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Golf Month – Sharing the bug across Australia

POSTED ON September 26, 2017 @ 11:51 am

It’s that time of the year again where the golf bug gets past on from juniors to seniors, from beginners to professionals, and coaches to students all across the country. October is Golf Month in Australia and clubs and facilities around the nation are once …

New lease of life for Logan golf club

POSTED ON September 22, 2017 @ 1:58 pm

THE future of the Logan City Golf Course at Meadowbrook was secured last week, when Logan City Council approved a new sublease for the site. There was uncertainty over the club’s future when the sublease to caretakers Carl Evans and Craig Baldwin was not renewed …

Miramar Golf Club shrinks in Wellington airport growth plans

POSTED ON September 11, 2017 @ 7:40 pm

One of Wellington’s premier golf clubs stands to be slashed in half so the capital’s expanding airport can park more planes. Under the worst-case scenario, this would see the airport buying half the course, and force it down to nine holes, Miramar Golf Club spokesman …

Norman to Feature at Golf Business TechCon

POSTED ON September 8, 2017 @ 12:51 pm

Greg Norman will join the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) as a featured panellist at this month’s Golf Business TechCon in Las Vegas. The NGCOA has designed a two-day event (September 27-28) for golf course owners, operators and other industry professionals to spotlight some …

The R&A and USGA receive feedback in scheme to modernise golf rules

POSTED ON September 8, 2017 @ 12:48 pm

The R&A and the USGA have received comments on the proposed new Rules from more than 22,000 golfers in 102 countries, as well as representatives of golf organisations throughout the world, providing valuable feedback as the organisations work toward their implementation on 1 January 2019. …

$3.3m retirement living project proposed for golf club

POSTED ON August 28, 2017 @ 6:50 pm

TOOWOOMBA Golf Club will vote on an offer to build 75 retirement apartments in three buildings worth $3.3 million. The special meeting tonight will determine whether the proposal by Aura Holdings goes ahead, including building on part of the ninth green, and relocating goods sheds …

Bright future for golf in Hobart

POSTED ON August 25, 2017 @ 4:27 pm

The Royal Hobart Golf Club at Seven Mile Beach today announced the appointment of an Australian Golf Course Architect, Richard Chamberlain, as the first step in its plans to significantly upgrade the facilities at the Club. “Richard was chosen after a thorough search in which …

Vale: Don Johnson – Honorary Member and former Executive Director, ALPG

POSTED ON August 15, 2017 @ 10:55 am

Former ALPG Executive Director Don “Bronco” Johnson passed away on Sunday 13 August at the respectable age of 84. Serving at the ALPG from early 1991 to mid 1998 after holding a position as General Manager of the PGA of Australia, Johnson will be remembered …

Members’ Wellness Program Launched at Kooindah Waters

POSTED ON August 2, 2017 @ 5:12 pm

Kooindah Waters Golf Club has been touched by the effects of mental health in the past few years. With this in mind, the club would like to announce a new wellbeing program open to all Kooindah Waters Golf Club members. The wellbeing program has been …

AGMA President Moloney and Secretary Begg announce retirement

POSTED ON July 26, 2017 @ 10:35 am

Australian Golf Media Association (AGMA) President Brendan Moloney and Secretary-Treasurer George Begg have announced their retirement following the annual AGMA dinner on November 25 this year. The duo recently announced in a note to members that they will not seek re-election for their positions within …