From unexpected injuries, which let an also-ran win to a fluky golf shot, chance is an element

By Mike RowbottomOctober 31 - The World Squash Federation (WSF) is launching "Back the Bid 2020" to tap into the huge support that players, fans and corporate organisations are showing towards squash's campaign to get the sport into the Olympic Games.

They will be encouraged by the fact that thousands will watch those two sports, the same reasons why golf

It's far more accessible than golf, and in terms of legacy, it is a lot more of a down-to-earth sport

By Mike RowbottomOctober 30 - SportsAid has announced that 13 of the brightest prospects in British sport have been shortlisted for the charity's annual One-to-Watch Award, a title previously won by diver Tom Daley and junior European 100 and 200 metres champion Jodie Williams.

Rebecca Martin (archery, 15, Stoke-on-Trent); Pamela Relph (rowing, 21, Aylesbury); Lauren Taylor (golf

sports that are cluttering up the already overcrowded Olympic theatre - in the case of rugby sevens and golf

By Tom Degun in GuadalajaraOctober 22 - The PGA Tour are set to launch a new golf tour in Latin America

its first appearance at the Olympics since the St Louis 1904 Games some 112 years earlier and the new golf

series, which will be called PGA Tour Latinoamerica, is aimed at building interest in golf, which is

This potential pathway to the higher levels of professional golf is something that is an improvement

Latinoamerica comes in the same week that Rio 2016 launched an international contest to design the golf

course that will be used at the Olympics.The golf course will be built at Reserva de Marapendi in Barra

By Tom DegunOctober 21 - Exactly 48 sports playing fields across the country are to be protected and improved in the first wave of National Lottery investment by Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields 2012 legacy fund.

and Cobham Sports Association in Surrey who were also awarded the highest funding to turn a derelict golf

campaigning to prevent a London Council from threatening the existence of a hugely popular Hounslow-based golf

I means a lot to me because I owned my first home in London around close by...and it's got golf here.

Degun in GuadalajaraOctober 20 - Rio 2016 have launched an international contest to design the golf

must provide evidence that they have the qualifications and experience necessary to design an elite golf

course, as the Rio 2016 Olympic venue must meets International Golf Federation (IGF) specifications.The

course staging both the men's and women's Olympic golf competitions and after the Games, the course

will be managed by a private operator with the chief purpose of promoting golf in Brazil and in South

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By Tom Degun at Lord's Cricket Ground in LondonOctober 3 - American archery star Brady Ellison, the reigning World Cup champion in the men's recurve, has hailed Lord's Cricket Ground as an amazing London 2012 venue for his sport as the Olympic test event got underway here today.

The field reminds me of a well-kept golf course and it's like walking on the greens."

By Tom DegunOctober 3 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has claimed that he is supportive of the plan from the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to move towards professionalism after the London 2012 Olympics.

have had the situation in other professional sports - tennis, football, basketball, ice hockey and golf

By Emily GoddardSeptember 24 - The Dutch Olympic team are set to train in two new semi-permanent structures installed at the country's National Sports Centre Papendal ahead of the London 2012 Games.

the Netherlands, the Olympic training facility caters for many sports including athletics, football, golf

By David GoldSeptember 23 - The Canadian Freestyle Ski Association (CFSA) has named national mogul team veteran JF Cusson as the latest addition to its coaching team for the slopestyle ski squad.

Cusson has spent recent years teaching golf, and CFSA high performance programme director David Mirota

By David GoldSeptember 20 - The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games may be set to stage the first Olympic golf

, but this fact is now at risk of being overshadowed as the area of land designated for the Olympic golf

course could provide a huge boost to Brazilian gold, as Paulo Pacheco, vice President of the Brazilian Golf

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