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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…
ASGCA Past President Jay Morrish dies
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfJay Morrish, a Past President and Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, died March 2, 2015. He was 78. ASGCA members and the golf industry will remember Morrish’s design work around the world, as well as his service to ASGCA and the game of golf. Morrish received a degree in landscape and […]
STB eyes South Korea, sports tourism as new growth nodes
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) is looking to attract new tourist markets from countries such as South Korea as well as expand its horizons in terms of the different kind of tourism available, such as golf tourism. This was reiterated during the group’s media familiarisation trip jointly organised with Omni Tours and Travel Sdn Bhd, […]
Wie Looks Forward to Making 2016 U.S. Olympic Golf Team
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfMichelle Wie and the rest of the LPGA Tour players are in Singapore for this week’s HSBC Women’s Champions. The $1.4 million event gets underway Thursday at Sentosa Golf Club. Competing in the event for the sixth time, the 25-year-old Hawaiian is in one of the first round’s marquee pairings with No. 1-ranked Lydia Ko […]
How Topgolf Flipped The Traditional Driving Range Model
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfAccording to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association, participation in golf dropped in 2014 for the fifth consecutive year. The year prior, the National Golf Foundation reported that over 400,000 people left the sport altogether. Yet, the decline in popularity hasn’t stopped Topgolf from creating a unique category of entertainment that mixes the energy and excitement of […]
Nicklaus on RC task force: ‘Just go play golf’
/0 Comments/in Best Practice, golf industry /by Live4GolfIf you think the only real solution to the United States’ Ryder Cup woes is better play, you’ll be happy to hear from Jack Nicklaus. Speaking with NBC broadcasters Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller in the 18th tower at PGA National on Sunday, Nicklaus was asked for his take on the U.S. Ryder Cup task […]
‘Altered Course’ reality show combines team golf, speed, fitness
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfGolf Channel announced Monday a new reality competition series, “Altered Course,” currently in production that combines golf, speed, fitness, teamwork and decision-making as teams navigate re-imagined and extreme golf holes in excess of 700 yards, traversing the natural obstacles and challenging terrain as fast as possible. “Athleticism and fitness have taken on a much greater […]
Rio Olympics 2016: Activists Protest Olympics Meeting Over Golf Course Concerns
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfA small group of protesters disrupted a meeting of the International Olympics Committee Saturday to draw attention to the environmental destruction caused by preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games set for Rio de Janeiro. The Associated Press reported a group of environmental activists protested in the lobby of a hotel at Rio’s Copacabana Beach where the executive […]
2016: Activists Protest Meeting Over Golf Course Concerns
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfA small group of protesters disrupted a meeting of the International Olympics Committee Saturday to draw attention to the environmental destruction caused by preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games set for Rio de Janeiro. The Associated Press reported a group of environmental activists protested in the lobby of a hotel at Olympic Games where the executive board of […]
Boost for golf tourism
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfWHILE organisers of Fiji’s biggest professional golf tournament are gearing up for this year’s event in October, stakeholders in the tourism industry say the tournament continues to attract a large number of tourists. Rosie Holidays general manager Eroni Puamau said they had seen increased bookings from Chinese golfers following the broadcast of the Fiji International […]
Golf remains a game of the elite in Iran
/0 Comments/in Latest News /by Live4GolfThe bumpy fairways and patchy putting surfaces — more burnt-out browns than grassy greens — are not much to look at. In Iran however, this is golf at its finest. Only 3,500 people, around 500 of them women, from a population of 78 million, pick up a club. The size of the sport is reflected […]