By Nick ButlerDecember 10 - Construction work is underway to prepare the Barry Buddon range in Carnoustie for hosting the shooting competition ahead of the Commonwealth Games next August, Glasgow 2014 have announced.

competition venues in Glasgow events will be held in the 2,600 acre campus close to the Carnoustie Golf

 Carnoustie is best known for its Golf Course - which hosted the Open Championships in 2007 ©Getty

By Paul OsborneDecember 9 - Canon Europe has been announced as the official supplier of imaging solutions at next year's Ryder Cup in Scotland.

We are proud to further extend our partnership with the world of elite golf by becoming the official

image will be spectacularly showcased via the potent combination of highly competitive, world class golf

set against the beautiful backdrop of Gleneagles, one of the most famous and historic golf courses in

Black Course in New York to host 2024 Ryder Cup and 2019 USPGA ChampionshipJune 2013: Scottish golf

By Nick ButlerNovember 23 - Malaysia's Dato Ong Poh Eng has been appointed President of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation (CWF) following the resignation of Nauru's Vinson Detenamo.

Federation.A key figure in Penang, he also serves in regional roles in the sports of swimming, body-building, golf

By Paul OsborneNovember 20 - Graeme McDowell's dilemma over which country to represent at Rio 2016 may have been decided after his decision to represent Ireland in golf's World Cup in Melbourne this week.

34-year-old from Portrush in Northern Ireland was caught between playing for Ireland or Britain when golf

Golf will be making a return to the Olympics in Rio after a 112 year absence ©Getty ImagesRoyal &

I wanted to be here and play with Shane, around Royal Melbourne, in a golf tournament which I have always

By Nick ButlerNovember 14 - Michael Phelps has fuelled rumours he is considering a comeback to competitive swimming ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics by re-registering with the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

and he even joked that if he was to compete at Rio 2016, it would be in the new Olympic discipline of golf

By Gary AndersonNovember 13 - The United States Sports Academy (USSA) has announced Olympic and world champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura of Japan and world number two golfer Norway's Suzann Pettersen have been chosen as the male and female athletes of the month for October.

overall winners.This month's female winner Pettersen successfully defended her Ladies Professional Golf

the United States in August, carded an impressive three under par final round of 69 at the Sunrise Golf

By Gary AndersonNovember 12 - On the eve of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, the European Tour has praised the work of the Dubai Government and its officials in helping to stage the £5 million ($8 million/€6 million) tournament which will see the Race to Dubai winner crowned.

as the climax to the European Tour, the tournament which takes place on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf

Calendar, Dubai Immigration, Dubai Civil Aviation, Dubai Airports, Dubai Health Authority and the Emirates Golf

By Gary AndersonNovember 6 - A total of 29 representatives from 13 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have spent two days visiting Olympic sites in Rio as part of the third Rio 2016 NOC Open Day.

the athletics track and field events, the venue for golf's return to the Games, the Reserva Marapendi Golf

By Paul OsborneNovember 3 - The US Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Tour has announced further growth into Asia as a new development circuit is set up in China.

$200,000(£125,000/€145,000).The new venture was launched by PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem, China Golf

the establishment of PGA Tour China, which builds upon our longstanding relationship with the China Golf

This will raise the level of golf in China even further and prepare players from China to participate

"We are happy to partner with the PGA Tour, the world's leading golf organisation, and to work together

Norman to help golfers prepare for Rio 2016January 2011: Chinese teenager already carrying country's golf

By Nick ButlerOctober 25 - Squash is set to go ahead with plans to launch a fresh bid for inclusion at the 2024 Olympic Games subject to consultation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

two-thirds majority at the IOC Session in Singapore in 2005 and then overlooked for Rio 2016 in favour of golf

By Duncan Mackay at Constantine Palace in St PetersburgOctober 23 - Karate has vowed not to give up on its dream of joining the Olympic programme despite its failure to even get on the shortlist for 2020 following a controversial process which cost the sport €400,000 (£340,000/$553,000). 

the programme for London 2012.Then, at the 2009 IOC Session in Copenhagen, karate had been beaten by golf

By Gary AndersonOctober 21 - United States golfer Michelle Wie has been officially unveiled today as a Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games Ambassador with just under 300 days to go until the start of the second ever staging of the Games.

The 24-year-old from Hawaii, who turned professional at the age of 16 and has two Ladies Professional Golf

Stanford University graduate, who, at aged 10, became the youngest player to qualify for a United States Golf

Ali makes one of his predictions in 1963 - Henry Cooper will fall in round fivePerhaps Ali's take on golf

By James CrookSeptember 27 - World number one Tiger Woods has been named the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) World Tour Player of the Year for the eleventh time, whilst his American compatriot Jordan Spieth was voted Rookie of the Year.

Tiger's five wins came against some of the strongest fields in golf including the Players and two World

Golf Championships, while Jordan's rookie season was historic in terms of his accomplishments for a

By Gary AndersonSeptember 27 - Ryder Cup captains, Tom Watson of the United States and Europe's Paul McGinley attended Auchterarder Community School in Scotland to mark the launch of an innovative educational resource that uses the event to enhance teaching and learning, as the one year countdown to the biennial event at Gleneagles next year continues.

both teachers and pupils on a variety of subjects that also include the environment, event management, golf

hole design, the rules of golf, marketing golf and tourism, amongst others.Information and resources

for teachers and pupils surrounding a range subjects including golf and the environment can be accessed

"The Ryder Cup is about being part of something bigger than the game of golf alone," said McGinley."

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