The number of beginners to golf who are registering for the Get Into Golf program continues to surge across Australia, with women trying the game for the first time leading the way.
Golf Australia has partnered with Youth on Course to provide the opportunity for TeeMates members to play golf for $5 at a selection of courses across the country.
MyGolf, the national body’s junior participation program, with registrations reaching more than 21,000 and an impressive 31 percent of those registered being young girls – a record for MyGolf.
The bump in MyGolf registrations over the past month means that Golf Australia and the PGA of Australia are well on their way to meet their target of more than 30,000 total registrations for the year.
Despite parts of Victorian golf being shuttered for extended periods of 2020, year-to-date rounds played nationally are down only 1 per cent by the end of August.
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