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What a girl wants

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Golf Datatech, LLC (golfdatatech.com) has released the results of the Women In Golf 2014 Study; a comprehensive study of the playing and purchasing habits of the serious female golfer. According to Datatech, female golfers make up more than 20% of the estimated 25 million golfers in the U.S., today and approximately 19% of all golf […]

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FootGolf raises optimism in the industry

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The PGA has touted many programs over the past few years to bring new revenue and new golfers to the game. But none has shown as much promise as the introduction of FootGolf, a soccer and golf hybrid, to courses all across the U.S. It appears to be accomplishing both goals of bringing new revenue […]

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Statement from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

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I am very pleased indeed to announce that the membership of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has voted overwhelmingly in favour of welcoming women members. More than three quarters of the club’s global membership took part in the ballot, with a decisive 85% voting for women to become members. This vote […]

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Tiger Woods Foundation and Tavistock Group form partnership

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The Tiger Woods Foundation and the Tavistock Group formed a partnership designed to elevate Woods’ World Challenge tournament to new heights. Now it has a new title sponsor, Hero Motocorp. “This title sponsorship of the Hero World Challenge is reflective of brand Hero’s rapidly expanding global footprint. Having been associated with the game in India for […]

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SNAG Model for Growing the Game

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Miami, United States: Developmental golf programming company SNAG (Starting New At Golf) and the Miami-Dade Parks & Recreation Department are running one of the largest youth golf programmes in the United States with the hope of introducing the game to hundreds of thousands of kids who otherwise would never have the opportunity to learn the […]

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Non conforming clubs: An Inconvenient Truth

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Perhaps the most talked-about club in golf the past six months is one many people haven’t even seen, existing only in the prototype stage and neatly tucked away in the back room of an R&D department. It might even be a computer-aided design drawing — an idea that has yet to come to fruition. But […]

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Can A Bigger Hole Save Golf?

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To date most industry efforts to “fix” golf have centered on the former issue, the time constraint, taking the form of faster playing alternatives to traditional 18-hole courses. Three years ago I wrote a feature on this architectural trend for American Way, the inflight magazine, in which I explained that as far back as 2007 […]

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IGF confirms qualification system for 2016 Olympic Games

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14 July 2014, Hoylake, England:  International Golf Federation officials confirmed today the qualification system that will be used for golf in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The announcement was made during a press conference at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, site of this week’s Open Championship, and follows ratification of the system by […]

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