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Golf and health week to highlight how the sport helps wellbeing

POSTED ON March 20, 2019 @ 8:14 am

A dedicated campaign to raise awareness of the health benefits of golf for people of all ages and abilities is to tee off next month. The first ever Golf and Health Week will take place from 15-19 April and will aim to encourage golfers, non-golfers …

Live Streaming of USGA Golf Innovation Symposium

POSTED ON March 17, 2019 @ 3:28 pm

The United States Golf Association (USGA), in partnership with its official technology partner, Cisco, will give everyone in the golf industry a front-row seat to its fifth Golf Innovation Symposium. Taking place in Tokyo on March 12-13, the symposium will be broadcast via exclusive live …

Empowering Women In Golf Through Equality

POSTED ON March 8, 2019 @ 3:42 pm

By golfscape.com Role models, race, and gender. Felicity Shiba takes golfscape through her journey in golf On the 8th of March, every year, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. A day to highlight the social, economic, political, and cultural achievements of women. We couldn’t think …

Golfer Experience Takes Centre Stage at Innovation Symposium

POSTED ON March 8, 2019 @ 11:32 am

The United States Golf Association (USGA) will host speakers from 10 countries at the 5th Golf Innovation Symposium, in partnership with Cisco, the official technology partner of the USGA. Representing national federations, facility management, golf course architecture, academia and private industry, the presenters will gather …

Toro Celebrates 100 Years Serving the Golf Industry

POSTED ON March 3, 2019 @ 12:06 pm

The Toro Company has reached the 100-year mark in serving the golf industry. In 1919, Toro developed the industry’s first motorised fairway mower, the Toro Standard Golf Machine, for The Minikahda Club, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By mounting five individual reel mowers onto the front of a …

R&A Says Golf Continuing to Expand Internationally

POSTED ON February 22, 2019 @ 12:17 pm

A new report exploring golf’s global reach through course supply has revealed the continued expansion of the sport. The third version of Golf Around the World 2019, commissioned by The R&A, provides an extensive overview of golf courses, both existing and under development. Building on …

Early commitments to women in golf charter shows promise

POSTED ON February 14, 2019 @ 8:25 am

The R&A’s drive to increase the number of women and girls participating in golf and to encourage more opportunities for women to work within the sport has been reflected in early success for the new Women in Golf Charter. Launched last May in London, the …

Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath achieve Golfscape’s Top 20 World status

POSTED ON February 4, 2019 @ 3:47 pm

Royal Melbourne Golf Club and Kingston Heath Golf Club have made it to golfscape’s top 20 golf courses from the World’s Top 100 – Royal Melbourne as #5 and Kingston Heath as #11. The ranking is golfscape’s first ever “World’s Top 100 Golf Courses”, and …