News: Golf
Golf Australia looks for Women's Open to boost female participation
Golf is looking to take advantage of the resurgence in women’s sport in Australia – with prize money for top female players set to be greater at the 2018 ISPS Handa Women’s...
Dec 20, 2017
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Topgolf’s Zach Shor to address 2018 Golf Business Forum
The organisers of the 2018 Golf Business Forum have confirmed that Zach Shor, Chief Operating Officer of Topgolf International, will be a keynote speaker at next July's Golf...
Dec 19, 2017
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Topgolf global expansion to continue with new Dubai venue
Following recent expansion announcements in Australia, Canada and Mexico, US-based Topgolf has a new partnership with Dubai Golf to open a venue in the United Arab Emirates. To...
Dec 17, 2017
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Frankston City Council: Expressions of Interest for services at Centenary Park Golf Course
Frankston City Council is now seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified, experienced and resourced parties within the golfing industry interested in providing...
Dec 15, 2017
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Queenstown golf resort to get $45 million expansion
Queenstown’s award-winning Millbrook Resort has announced a $45 million expansion that will see it develop a neighbouring farm into a new golf course interspersed with high-end...
Dec 14, 2017
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World Cup of Golf to return to Melbourne in 2018
The PGA Tour has announced that the 2018 World Cup of Golf is to be held at Melbourne’s Metropolitan Golf Club from 21st to 28th November 2018. The result of a collaboration...
Dec 5, 2017
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Holey Moley Golf Club opens in Perth
Australia’s seventh Holey Moley attraction has opened in Perth, offering an innovative ‘leisure-tainment’ concept combining a mini-golf course, a cocktail bar and night club....
Dec 5, 2017
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Victorian RACV Resorts to host PGA tournaments
An expanded partnership between RACV and PGA of Australia will see Victorian RACV Resorts host key PGA tournaments over the coming years - complementing the existing Australian...
Dec 4, 2017
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Details and six speakers confirmed for 2018 Golf Business Forum
The organisers of Australia’s second Golf Business Forum have this week confirmed the first six speakers for the 2018 event Organisers Guy Chapple and Andrew Davies say that...
Dec 3, 2017
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South Australia's Year of Sport celebrated at Awards event
South Australia’s year of sport has been celebrated with stars and champions, and the administrators, educators and teams behind them, at the 2017 South Australian Sport Awards....
Nov 28, 2017
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Clublinks to take on management of Perth’s Collier Park Golf Course
Fast growing golf course and facility manager Clublinks has been appointed as the new manager of Perth’s Collier Park Golf Course. The City of South Perth has engaged Clublinks...
Nov 22, 2017
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PGA and Golf Australia announce joint venture
The Professional Golfers Association of Australia (PGA) and Golf Australia have announced the commencement of a new initiative to reduce duplication between the bodies and...
Nov 20, 2017
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Sport sustainability issues to be discussed at Melbourne SEA Summit
Following on from the inaugural summit in 2016, The Sports Environment Alliance (SEA) a one-day summit is dedicated to raising awareness of how the sporting industry can...
Nov 12, 2017
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Eden Park in the running for four EVANZ awards
Auckland's Eden Park is in the running for four Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand (EVANZ) awards in 2017. Eden Park is a finalist in two venue categories and two...
Nov 2, 2017
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Golf delivers economic and wellbeing benefits
A newly released report from the Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC) shows that, in addition to the considerable benefits golf delivers to the Australian economy, the sport...
Nov 1, 2017
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Hamilton Island secures PGA Professionals Championship until 2020
Teeing off at the Hamilton Island Golf Club from today (31st October) until 2nd November, the PGA Professionals Championship is hosting 50 Vocational PGA Professionals and 56...
Oct 30, 2017
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Award winning Barossa golf club taps into youth market
The Sandy Creek Golf Club, which is experiencing unprecedented growth in youth membership, has been named one of South Australia’s best clubs. Located 50 kilometres north east...
Oct 19, 2017
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Asian golf summit to look at increasing female participation
‘Growing Female Participation in Golf’ will be the theme at next week’s Asian Golf Industry Federation (AGIF)-organised Club Management Mini Summit. Featuring a quartet of...
Oct 19, 2017
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Vision revealed for Greg Norman branded golf resort in the Illawarra
Set to be finished by late 2019, a new $1.02 billion development plan on the site of a former coal mine near Wollongong, including an 18-hole championship Greg Norman-designed...
Oct 11, 2017
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Australia’s first Topgolf to open in June 2018
Australia’s first Topgolf attraction is to open on the Gold Coast in June 2018. Currently under development by Village Roadshow on a six hectare site adjacent to Warner Bros....
Oct 8, 2017
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Women enjoy Saturday game at Newcastle Golf for first time in 112 years
A group of five women have been able to tee off on a Saturday at the Newcastle Golf Club for the first time in 112 years. Ladies President Jenny Thompson said the exclusion of...
Oct 8, 2017
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Exmouth Golf Club in power supply system first
Exmouth Golf Club has gone ‘off the grid’ and become the site of the first standalone power system (SPS) in Western Australia’s north. Launched last week, the independent...
Oct 5, 2017
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120-Bed Resort to be developed at Kalgoorlie Golf Course
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has reached a Memorandum of Understanding with Pacifica Developments to build a 120 bed resort on the Kalgoorlie Golf Course. The resort, which...
Oct 4, 2017
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NZ Golf forms industry council to help expand the game
Set for its next meeting tomorrow (Wednesday 27th September), the New Zealand Industry Council (NZGIC) is advancing efforts to grow the game and improve collaboration between...
Sep 25, 2017
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