As the world’s best female golfers head for the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl, the Golf Foundation has announced a new partnership with the LPGA Foundation, marking a significant moment for girls’ golf in the UK.
Through a generous commitment of $150,000 over three years, the LPGA Foundation is investing in the Golf Foundation’s mission to introduce more girls to the game, support their development, and inspire leadership both on and off the course.
This latest collaboration is rooted in a shared ambition: to empower more girls through golf, building their confidence, creating lifelong friendships, and developing valuable life skills through the sport.
“Partnering with The Golf Foundation has been game changing for our program, with their impact in England alone reaching over 100,000 golfers we are able to expand our international programs,” explained Stephanie Peareth, Director of Operations for the LPGA Foundation. “Both our programs align with the mission of empowering every girl to have the opportunity to learn golf and fall in love with the game. This gives every girl access to different confidence developing opportunities to have golf be an incredible tool for their futures. We are lucky to be working together and making a global impact – we are on track to reaching one million more girls all around the world.”
A key step in the partnership began in June with Alice Lowe, one of the Golf Foundation’s most experienced Regional Development Officers, travelling to Westchester Golf Club in New York to attend the LPGA Foundation’s Leadership Academy. Alice joined an inspiring network of global leaders focused on growing the game for girls and nurturing the next generation of female role models. Read more about Alice’s visit here.
This opportunity built on Alice’s extensive experience running the Golf Foundation’s own Girls Leadership Programme and the Young Ambassadors Programme, as well as her involvement with Derbyshire Golf and leadership training through the Women in Sport Leadership Academy and The R&A’s Women in Golf Leadership Programme.
Brendon Pyle, CEO of the Golf Foundation, said: “We were very excited to have Alice join the LPGA Leadership Academy at Westchester Golf Club – a wonderful opportunity. We share the same ambition of introducing more girls to golf and empowering them with confidence, friendships and life skills.
Not only was this an opportunity to learn more about the girls’ leadership programme, but Alice was also tasked with finding out as much as possible about how we can introduce more girls to golf and keep them playing. This learning will help develop the Golf Foundation’s offer to girls in the UK.”
The LPGA Foundation has long been a global leader in advancing opportunities for girls and women through golf, having already reached over one million girls worldwide through programmes like Girls Golf.
With this new partnership, the Golf Foundation will gain:
- Increased financial investment to scale up its girls’ golf offer
- Shared coaching resources, training materials, and best practices
- Free membership kits to incentivize participation
- Additional grant funding for golf clubs and PGA professionals who run Girls Golf sessions
- Data sharing on participant demographics and community outcomes
- Professional development opportunities for staff, coaches, and young ambassadors