Working for Golf Conference closes with

Peter Dawson question-and-answer

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May 1, 2009, St Andrews: The R&A’s Working for Golf Conference drew to a close today. The final session was a question-and-answer with Peter Dawson (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency) where The R&A’s Chief Executive responded to questions about many of the issues which had been discussed throughout the three-day event.
The conference was attended by delegations representing the women’s and men’s game, from 60 countries, alongside representatives from PGAs from around the world and the PGA European Tour.
Today’s programme included presentations on golf’s social responsibility from Vicky Whyte, Brazilian Golf Confederation; Brendon Pyle, the Golf Foundation; and Ronald Fream, Golf Plan; on projects using golf for community and social development in Japeri, Brazil; Sheffield, England; and Bhutan respectively.
Peter Dawson presented golf’s bid for inclusion in the Olympic Games which preceded a presentation by David Garland, Director of Tour Operations for the PGA European Tour, about the introduction of anti-doping, on the day’s agenda. The issue of the sustainable golf course management was also discussed, before a presentation of golf’s oldest known films was shown to the congregation.
Over the three days of the conference, held at the Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews, issues such as pace of play, amateur status, the Rules of Golf, technology, the World Amateur Golf Rankings, and Golf Development joined golf’s social responsibility, Olympic Golf, and anti-doping on an agenda that tackled many of the most pressing discussion points in the sport today.