10 years in, the founder looks at the continuous growth

Golf Day for WomenA global movement celebrating women and girls playing golf celebrates her 10th anniversary this year, and to mark the opportunity, hundreds of locations and teaching professionals will host the events of women’s golf day from June 27 to June 3.

What is the golf day for women? It is an annual, four-hour experience aimed at presenting the game with women and girls simply and with the opportunity Golf objects all over the world. Women’s Golf Day events are open to women of all levels of skills. The movement was founded by the Elisa Gaudet Golf Industry Veteran in 2016, and has since increased to include more than 1,350 seats in 85 countries.

The initial idea of ​​women’s golf day was born out of disappointment, Gaudet says.

“Knowing that women were quick to try golf, but just as fast to leave – this is like a client’s holding problem, and what were we wrong as an industry?” She said. “(Playing) lasted a long time, it wasn’t friendly. So what we did is we got the information, just grabbed her in her head and created an event that we thought would resonate. And so it happened.”

Women’s Golf Day events include both guidance and a social element.

“The first two hours, if you are young for golf, you will take lessons,” Gaudet said. “If you are an existing golf player, you will play a 9 -hole gunfire, ideally, and the second two hours are social. This gives women who have questions that are new, the opportunity to do. It helps them get inside.”

Official golf partners include USA, R&A and PGA of America. And perhaps not so coincidentally, since the beginning of the movement, women’s participation in Golf has been growing. Women now make up nearly one -third of the recreation players in America, and according to the National Golf Foundation, women make up 39 percent of all beginners of the game, while young girls represent 35 percent of all young players (ages 6 to 17). This is music for Gaudet’s ears.

“It brings us tremendous joy that these things are happening,” she said. But she also admits that there is still a lot of work to do.

“I would like to see a lot from the business community walking on a walk and not just talking the conversation,” she said. “I think all sports, women’s sports, are looking for it.”

And even considering the impressive achievement and width of the movement, there is always a chance for more growth.

“I would like golf day for women to be as widespread as possible,” Gaudet said. “More golf courses that really expect and understand the value of how it helps them. This is a simple formula: More locations are equal to more women, more partners and sponsors who really dig.”