golf Association, […]
Day: Without Woods, I probably wouldn’t be playing golf
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfWithout Tiger Woods, there wouldn’t be a Jason Day — at least one that plays pro golf. Day, who played a practice round with Woods on Tuesday at The Players Championship, credits the 14-time major winner with inspiring him to pick up a golf club. “Without him, I probably wouldn’t be playing golf,” Day said […]
Golf Victoria & First National Real Estate partner to assist with heart research via unique Heart Open event
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf Victoria is delighted to unveil First National Real Estate as the inaugural naming rights partner of the 2015 GV Heart Open to be held at Royal Melbourne on Monday 1 June. The GV Heart Open which has run for the past 25 years will be known as the “GV Heart Open, presented by First […]
Sporting Schools a pathway to Golf
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfA new pilot programme will help schools increase the number of students playing Golf as part of the Australian Government’s plan to get more children fit and healthy through its Sporting Schools program. Natasha Griggs MP, Federal Member for Solomon, joined Golf Australia and the Australian Sports Commission to launch Golf Australia’s new Sporting Schools […]
SEQDGA wins $500 grant for grow the game initiative
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfGrow The Game Central (GTGC) has awarded the South East Queensland District Golf Association (SEQDGA) with a first ever $500 grant in support of their district-wide Pee Wee Pennant initiative to grow the game. The grant was offered in encouragement of the 2014 national program PlayGolf Week in Australia and complies with GTGC’s approach to […]
China targets golf, ‘sport for millionaires’
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfHONG KONG President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on vice and corruption in China has gone after drugs, gambling, prostitution, ill-gotten wealth and overflowing banquet tables. Now it has turned to a less obvious target: golf. In a flurry of recent reports, state-run news outlets have depicted the sport as yet another temptation that has led Communist […]
MyGolf selected for Sporting Schools initiative
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfHundreds of school children will be introduced to golf through the new Sporting Schools initiative as part of the Federal Government’s plan to get more children involved in sport. MyGolf, Australia’s national junior golf programme, has been selected as one of 12 sports to make up a new pilot that will see golf enter schools […]
Spieth’s success could help AU golf, too
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAuburn head men’s golf Coach Nick Clinard watches a lot of golf. And the more he watches, the more Under Armour products he sees on the links. “To me, we’re seeing Under Armour out there right now as much as we’re seeing Nike,” Clinard said. “You’re seeing a lot of Under Armour gear.” Auburn head […]
Brown passes away at age 80 – first African-American to win a PGA TOUR title
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfPete Brown, who survived polio as a teenager and then made PGA TOUR history when he became the first African-American golfer to win an officially sanctioned PGA TOUR title, died May 1 in Augusta, Georgia. He was 80. Brown was a native of Port Gibson, Mississippi, and learned the game in Jackson, Mississippi, first working […]
Golf is great for kids too
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfGolf has been a family past-time for hundreds of years, with parents sharing their love of the game and fostering the aptitude of young golfers who then carry on the tradition. Many may wonder if their children will have the patience and coordination required to play golf, but for this reason it is actually an […]