When Golf Australia unveiled its ‘Vision 2025’ strategy in 2018 to embed more women into leadership positions throughout golf and to encourage greater female participation, Claire Elvidge took the responsibility personally.
When PGA Professional Josh Shaw plans out his week at Flinders Golf Club on the south-eastern tip of the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, he schedules days off on Wednesday and Sunday.
PGA Professional for the past 47 years, Allan Telford was honoured with the Services to Golf award at the South Australian Golf Industry Awards Night in October. Here he shares his philosophy on growing the game at every age. Written with Tony Webeck
If a measure of success is leaving a place in a better state than which you found it then Bill Minns’ time at Broome Golf Club is an unquestioned triumph.
Anna Stanton’s path to becoming the Golf Operations Manager at Woodford Golf Club west of the Sunshine Coast is simultaneously an example of where golf in Australia has come from and the people who will shape its future.
Tony Di Tommaso’s innate ability to not only remember the names of his members at Carbrook Golf Club but their football team of choice, names of partners and golf ball preference comes from his passion for people, a passion he has shared with indentured trainees for the past 30 years
Twenty-five years after completing her PGA traineeship, Michelle Becroft is calling for an even greater focus on bringing more women into the PGA Membership Pathway Program.
It is synonymous with junior golf in the United States, but the success of the First Tee program in Hobart shows its application in Australia can be equally as effective.
Rob Richards is continuing a family legacy at Warringah Golf Club in Sydney that stretches back more than 50 years… and his son Dean may just yet follow suit.
Head out into the regional areas of Australia and you will find that the local PGA Professional carries with them an extra sense of connection between the game and the local community.
For graduates of the PGA Membership Pathway Program and their indentured professionals, 2020 presented some challenges that didn’t come with a roadmap to navigate.
Bree Arthur’s earliest memories of playing golf are of clinics with up to 30 like-minded kids, nine-hole competitions and skills challenges that may or may not have included flop shots over the hedge adjacent to the putting green of her home club.
Michael Draper completed the PGA’s Membership Pathway Program with distinction at the end of 2020 and on January 1 this year, the 2019 Western Australian PGA Trainee of the Year started work as the Head PGA Professional at Albany Golf Club at the state’s southern tip.
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