Urban Golf Australia
Takes players to the street
World Urban Golf Day #6 was held
in the inner city streets of Cooks Hill
in Newcastle NSW. Players also tee’d
of around the world in the first days
of a now week-long festival of Urban
Golf. The culmination of which is the
PPTMC (Paris Pro Tour) event being
held. (www.19mtrou.com)
World Urban Golf Day (Australia)
began at around 9 am when the
crew from Urban Golf Australia
hosted a bus load of disadvantaged
kids from the Father Chris Riley
program. There were a few wild
swings and a lot of balls lost in roof
gutters! The kids all had a great
time and walked away with brand
new World Urban Golf Day t-shirts
and pockets full of balls. By midday
the bar had been opened and the
first of the players had started to
turn up. Thanks to Newcastle City
Council the street was closed to
traffic and players were free to be
as creative as they wanted with no
danger of cars. Congratulations to
everyone who dressed up on the
day to embrace the spirit of Urban
Golfing.
Local State MP Tim Owen found
time during a busy election day in
Newcastle to drop past and have a
10
few swings. He definitely received
extra attention from The Picture
model Carmen, who was on hand
during the day to keep the guys
motivated....
The event was a huge success with
almost everyone walking away
with a prize from our sponsors and
keen to play again. Special thanks
to the team at Vision Golf for their
support and donations. The girls
from RedBull were busy throughout
the day keeping the players energy
levels up and having a few shots
themselves.
World Urban Golf Day #6 raised
$2000 which will be donated to
Father Chris Riley’s Youth off the
Streets program although putting
smiles on the faces of the people
involved was priceless.
The event culminated at 4pm with
the drawing of the raffle where
due to the generosity of players
and sponsors we were able to raise
another $500.
Special thanks to the Oriental Hotel
in Newcastle for taking the chance
on a Street Golf tournament and
making this all possible.
The Golf Marketing Professionals www.golfindustrycentral.com.au