Jun 20th, 2017 Article
Girls Golf Rocks campaign working
According to England Golf, a campaign to get more girls in England playing golf is working.
According to England Golf, a campaign to get more girls in England playing golf is working.
Ian Poulter has received a PGA Recognition Award for his outstanding contribution to the game at the annual PGA lunch at Grosvenor House. And it's not before time.
A nine hole Tri-Golf course has been installed in the playing field at Lyng Primary School, one of the first schools to add golf to it’s curriculum. The course was built after £1,500 funding from the Golf Foundation and HSBC.
Titleist has been unveiled as the Official Golf Ball Partner of the 2017 Ricoh Women’s British Open, a partnership which will see the #1 ball in golf extend its support of women’s golf at all levels of the game.
Open sponsor HSBC has enlisted the support of the current Open Champion Henrik Stenson to help drive participation in golf around the world. And he had a little surprise for a young golf fan.
We thought it was a joke but apparently not. According to , the PGA Tour will hand $40 million via its Player Impact Program to the world’s top players in bonuses. The program has been set up to “recognize and reward players who positively move the needle.”
The Grove in Hertfordshire has been awarded GEO Certified® status, for commitment and efforts to achieve the credible international standard for sustainable golf course operation.
Our friends at Luke Roper have just had their annual golf day at the Welcombe Golf Course in Stratford upon Avon. It’s always a great day, as these guys love putting on a big show.
After more than a decade of year-on-year steep falls, golf participation and club membership in England has risen in the last year. Has golf turned a corner?
The Hero Dubai Desert Classic (HDDC) has become the first golf event in the Middle East and first within the DP World Tour Rolex Series to achieve GEO Certified® Tournament status, demonstrating the event’s leadership among sustainable golf events.
Take one bike, one set of clubs, 14 different Open venues and one complete nutter and you have the ‘The Great British Open Challenge’. London-based PGA professional, Luke Willett, he with a famous golfing namesake, is to pedal his way between all the Open venues playing 18 holes at each and cycling with his clubs on his back!
La Manga Club was associated with Severiano Ballesteros at the peak of his career, and the resort will pay further homage by hosting a qualifying event for the 2017 Seve Ballesteros Foundation Challenge charity golf tournament.