Category: Grow the Game

Singapore: The Asian Golf Industry Federation has launched a new initiative that shines the spotlight on females in the sporting world.

St Andrews, Scotland: Golf enjoyed an increase in participation by 2.3 million adults in Great Britain and Ireland last year and the sport is now being encouraged to grasp the opportunity to retain new and returning players.

California, United States: Women’s Golf Day, Callaway Golf Company and Topgolf joined together to ring the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.

Birmingham, England: The Professional Golfers’ Association of Great Britain & Ireland and sustainable golf brand OCEANTEE have signalled their intentions to grow the game by agreeing a three-year partnership.

Florida, United States: Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam lead the line-up of stars from the world of golf for WGD Palooza, a virtual online event delivered by Women’s Golf Day and hosted at the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Melbourne, Australia: Linda Chen has introduced hundreds of Chinese-Australians to golf in the past 12 months as a community instructor at Oakleigh public golf course in south-eastern Melbourne.

London, England: Sir Nick Faldo celebrates 25 years of growing the game as the Faldo Series announces its global schedules for the 2021 season.

Lang Co, Vietnam: Laguna Golf Lang Co, home of the annual Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, has reaffirmed its commitment to developing the champions of tomorrow.

St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A is submitting a planning application to Glasgow City Council for the construction of a new community golf facility that it is hoped will open in the summer of 2022.

Florida, United States: Women’s Golf Day has launched three new language versions of its website to reflect the diverse nature of its community.

London, England: Sir Nick Faldo has announced a new collaboration in America with the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour that will create the largest global junior golf tour partnership of its kind in the world.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Golf Saudi has announced a number of new programmes connected to The Social Agenda, part of the newly-launched National Sustainability Strategy.