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September 29 - UK Sport has chosen one of the country’s most beautiful golf courses for its bid to host the 2015 Solheim Cup.
September 14 - The PGA Tour, who operate the main professional golf tours in the United States, are planning to take advantage of the sport's return to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 by expanding its popularity to South and Latin America.
August 3 - Antony Scanlon has been recruited as the new executive director of the International Golf Federation (IGF) to oversee the sport's return to the Olympic arena after a 112-year absence, it has been announced.
By Duncan Mackay
November 14 - Golf is set for a major boom in India now that it has been accepted back on to the Olympic programme., it has been claimed.
October 28 - Michael Whan is set to be unveiled as the new Commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) later today.
By Duncan Mackay in CopenhagenOctober 9 - Golf and rugby sevens were today added to the Olympic programme for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the first sports to be added since 2000.
October 8 - An exclusive poll on insidethegames.biz, which is read by the key decision makers and opinion-formers from around the world, has found that golf is only the fourth choice of readers to be included in the Olympic Games for 2016 behind rugby sevens, softball and squash.
August 16 - Billy Payne (pictured), President of Augusta National, which stages the Masters, and the organiser of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics believes the introduction of golf in the Games would be good for the sport.
August 16 - Billy Payne (pictured), President of Augusta National, which stages the Masters, and the organiser of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics believes the introduction of golf in the Games would be good for the sport.
August 13 - Golf and rugby sevens are set to be added at the 2016 Olympics and women's boxing will be included at London 2012 it was decided by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ruling Executive Board here today.