To show our support of the national program PlayGolf Week that is happening in Australia 17-23 November 2014, Grow The Game Central is offering an AU$500 grant to one initiative in Australia. (T/C apply)

Grow the Game Central was launched in September 2014 with an aim to create a world-wide community of like-minded people banding together to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to play the game of golf or increase their participation.

The initial web launch has received incredible feedback thus far through social media and through emails.

Golf Industry Central Director Mike Orloff says he created the website www.live4golf.com.au to tackle challenges such as declining participation and the ageing demographic of players and to attract a new generation of golfers.

“Many new grow the game initiatives being trialled today have great merit but don’t garner enough financial support to get off the ground,” said Mr Orloff. “

“Growing the game should be the main priority for everyone in the industry and Grow The Game Central wants to put our money where our mouth is and offer the first of our self-funded grants to the wider golfing community.”

To register, simply send us a short application letter that outlines the following:

• Name, location and summary of your grow the game initiative.
• What is the goal of your initiative?

Applications will be accepted through 31 December 2014 with a winner announced early in the New Year. Send to sales@golfindustrycentral.com.au c/o Mike Orloff- Director

In the meantime applicants may want to also promote their “initiatives” via our crowdfunding platform.

ABOUT

Grow The Game Central is targeted at anyone who loves golf, makes a living off the game and wants to grow the popularity of the game.

“We are utilising modern approaches such as “crowdsourcing” and “crowdfunding” to help overcome some of the problems and move closer to achieving our vision. “A world with too many golfers”

Mike Orloff is a US and Australian PGA Member with more than 22 years of industry-wide experience working for two of the biggest international golf management companies in Australia and the USA. He launched Golf Industry Central in July 2008 to provide recruitment, operations, and marketing services to golf-related business in the Australasian region. His role has also been keeping his database up to date on industry news.

Now based on the Gold Coast, Australia, Mike consults directly to clients as well as via workshops and conferences in New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia. His passion for growing the game comes from the enormous positive impact golf has had on his life.

“When I was 16, I took up the game after my cousin suggested it on a family holiday as a pastime when the surf wasn’t happening. With encouragement from my older brother Bill, I considered playing for a living but decided to make a career of golf instead, moving up the ranks within the biggest golf management company at the time in the USA.”

To get involved in Grow The Game Central, anyone can join the on-line forum to discuss what is happening locally and internationally, contribute news or best practices, and support initiatives happening around the world.

For more information visit www.live4golf.com.au or contact Mike Orloff by email Mike@GolfIndustryCentral.com.au or phone: + (61) 415 682 259