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An open letter to golfers

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Hey! How’s it going? Great day for golf, huh? Nice shirt! Is that an Ashworth? Listen dude, you don’t know me but I’m kind of an old fart who’s been around the turfy side of golf business for a long time. I just need about three minutes of your time to share something your course […]

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MyGolfer of the month: February 2015

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The MyGolf team congratulates the recipient of the February MyGolfer of the Month Award, Queenslander Kai Komulainen. Nine-year-old Kai joined the MyGolf program at Emerald Lakes Junior Golf Academy last December to further develop his golfing skills, even though he started playing golf a year earlier. Kai has been very eager to learn and improve […]

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Golfers play Frostbite Open

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Wearing multiple layers of clothing, topped off by heavy coats, hats and gloves, 45 teams played nine holes of golf on frozen Presque Isle Bay on February 22, the Erie (Pa.) Times-News reported. The annual Joe Root’s Frostbite Open, a fundraiser put on by the Presque Isle Partnership, drew 160 golfers who hit balls over the snow-covered ice. “A […]

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Government Seeking to Popularise Golf in South Korea

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The South Korean Government is seeking to popularise golf by opening more public courses and lowering green fees after President Park Geun-hye highlighted the need to get more people to play the sport. According to a Yonhap report published in the Korea Herald, insiders said related ministries are in the process of coming up with ways to make golf more […]

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$130k boost for young golfers

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IN JUST over a year, 16-year-old Leverett Chua has slashed his golf handicap from a respectable 21 to a resounding 0.8. Even better, he was mentored by Singapore’s top professional golfer Mardan Mamat – and he did not have to fork out thousands of dollars in green fees and graphite drivers. The St Gabriel’s Secondary […]

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Youth comes first as golf club opens new academy

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Lurgan Golf Club officially opened its new academy last week with the aim of getting more young people involved in the sport.Youn The state of the art driving range includes a chipping green, short game area and two practice bunkers. It has been constructed with financial support from the Department of Social Development via the […]

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Norman wants golf to attract young players

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Greg Norman has called on the golf industry to ‘get outside the box’ and ‘think like a kid’ to attract missing young players to the game. Tradition-bound golf and screen-obsessed youth – there’s a connection there somewhere. Greg Norman has called on the golf industry to “get outside the box” and “think like a kid” […]

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