Australian amateur golf association

It encourages participation among low-handicapped golfers and allows them to monitor their own development and form. It is a competition that provides top-level golf for seniors who are ready to travel across the country to compete at the highest level. The calendar will include 17 events across every state and territory. As well as catering for the low handicapped golfers, Nett events are also run in conjunction with all events. The National Ranking year runs from November to the end of October meaning the first event for the year have already been played. Who can play in Senior Order of Merit Events? You need to be 55 years or older on the first day of the event being played.

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By Denis Dale. It encourages participation among low-handicapped golfers and allows them to monitor their own development and form. It is a competition that provides top-level golf for seniors who are ready to travel across the country to compete at the highest level.

Colin Phillips, the AGU's executive director since , retired from his position in , claiming that the way the decision to merge had been forced upon the sport by the federal government , had been a factor in his decision. Following the merger, IMG , the sports marketing company which organizes the Australian Open golf event, signed a three-year deal which increased its ties to Golf Australia. That decision had been heavily criticized by golf professionals who found issue with the course layout, low attendances and poor corporate interest, [7] but the new organization was able to reduce its obligation to three tournaments before Golf Australia runs the Australian Open and the Women's Australian Open , the premier male and female golf tournaments in Australia, as well as the Australian Amateur and other national amateur events. The Golf Australia National Squad is the key component of the countries High Performance program which supports talented young golfers.