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Tag: Disabled Golf

Kate And Justin Rose Foundation Supports Golf Day For Children With Disabilities

Kate and Justin Rose have been forces for good in the game in recent years, and that impact has carried into a project that they helped to fund and support at Stoneleigh Deer Park Golf Club in Warwickshire, where 44 children with disabilities enjoyed their very first golf matches on a real golf course, thanks to EDGA’s Project 250. read more ...


Epic Golf Fundraising Challenge Makes Difference For Disabled Golfers

Playing 18 rounds of golf across five countries over six days in June 2025, The Golf Trust completed an epic fundraising challenge that has helped them to raise £50,000 towards purchasing three Paragolfer vehicles that will make the game more accessible for people with disabilities. read more ...


Entries Are Open For Lancashire Open For Golfers With a Disability

The inaugural Lancashire Open for Golfers with a Disability is set to be a significant highlight of the season in the North West of England, and entries are now open for the event to be staged at Lytham Green Drive Golf Club, from September 17-19, 2025.  read more ...


New Tournament For Golfers With a Disability Coming to North West England

Supporting the growth of the sport in the North West of England, Lancashire Golf has confirmed that it will stage a new tournament for golfers with a disability in 2025, to be held at Lytham Green Drive Golf Club. read more ...


New Film Shows Golfers Playing For 24 Hours in Arctic Circle

We're sure that some of you have tracked at least 36 holes during the summer, but could you imagine playing non-stop for 24 hours? Well, that is exactly what eight amateur golfers did when they embarked on an incredible challenge - Project 2024 - which saw them play for an entire day in the perpetual sunlight and stormy conditions of Norway. read more ...


Wheelchair Users Given Opportunity to Try Golf in Upcoming Event

The Paragolfer machine has made a dramatic difference to the lives of disabled golfers, and on 14th October, wheelchair users will have the chance to try it for themselves at Woburn Golf Club. read more ...


The G4D Open Returns to Woburn This Week

The G4D Open makes a welcome return to Woburn Golf Club this week as the most skilled golfers with disabilities compete in a fabulous event that has been established in partnership between The R&A and the DP World Tour and supported by EDGA. read more ...


Emerging Golfers With Disability Celebrated in New Film

A new film from EDGA that celebrates a fantastic group of golfers with disability will premiere on Sky Sports Golf this week with several showings during the coming days. read more ...


Disabled Golfers Compete in Golf Trust Open at The Shire

Bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds with a vast range of different disabilities, the annual Golf Trust Open at The Shire was another successful event showcasing that golf is a sport for everyone. read more ...


The G4D Open Was Inspiring For All Golfers

In this week's View From The Fairway, Golfshake's Derek Clements takes a closer look at the remarkable stories behind the competitors at the inaugural G4D Open, demonstrating that golf can be the most inclusive of sports, irrespective of disability or impairment. read more ...


Elite Golfers With Disabilities Prepare For G4D Open

The inaugural G4D Open takes place this week at Woburn, with Brendan Lawlor and Kim Moore among the international field of elite golfers with disabilities who are competing in the event. read more ...


Why You Must Watch Kipp Popert Profile Film

Golfshake's Derek Clements has some recommended viewing for you in his latest View From The Fairway as he describes the profile film about the world's top ranked disabled golfer Kipp Popert that you can see on Sky Sports Golf. read more ...


Golfers With Disabilities to Compete in Newly Launched G4D Open

The R&A has announced the launch of The G45 Open, which is being staged in partnership with the DP World Tour and will bring up to 80 of the world's best golfers with disabilities together at Woburn's Duchess Course from 10-12 May 2023. read more ...


EDGA Announce 2022 RSM European Play-off Series

The EDGA (European Disabled Golf Association), have announced details of the 2022 RSM European Play-off Series, that will see 16 qualifying players from the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability (WR4GD), tee it up in a three-day match-play knockout tournament at Stratford-on-Avon Golf Club in September. read more ...


