Cheshire Golf Pros Backing Drive to get More People into the Sport GOLF clubs across Cheshire are teaming up to support the drive to encourage more people into the sport.
PGA professionals from 15 different clubs have come together under the umbrella of the Cheshire County Golf Partnership to form a development group aimed at driving up the number of people playing golf from the 16-plus age range.
They will be staging a series of free taster sessions and bargain-price group coaching programmes over the next few months. The Cheshire CGP is hoping to have introduced up to 500 people into the sport by the summer.
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RAF engineers sign up to Get into Golf scheme A GROUP of engineers from RAF Spadeadam at Brampton have signed up to the Cumbria County Golf Partnership’s Get into Golf programme.
The latest scheme targets businesses across the region with the aim of promoting a healthier lifestyle for employees and the 16 RAF workmates are enjoying a series of free lessons with PGA professional Stuart Rafferty at Eden Golf Club.
A RAF Spadeadam spokesman says: “It has been a great way to get together in a sociable way while the newcomers to the sport have really enjoyed themselves.
“Stuart has been a great teacher and everyone is improving while having plenty of good-natured banter.”
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Asian Tour Chief Welcomes PGA Boost SINGAPORE: Asian Tour chief Kyi Hla Han has welcomed moves from the US PGA Tour to step up its presence in the region, as this year's busy golf season gets under way.
The boss of Asia's main golf circuit, which returns this week in Yangon, said it would be "positive for all parties" if the PGA turns the limited-field CIMB Asia Pacific Classic in Kuala Lumpur into a ranking event.
The PGA has lagged behind the European Tour, which last year co-sanctioned eight Asian events, in its forays into the region, but is now considering an "Asian swing" with CIMB and Shanghai's HSBC Champions gaining full PGA status.
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St. Andrews Golfing Charity Honors Vietnam Veterans DOUBLE amputee Mike Reeder, who became the first-ever wheelchair golfer to complete a round over the world-famous Old Course at the Home of Golf, has been made an honorary Friend of the Keepers of the Green charity in St Andrews. READ ARTICLE
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honors the game’s greatest players and contributors,
and its amazing 550-year history, through exhibits and
interactive presentations. An IMAX theater is
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backgrounds an opportunity to develop life-enhancing
values such as confidence, perseverance and
judgment through golf and character education.
GOLF 20/20 GOLF 20/20 is a unique collaboration of all segments of the golf industry, designed to galvanize golf’s stakeholders around strategic initiatives and grass-roots activation that grow the game and ensure its future vitality.
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