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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 Tourism in Kenya: Five Courses to catch up on the Trend
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAccording to the Global Golf Trade Organization (IAGTO), golf tourism is on the rise. This unique trend in sport tourism continues to register a steady growth in the overall global tourism industry. A recent survey by IAGTO reveals that golf tour operator’s holiday sales grew by an average of 11.1% in 2013 against a 9.3% […]
Win a Game and Influence People
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe Vibrant Gujarat Golf Cup 2015 held in Gandhinagar this January was not just about golf. The event organised for the CEOs and other guests attending the Vibrant Gujarat Summit also included a brunch, an art exhibition and a dinner with a piano concert. The organisers, founders of Club Golf 27, Abhimanyu Singh and his […]
MyGolfer of the month: February 2015
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfThe MyGolf team congratulates the recipient of the February MyGolfer of the Month Award, Queenslander Kai Komulainen. Nine-year-old Kai joined the MyGolf program at Emerald Lakes Junior Golf Academy last December to further develop his golfing skills, even though he started playing golf a year earlier. Kai has been very eager to learn and improve […]
MyGolf centre of the month: February 2015
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfThe Royal Melbourne Golf Club, host of the 2015 ISPS Handa Women’s Australia Open, adopted the MyGolf program in order to bring more structure to its junior development program. Running the MyGolf program for the first time in Term 1, 2015, Royal Melbourne has well and truly set the bar high with a staggering 93 […]
Glow in the dark golf on offer at Edwalton Golf Course
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Live4GolfGolfers will be taking a shot in the dark tomorrow as they prepare to tee-off on a glow stick-lit green. Edwalton Golf Course, in Wellin Lane, is hosting a Night Golf competition with players, balls and the fairway illuminated by fluorescent sticks. Course manager Cai Bawden hopes the unusual event – the first of its kind at […]
PGA Tour Tees Up ‘More Than Golf’ Millennial Marketing Strategy
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe PGA Tour has changed its pitch in an effort to reach more Millennials. The pro golf tour wants to get this coveted demographic on the fairways, around the greens, and literally “into” the sport. The Tour is transforming its golf tournaments from the staid affairs of yesteryear into annual tent pole events, and not […]
CEO Keith Blakely of OnCore Golf Technology, Inc. to Be Interviewed on Clear Channel
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4Golf– OnCore Golf Technology, Inc., a company that has produced the world’s first and only patented hollow-metal core golf ball, announced today that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Keith Blakely will be interviewed live by host Michael Yorba on Clear Channel — iHeart Business Talk Radio’s “The Trader’s Network” Show. In this exclusive interview, Mr. Blakely […]
Golf-Open hosts Royal St George’s to allow women members
/0 Comments/in Featured, Latest News /by Live4GolfRoyal St George’s, one of three male-only clubs on the British Open rota, has voted to allow women members for the first time, British media reported on Wednesday. “The Royal St George’s Golf Club is pleased to announce that, following an extraordinary general meeting held on 14th February 2015 and a subsequent ballot of the […]
2015 Victorian Elite Squad Announced
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfThe High Performance Department would like to announce 2015 Victorian Elite Squad which will commence as of March, 2015. The aim of the Victorian Elite squad is to fast track the development of athletes into the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) & Golf Australia National Squad program. The squad also assists VIS first year scholarship […]
All hands on the clubs to improve female numbers at Northcote golf club
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfTOP women golfers are calling for an awareness campaign and facilities upgrade in a bid to reverse a decline in female players at Northcote’s public golf course. While Victorian statistics show women make up 25 per cent of the golfing population — a number Golf Victoria aims to increase to 50 per cent — Northcote has gone backwards, with […]