Playing Golf With Paragolfer User Kris Aves

In 2017, Metropolitan Police officer Kris Aves was severely injured during the Westminster Bridge terrorist attacks. Following intensive treatment, he returned to his beloved sport of golf via the use of a Paragolfer machine. Golfshake Ambassador Andy Picken, himself retired from the police service, recently played with Kris in a Team Police Golf Day at Forest of Arden and describes the experience in this new feature article. read more ...


Disabled Golf Association Hosts First Taster Session at Calverley Golf Club

On Wednesday 27th of July, DGA (Disabled Golf Association) hosted their first golf open taster session at Calverley Golf Club in Leeds. The ambition behind this was to invite disabled people to experience 'welcome to golf' taster events for those thinking about taking up the game in the form of friendly coaching on the driving range and putting greens. read more ...


Inspirational Kipp Popert Triumphs at The Belfry

Kipp Popert, who has cerebral palsy, became the inaugural winner on the G4D (Golf for the Disabled) Tour after defeating Kurtis Barkley and Chris Biggins in a play-off at The Belfry. read more ...


EDGA Tour Expands With More Events For Golfers With Disability

Now featuring over 50 events on the schedule for 2022 across member countries, the EDGA is offering competitive tournaments for even more golfers with a disability, while the EDGA Tour itself is also bigger than ever before. read more ...


Exciting News For Europe's Best Disabled Golfers

Golfshake's Derek Clements shares his latest View From The Fairway, commenting on the exciting and timely announcement that the DP World Tour is helping to launch the G4D (Golf for the Disabled) Tour. read more ...


American Golf Signs Leading Disabled Golfer Brendan Lawlor

American Golf has announced that it will sponsor Brendan Lawlor, one of the world’s leading disabled golfers, in his first full season as a professional. The partnership will see the 23-year-old, who signed his first pro contract with Niall Horan’s Modest! Golf last September, wear an American Golf hat for the remainder of the 2020 season. read more ...


6 Remarkable Golfers Who Overcame Their Disabilities

There are many thousands of golfers with disabilities who get immense enjoyment from the game. Golfshake's Derek Clements takes a closer look at just a few remarkable individuals who overcame physical challenges to play golf. read more ...


Brendan Lawlor Wins Inaugural EDGA Scottish Open

Completing an inaugural 36-hole event that ran alongside the European Tour's Scottish Open, Golfers with Disability player Brendan Lawlor shot a tremendous final round of 71 to win the inaugural EDGA Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club. read more ...


Inclusiveness Celebrated With Free Disabled Golf Coaching at Scottish Open

During this week's Scottish Open, spectators with disabilities attending the event can take the opportunity of free golf coaching with professional coaches, celebrating the huge benefits and raising awareness of inclusiveness within the game. read more ...


Qualifiers Confirmed for Inaugural EDGA Scottish Open

This year sees the introduction of the inaugural EDGA Scottish Open, a new 36-hole event for Golfers with Disability that will be contested alongside the European Tour's Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, with the field beginning to take shape. read more ...


New Book Launched to Inspire Inclusive Golf

EDGA (formerly the European Disabled Golf Association) has launched a new book, featuring 18 unique stories of golfers who have overcome obstacles and personal trauma to discover the magic of the game. read more ...


Unique Campaign Launched to Celebrate Disabled Golf

The inaugural Golf and Health Week is coming up from 15-19 April, and the European Disabled Golfers Association is launching their own part of the campaign, unveiling a unique 'pledge and PLAY' day that will raise awareness for golfers with disabilities. read more ...


Putt for Parkinson's Fundraising Event Coming to Rudding Park

Harrogate's Rudding Park has been celebrated as being the World's 1st Parkinson's Friendly Golf Club, and the Academy has combined with 'Golf in Society' to hold a Putt for Parkinson's Event on World Parkinson's Day. read more ...


Interview with England Golf's Disability Manager Jamie Blair

Making golf more inclusive and accessible. Golfshake's Kieran Clark spoke with England Golf's Disability Manager, Jamie Blair, to hear about the incredible work being done to introduce more people with disabilities and impairments to the game, and the positive difference it can make. read more ...


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