Golf Australia and the International Golf Federation have announced that the Australian All Abilities Championship will become the first IGF counting event played under the IGF’s new Classification Rules and Sport Classes, marking a major milestone in golf’s pathway towards inclusion in the Brisbane 2032 Paralympic Games.
Olympic golf is having a moment, and it’s one that should only continue as the top women players in the world take the stage. Thirteen of the top 15 players in the Rolex Women’s World Ranking are in the 60-player field.
The International Golf Federation is particularly excited about the idea of adding a third event to the golf schedule at the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
Luiten is apparently out of the Paris Olympics again because of a ruling by the International Olympic Committee that went against the wishes of the International Golf Federation.
Australian Golf has welcomed the exciting news that golf will appear in a Commonwealth Games for the first time when the Games come to Victoria in 2026.
As was the case with the men’s Olympic competition, International Golf Federation officials have appropriately given the honour of hitting the opening tee shot of the 2021 Olympic women’s golf tournament to a player from the host country.
The decision to move the championships was made but not formally announced in early February, before concerns over the spread of the coronavirus became a separate but equally worrisome factor in hosting golf competitions.