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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 course investments could help lure Chinese tourists to the Grand Strand
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfMyrtle Beach tourism leaders have made an imprint in China. Between efforts made by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and marketing cooperative Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, they have managed to get the Grand Strand featured in a travel piece on China’s largest cable network, videos on a Chinese international airline, and magazine articles, […]
Golf industry to benefit from new PGA Member Development Officers
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe PGA of Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Member Development Officers in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Ben Doney (New South Wales), Mark Weir (Queensland) and Daniel Waters (Victoria), will take up their respective positions with the PGA in April. These three positions will drive the PGA’s Member Visitation […]
Plans for more Tasmanian courses as frisbee golf takes off
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfMore Australians are embracing a new take on the traditional golf game involving the humble frisbee. Disc golf involves players throwing a flying disc at a number of targets and traversing a course from beginning to end with the fewest number of throws. Tasmania boasts the country’s oldest golf course at Bothwell and also has […]
These golf clubs are doing amazing work to increase the numbers of disabled golfers
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfA new charter which aims to grow the number of disabled people who play golf has been welcomed. The Charter for Change, from the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS), outlines the key changes needed to ensure many more disabled people can reap the benefits of being active for life. Jamie Blair, England Golf disability […]
There are 3,297 golf clubs in the British Isles
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAn unprecedented report into the global golf industry that took 25,000 hours to compile has found that there are 3,297 golf clubs in the British Isles. The R&A’s Golf around the world 2015 is the first ever official count into all the golf courses in the world, concluding that there 34,011 golf facilities in 206 […]
Stars Show That Golf Can be Child’s Play
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfA group of local youngsters were treated to an inspiring look at the game of golf by some of the Ladies European Tour’s leading professionals as they gathered on the sidelines of the US$600,000 World Ladies Championship. Mission Hills Academies professional Jason Wu coaches a youngster during the children’s clinic at the World Ladies Championship. […]
5 tips for avoiding the blowups in golf (and business)
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfThe more I learn this game of golf, the more I realize it is just like business and life. In life, you ride the roller coaster of victories and defeats, and with golf you can do that from hole to hole. As I work to bring my handicap down, one of the problems I’m having […]
LPGA Tour star Stacy Lewis to golf parents: ‘It’s the kids playing … not the parents’
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfStacy Lewis had some sound advice for parents Wednesday at the JTBC Founders Cup during a press conference with LPGA-USGA Girls Golf players. “I always tell parents, ‘It’s the kids playing. It’s not the parents playing,’” said the third-ranked Lewis, the 2013 tournament champion. “That’s, I think, what kind of some of the big problems […]
Chinese market for Fiji International golf
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfTHE Fiji International has attracted the Chinese market after being showcased at the China Golf Show in Beijing last week. The three-day show which ended on Sunday promoted the event to over 18,000 golf consumers and cementing Fiji’s place as a must visit golf destination to the Chinese market. The show is considered the world’s […]
Could Placemaking Become the New Golf? Repurposing Obsolete Courses
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfYou wouldn’t necessarily notice, not unless you’ve had a particular reason to be paying attention, but the US has way more golf courses than the industry and its enthusiasts can support. Once-flourishing fairways, greens, and clubhouses are being decommissioned all over the place, leaving communities with empty land, sometimes contaminated from years of intensive chemical […]