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BBC Sport Academy

The Sport Academy provides a variety of information and coaching hints and tips.

The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Golf Partnership is an alliance between the BB&O Union of Golf Clubs, B B & O PGA, Berkshire Ladies County Union, the Bucks Ladies County Union and the Oxon County Ladies Union.

Bedfordshire County Golf Partnership

The Partnership is between the Bedfordshire County Golf Union, Bedfordshire Ladies County Golf Association and the Bedfordshire Professional Golfers Association.

Cambridgeshire County Golf Partnership

County Golf Partnerships are an effective and structured way to support the development of golf within a county. The Cambridgeshire County Golf Partnership comprises the County Union, County Association and Professional Golfers Association.

Together the 3 bodies work to develop the game of golf in Cambridgeshire supported by County Development Officer John Harvey, EGU/EWGA Regional Development Officer Steven Peet, Golf Foundation Regional Development Officer, Katie Cooper, working closely with other appropriate bodies (such as the Cambridgeshire County Sports Partnership, Living Sport).

Cornwall Golf Partnership

Cornwall County Golf Union, Cornwall County Ladies' Golf Association, and Cornwall County Professional Golfers' Association have formed the Cornwall Golf Partnership. Our purpose is to grow the game in our county so that more people can enjoy the health, fitness, and social benefits of playing golf on Cornwall's scenic golf courses.

Cumbria Golf Partnership

The Partnership consists of a steering committee with two representatives from each of the two main golfing organisations in Cumbria, The Cumbria Union of Golf Club (CUGC) and The Cumbria Ladies County Golf Association (CLCGA). The committee will also have representatives from the North East/North West County Professional Golfer's Association (PGA), The English Golf Union/English Women's Golf Association (EGU/EWGA), The Golf Foundation and Cumbria Sport.

Derbyshire Golf Partnership

Formed in November 2008 between Derbyshire Union of Golf Clubs, Derbyshire Ladies County Golf Association and Derbyshire Professional Golfers Association.

Devon Golf Partnership

Devon County Union, Devon County Ladies' Golf Association and Devon Professional Golfers Association have formed the Devon Golf Partnership. The three partners will work together to promote the game of golf, introduce more people to the game, encourage regular participation in competitive golf and improve the standard of play at all levels.

Dorset Golf Partnership

The Dorset County Golf Partnership aim to help clubs to grow the game within the County so that more people can enjoy the health, fitness and social benefits of playing golf on Dorset's scenic courses.

Durham Golf Partnership

The Durham Golf Partnership (CGP) is a joint venture between the Durham County Golf Union (DCGU); the Durham Ladies County Golf Association (DLCGA); representatives from the North East / North West PGA; Golf Foundation; the English Golf Union (EGU) and English Women's Golf Association (EWGA) supported by County Durham Sport, Tees Valley Sport and Tyne and Wear Sport

England Golf Partnership

The England Golf Partnership comprises the English Golf Union (EGU), English Women's Golf Association (EWGA) and the PGA with the support of the Golf Foundation & Sport England.

Essex Golf Partnership

The partnership is an alliance between the Essex County Golf Union, The Essex Ladies County Golf Association and the Essex Professional Golfers' Association.

Gloucestershire Golf Partnership

The partnership was formed in June 2006 and is an alliance between the Gloucestershire Golf Union, Gloucestershire Ladies Golf Association and the Professional Golfers Association.

Golf Foundation

The Golf Foundation is a registered charity established to develop and promote junior golf throughout the British Isles (Charity number 285917).

Golf Range Finder

Golf Range Search contains the UK’s largest directory of golf ranges.

Golf Volunteers

The golf volunteering programme provides an exciting opportunity for anyone to get involved in golf volunteering whether it is at a school club or within the community setting.

