Courtesy of Women's Golf Day
Established golf markets, emerging countries and small-island nations united to celebrate women and girls playing golf by hosting some of the best-attended events in the nine-year history of Women’s Golf Day
The week started fantastic with a new social media activation for WGD Palooza. The digital activation with people online consisted of videos and giveaways from WGD partners and special messages from notable personalities including former LPGA player and television analyst Morgan Pressel. The social and digital footprint of WGD continued to expand. Impressions exceeded 241 million and engagement reached 733,000, double the 2023 total.
“Get Social” was the theme of the week, even for in-person events, with WGD founder Elisa Gaudet leading the march. Gaudet hosted an event at The Palm Beach Par 3 in Palm Beach, Florida, and attended debut events at Augusta Ranch Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona, and Omni PGA Frisco Resort, Frisco, Texas, steps away from the PGA of America’s new headquarters. Gaudet was also among the 320 women who took over Dobson Ranch Golf Course. The team, led by Natalie Farahani, have thoroughly embraced the WGD ethos and invited 20 women-owned vendors to participate in the high energy, fun event.
“What an incredible week,” Gaudet said. “It is always so thrilling to see the locations around the world using WGD to connect and engage with women and girls, but to witness it first-hand is incredibly inspiring. Many of the women I met this week are at the beginning or relatively new in their golf journey and I am confident that many will go on to have a passion that will last a lifetime.
“The shared joy that you experience at these events is unique and very bonding. We often hear it is not what they expected and that they felt comfortable and wanted to continue either casually playing or getting more serious about their game. I am delighted that I have been able to attend so many events this year.”
WGD went island hopping around the world, with events taking place from Japan to Mauritius, Madeira, The Bahamas, The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Greece, Turks and Caicos, French Polynesia and Hawaii. Japan hosted a staggering 125 events this year at a variety of locations thanks to the relationship WGD has established with The Japan Golf Association.
Despite WGD having taken place in 84 countries already, there are always new ones on the scene. This year Rwanda, in East Africa, joined the community through WGD Ambassador Marlon Weir. The Kigali Golf Resort and Villas hosted 70 golfers and 30 beginners at its first event. The WGD Ambassador network was also busy hosting at various locations in Africa, The Dominican Republic, Italy, France, Morrocco, Puerto Rico, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.
The week started fantastic with a new social media activation for WGD Palooza. The digital activation with people online consisted of videos and giveaways from WGD partners and special messages from notable personalities including former LPGA player and television analyst Morgan Pressel. The social and digital footprint of WGD continued to expand. Impressions exceeded 241 million and engagement reached 733,000, double the 2023 total.
“Get Social” was the theme of the week, even for in-person events, with WGD founder Elisa Gaudet leading the march. Gaudet hosted an event at The Palm Beach Par 3 in Palm Beach, Florida, and attended debut events at Augusta Ranch Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona, and Omni PGA Frisco Resort, Frisco, Texas, steps away from the PGA of America’s new headquarters. Gaudet was also among the 320 women who took over Dobson Ranch Golf Course. The team, led by Natalie Farahani, have thoroughly embraced the WGD ethos and invited 20 women-owned vendors to participate in the high energy, fun event.
“What an incredible week,” Gaudet said. “It is always so thrilling to see the locations around the world using WGD to connect and engage with women and girls, but to witness it first-hand is incredibly inspiring. Many of the women I met this week are at the beginning or relatively new in their golf journey and I am confident that many will go on to have a passion that will last a lifetime.
“The shared joy that you experience at these events is unique and very bonding. We often hear it is not what they expected and that they felt comfortable and wanted to continue either casually playing or getting more serious about their game. I am delighted that I have been able to attend so many events this year.”
WGD went island hopping around the world, with events taking place from Japan to Mauritius, Madeira, The Bahamas, The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Greece, Turks and Caicos, French Polynesia and Hawaii. Japan hosted a staggering 125 events this year at a variety of locations thanks to the relationship WGD has established with The Japan Golf Association.
Despite WGD having taken place in 84 countries already, there are always new ones on the scene. This year Rwanda, in East Africa, joined the community through WGD Ambassador Marlon Weir. The Kigali Golf Resort and Villas hosted 70 golfers and 30 beginners at its first event. The WGD Ambassador network was also busy hosting at various locations in Africa, The Dominican Republic, Italy, France, Morrocco, Puerto Rico, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.
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