International Golf Federation

Golf
Industry Moves

DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley has been elected as the new chairman of the International Golf Federation (IGF), while Annika Sörenstam has been re-elected as president.
Golf
Sports Betting

Sportradar Integrity Services, a division of sports data and technology company Sportradar, has agreed a deal with the International Golf Federation (IGF)
Golf
Events

Golf returned to the Olympic Games in Rio after a hiatus of 112 years. Several of the sport’s top players decided not to take part, generating some negative media coverage, but the International Golf Federation’s executive director Antony Scanlon tells Frank Dunne why Rio was an ‘outstanding success’ for the sport
Golf
Industry Moves

Former women's golf professional Annika Sörenstam has been elected the new president of the International Golf Federation, effective January 1, 2021.
Golf
Events

Senior golf executives have expressed their confidence that the sport has done enough to secure long-term status on the Olympic Programme following its successful return at the summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Golf
Business

Ty Votaw, vice-president of the International Golf Federation (IGF), has said Rio de Janeiro’s new golf course must adhere to an agronomy scheme if it is to effectively deliver the sport’s return to the Olympic Games next summer.

Golf
Events

The International Golf Federation (IGF) has unveiled the system that will be used to determine which players qualify to take part at the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Golf
Business

International Golf Federation president Peter Dawson is doubtful that a planned test event for the sport can be staged a year ahead of the 2016 summer Olympics due to the slow progress of a revamp of the designated course for the Games in Rio de Janeiro.