We recently ran a survey about how to get more women playing golf, unveiling a selection of the best responses we received shortly afterwards. The response was so overwhelming that we decided to turn the power of our dedicated golfing audience to the just-as-difficult task of getting more young people playing golf too – and… Read more »
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Five tournaments cancelled – what does the future hold for the LET?
This week the second ladies’ major of the year takes place at Olympia Fields near Chicago. A total of 156 women are playing in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, one of who is Georgia Hall. She currently leads the Ladies’ European Tour rankings for the Solheim Cup but hasn’t played competitively since April when the… Read more »
This club is famous for… being the home of ‘bogey’ golf
How did we come to use the term bogey – and what’s it got to do with Great Yarmouth and Caister? Great Yarmouth & Caister is a club that could feature in this column several times over. It is the oldest in Norfolk – founded way back in 1882. The course also winds its… Read more »
Women In Golf: Real Golfers Speak Out
We recently asked The Golfers Club policyholders what percentage of their local golf club members were female. You can see the full results for yourself here, but the shocking statistic to emerge was that 80% of respondents placed the number at less than a quarter. Clearly, we need to get more women playing golf regularly…. Read more »
Our National Golf Month Survey: The Results
This month is National Golf Month, and the theme for this year is Women In Golf. It is a well acknowledged fact that more needs to be done to get the next generation of females into golf – hence the twitter hashtag accompanying National Golf Month – #girlsgetgolfing. To help us understand how widespread the issue is,… Read more »
‘World Handicap System’ being developed
Golf’s governing bodies are working on a single system used the world over. And it’s about time. Imagine having a handicap you could use all over the world. You could play a competition in America, Japan, or China, and your performance would directly affect the mark you play off in your home club tournaments every… Read more »
