By Rio 2016, 7 March 2012 – The Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has selected US based Hanse Golf Course Design to design the golf course in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games in 2016, when golf returns to the programme after an absence of 112 years.Hanse Golf ... Continue Reading
Hanse Golf Course Design Chosen To Design Golf Venue For 2016 Olympics
2016 Olympics Course Design Bid: Meet the Finalists
2016 Olympics Course Design Bid: Meet the Finalists
Rio 2016 will select the winning design this weekFar Hills, NJ., USA, 31 January 2012 – When golf returns to the Olympic Games in 2016, the competitors will be playing for a gold medal on a new course designed specifically for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Rio 2016, the organizing committee, will ... Continue Reading
Rio 2016™ To Launch Golf Course Design Contest
Rio 2016™ To Launch Golf Course Design Contest
The deadline for submission is October 28 and the winner candidate will be announced on December 23(Rio de Janeiro 10/14/2011) The Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016™ announces the launch of an international contest to select a golf course design for the Rio 2016™ ... Continue Reading
IGF Names Peter Dawson As President, Ty Votaw As Vice President
IGF Names Peter Dawson As President, Ty Votaw As Vice President
Lausanne, Switzerland, 15 December 2010: The Board of the International Golf Federation has named Peter Dawson as IGF President and Ty Votaw as IGF Vice President. Both appointments are for two-year terms commencing on 1 January 2011.Dawson, Chief Executive of The R&A, has served as Joint ... Continue Reading
Japan To Host World Amateur Team Championships In 2014
Japan To Host World Amateur Team Championships In 2014
Buenos Aires, Argentina (28 October) – Japan’s city of Karuizawa, in Nagano Prefecture, has been selected as the site of the 2014 World Amateur Team Championships, the International Golf Federation (IGF) announced at its Biennial Meeting. The Prince Hotel Resort’s Iriyama and Oshitate courses will ... Continue Reading
IGF Announces Appointment Of Scanlon As Executive Director
IGF Announces Appointment Of Scanlon As Executive Director
2 August 2010 – The International Golf Federation (IGF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Antony B Scanlon as its Executive Director. Scanlon, an Australian based in Lausanne, will take up his duties on 1 November 2010.Scanlon joins the IGF from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ... Continue Reading
USGA President Jim Hyler, The R&A Chairman Allan Gormly To Serve As Joint Chairmen Of International Golf Federation
USGA President Jim Hyler, The R&A Chairman Allan Gormly To Serve As Joint Chairmen Of International Golf Federation
Far Hills, N.J., USA (February 23, 2010) – Jim Hyler of Raleigh, N.C., the newly elected President of the United States Golf Association, and Allan Gormly, Chairman of The R&A, have been named Joint Chairmen of the International Golf Federation (IGF).The other IGF officers are Women’s Chairman, ... Continue Reading
IGF Commences Search For Full Time Executive Director (Search Closed)
IGF Commences Search For Full Time Executive Director (Search Closed)
Co-ordinating executive will be based in Lausanne, SwitzerlandFar Hills, NJ., USA (February 23, 2010) – The International Golf Federation’s Olympic Committee has announced through its Executive Committee that it will begin a search for a full time Executive Director, who will co-ordinate day-to-day ... Continue Reading
Daniel Nisbet Suspension
Daniel Nisbet Suspension
Far Hills, NJ – The International Golf Federation has been advised that Daniel Nisbet, an amateur golfer from Australia, has been found guilty of possession of a prohibited substance by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Australia and has been suspended for 18 months (25 November 2009 to 24 May ... Continue Reading
Golf Approved For 2016 Olympic Program On Vote By International Olympic Committee Membership
Golf Approved For 2016 Olympic Program On Vote By International Olympic Committee Membership
Competition will be held in Rio de Janeiro, selected as site of 2016 GamesCopenhagen, Denmark (October 9, 2009) – After an absence of more than a century, golf will return as an Olympic sport in 2016 and 2020 along with rugby sevens following their approval by the International Olympic Committee ... Continue Reading