QUEENSLAND NEWS
Golf Queensland to revamp
digital platforms
Golf Queensland will move to the Golf Australia
website and content sharing platform in a digital
revamp this year.
The project, already under way, will deliver mobile,
tablet and PC-friendly sites for Golf Queensland
(www.golfqueensland.org.au), Junior Golf
Queensland (www.juniorgolfqueensland.org.au),
the Queensland Golf Foundation
(www.qldgolffoundation.org.au) and the
Queensland Open.
Latest competition rounds
show steady participation
The Australian Golf Industry Council has released
its National Competition Rounds Report for the
final quarter and full year results for 2015.
GolfLink recorded approximately 14.54 million
rounds over a 12-month period ending December
2015, showing a 1.9 per cent increase over the
same 12-month period from the year prior.
Chairman of the AGIC, Brian Thorburn, was
pleased with the latest 12-month figures, which
showed a continued trend of steady growth.
“It’s encouraging to see steady growth and that
more and more clubs are seeing an increase in
rounds being played,” Thorburn said.
“With our Australian Professionals performing so
well overseas and with the reintroduction of golf
into the Olympics, more interest in our sport is
being generated. These events stimulate golfers,
assist clubs and facilities to promote the game,
and help to convert the casual golfer to a
regular golfer.”
The decision continues the trend of other states
and territories, namely Golf Victoria, Golf New
South Wales, Golf South Australia, Golf Tasmania
and Golf Northern Territory, to join the network
and work collaboratively to grow the game.
Content from each platform stakeholder is
available to others to push through their local
channels should it be deemed appropriate. This
not only increases the volume and diversity
of content distributed nationally, but saves
administrators time by eradicating duplication.
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Slightly higher growth was recorded in rounds
played by male golfers, who accounted for 82 per
cent of all rounds played with an increase of 2.1
per cent on previous years, together with a small
increase in rounds played by female golfers.
“Female golf participation will continue to grow
thanks to programs like Swing Fit, which encourages more female participation in our sport,”
Thorburn said.
Queensland stood out as the top performing
state recording a 4.5 per cent increase in rounds
played. In the month of November rounds played
nationally fell by 7 per cent in 2014, while the
same period in 2015 saw growth.