Hampshire, IOW & CI Golf Partnership

In partnership, the game of golf aims through the implementation of a Whole Sport Plan (WSP) to increase and widen participation levels in golf and achieve a vision of being ‘The Leading Golf Nation in the World’ by 2020, from grass roots through to the elite level. Quite simply it is about ‘Growing the Game’ in England. The Hampshire, IOW & CI Golf Partnership has been formed to carry out the above at County Level

Isle of Man Golf Partnership

The Partnership consists of a steering committee with two representatives from each of the two main golfing organisations, The Isle of Man Golf Union and The Isle of Man Ladies Golf Association. The committee will also have representatives from the Professional Golfer's Association (PGA), The English Golf Union/English Women's Golf Association (EGU/EWGA), The Golf Foundation and Manx Sport and Recreation.

Kent Golf Partnership

The Kent County Golf Union, the Kent County Ladies Golf Association and the Kent County Professional Golfers Association have agreed to join forces to form the Kent Golf Partnership.

Leicestershire & Rutland County Golf Partnership

The Partnership is between the Leicestershire & Rutland Golf Union, Leicestershire & Rutland Ladies County Golf Association and the Leicestershire & Rutland Professional Golfers Association with advisory input from England Golf Development, the Golf Foundation and the Leicestershire & Rutland County Sports Partnership.

Lincolnshire Golf Partnership

The Lincolnshire Union of Golf Clubs (Men) have joined with the Lincolnshire Ladies County Golf Association and the Lincolnshire P.G.A. to form a Partnership to help and support Golf Clubs in the County

Middlesex Golf Partnership

The Middlesex Golf Partnership consists of the Middlesex County Golf Union, Ladies County Golf Association and county PGA. All three bodies are working together to develop golf within the county.

Norfolk Golf Partnership

The Norfolk County Golf Partnership was officially launched on Saturday 23 February 2008 at Weston Park Golf Club. Over half of Norfolk clubs were represented as well as representatives from the Norfolk Golf Union, Norfolk Professional Golfers' Association, Norfolk County Ladies Golf Association, School Sports Partnerships and Easton College

Northamptonshire Golf Partnership

The Northamptonshire Golf Partnership is made up of the Northamptonshire County Union, Ladies' County Golf Association and County PGA. The partnership has a primary aim of increasing the number of golfers within the county.

Northumberland County Golf Partnership

Formed in 2009, the partnership comprises of the Northumberland Union of Golf Club, the Northumberland Ladies County Golf Association, the Northumberland Junior Golfing Association and the Professional Golfers' Association. These organisations aim to promote the game of golf and standard of play in Northumberland and to introduce more people into the game and into regular participation, regardless of age, gender and background

Professional Golfers' Association (PGA)

Your local PGA professional is the best person to teach you to play golf. The PGA has over 5,000 qualified professionals, who between them employ just under 1,000 Registered Trainees.

Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A)

The R&A is golf's world rules and development body and organiser of The Open Championship. It operates with the consent of more than 125 national and international, amateur and professional organisations, from over 110 countries and on behalf of an estimated 28 million golfers in Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and The Americas (outside the USA and Mexico).

Shropshire & Herefordshire County Golf Partnership

This partnership was formed in March 2008 between Shropshire & Herefordshire Union of Golf Clubs, Shropshire County Ladies’ Golf Association and the Shropshire & Herefordshire Professional Golfers Association.

Somerset Golf Partnership

The formation of the England Golf Partnership brought together the National Governing Bodies of Golf in England and it was appropriate that this should be mirrored at a local level in the form of County Golf Partnerships. As a consequence of this the Somerset Golf Union, Somerset Ladies County Golf Association and the Somerset PGA jointly decided to formulate an application and after the compilation, submission and acceptance of budgets and development plans, the Somerset County Golf Partnership was formed in 2007.

Suffolk Golf Partnership

The Suffolk Golf Partnership (SGP) has been set up to introduce more people to golf and help 'grow the game' within the county. The Partnership is between the Suffolk Golf Union, Suffolk Ladies County Golf Association and the Suffolk Professional Golfers Association. The Partnership was set up in May 2008 and has already received funding from the England Golf Partnership.