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Antony Scanlon: Victoria 2026 an opportunity to further position golf as a global sport

  • Inside the Blogs

and golf's fifth appearance in the Olympics, it is another positive development for the sport to have golf

Golf has undoubtedly raised its global profile over the last decade, and its debut at the Commonwealth

2021.While these Games will showcase the talent of several deserving athletes from the established golf

countries within the Commonwealth, it is an opportunity to further position golf as a global sport and

country in Victoria and at future events, including the Olympics.Victoria is an ideal location for golf

 But there are also great golf courses located within regional Victoria, such as 13th Beach on the


European Tour Group becomes first professional golf tour to sign Race to Zero climate pledge

  • Golf

The European Tour Group has become the first professional golf tour to announce its commitment to achieving

reducing direct emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 and achieving net zero by 2040.It will be a key focus of Golf

for Good, the European Tour group’s commitment to Driving Golf Further in an environmentally and socially

Our net zero commitment shows that through Golf for Good we are serious about environmental responsibility

and the role we can play.The European Tour Group has become the first professional golf tour to sign

The most recent sustainability strategy further aligns Green Drive with the Tour’s wider Golf for Good


Australia primed for title defence at first home Men's T20 World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Australia are ready to defend their title on home soil at the Men's T20 World Cup, which begins in Geelong tomorrow but will not feature the hosts for another week.

, but he cannot open the batting with Jonny Bairstow following the latter breaking a leg in a freak golf




Australian golf officials hope addition to Commonwealth Games will help its popularity

  • Victoria 2026

Australian golf has welcomed the news that the sport has been added to the programme for the 2026 Commonwealth

Golf is one of the three sports due to make its Commonwealth Games debut, alongside costal rowing and

has been driven by the International Golf Federation (IGF), which also runs the Olympic golf competition

Australia, the WPGA and Golf Australia."

This is a great win for golf," James Sutherland, chief executive of Golf Australia, said."

Games will be important for golf going forward as well."




LIV Golf tournament in Thailand will not offer ranking points

  • Golf

A new "strategic alliance" between LIV Golf and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Tour will not

result in this week's LIV event in Thailand offering Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points, contrary

The OWGR has moved to dispel a MENA Tour and LIV Golf announcement that tournaments in Bangkok and Jeddah

earn players OWGR points, which help determine qualification for the Olympics as well as majors.LIV Golf

players'", the OWGR clarified.A lack of OWGR points is one of the biggest issues facing the upstart LIV Golf

for American channel Fox Sports 1 to broadcast its events rather than the other way round.LIV Golf

says it will avoid clashes with majors and international team events such as the Ryder Cup.The LIV Golf


Golf and coastal rowing among sports added to Victoria 2026 programme as shooting returns

  • Victoria 2026

Golf and coastal rowing are to make their Commonwealth Games debuts at Victoria in 2026, while shooting

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the Government in Victoria and Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA).Besides golf

to be held in Shepparton ©Getty ImagesVictoria 2026 is also proposing to add in Para disciplines in golf

action-packed, featuring an extensive, fully integrated Para sport programme, the debuts of coastal rowing, golf


Mickelson among four LIV Golf players to withdraw from lawsuit against PGA Tour

  • Golf

Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson is among four LIV Golf players that have withdrawn their names from

year-old admitted that he no longer needed to be named in the lawsuit.Bryson DeChambeau is one of the LIV Golf

and Swafford for a temporary restraining in order to play in the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs.LIV Golf

sportswashing vehicle to improve its image and to gain soft power.The PGA Tour has sought to stop LIV Golf

at least $20 million (£17 million/€20 million) and introducing guaranteed minimum earnings.Five LIV Golf



Schauffele sinks winning putt as US retain Presidents Cup

  • Golf

Olympic champion Xander Schauffele hit the wining shot as the United States retained golf's Presidents Cup in a resounding victory at Quail Hollow.

nine editions of the Presidents Cup in a row.Both teams were impacted by players who have joined LIV Golf