This charity, through its HSBC Golf Roots programme, reaches 500,000 young people each year and encourages them to enjoy the benefits of the game. Children of different backgrounds and abilities (including youngsters with a disability and those with special educational needs) can experience the joy of playing golf and learn valuable ‘Skills for Life’ associated with golf.
Sky Sports and the European Tour have already teamed up with the England Golf grassroots initiative ‘Get into golf’ to build on the success of last year’s British Masters, encouraging children and adults to play golf. Initiatives such as live masterclasses planned for the tournament week and ‘Sky Sports Thursday’, which gave away 20,000 free tickets to the first round of this year’s British Masters at The Grove, also aim to help engage with new and existing audiences.
Brendon Pyle, Chief Executive of the Golf Foundation, said: “The Golf Foundation values greatly the support of the European Tour in presenting our team with this fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of our work as a charity which makes golf more accessible to young people and puts children first.
“We encourage families to come along to The Grove next week and make use of the free entry for their youngsters. Our team would like to offer a big thank you in advance to all the European Tour players, led by tournament host Luke Donald, who are encouraging us and supporting our charitable efforts in the week ahead.”
Tickets for the 2016 British Masters supported by Sky Sports are now on general sale, with fans able to buy tickets for the final three rounds of the European Tour tournament at The Grove. They are available jointly via www.europeantourtickets.com and www.sky.com/tickets.
This charity, through its HSBC Golf Roots programme, reaches 500,000 young people each year and encourages them to enjoy the benefits of the game. Children of different backgrounds and abilities (including youngsters with a disability and those with special educational needs) can experience the joy of playing golf and learn valuable ‘Skills for Life’ associated with golf.
Sky Sports and the European Tour have already teamed up with the England Golf grassroots initiative ‘Get into golf’ to build on the success of last year’s British Masters, encouraging children and adults to play golf. Initiatives such as live masterclasses planned for the tournament week and ‘Sky Sports Thursday’, which gave away 20,000 free tickets to the first round of this year’s British Masters at The Grove, also aim to help engage with new and existing audiences.
Brendon Pyle, Chief Executive of the Golf Foundation, said: “The Golf Foundation values greatly the support of the European Tour in presenting our team with this fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of our work as a charity which makes golf more accessible to young people and puts children first.
“We encourage families to come along to The Grove next week and make use of the free entry for their youngsters. Our team would like to offer a big thank you in advance to all the European Tour players, led by tournament host Luke Donald, who are encouraging us and supporting our charitable efforts in the week ahead.”
Tickets for the 2016 British Masters supported by Sky Sports are now on general sale, with fans able to buy tickets for the final three rounds of the European Tour tournament at The Grove. They are available jointly via www.europeantourtickets.com and www.sky.com/tickets.
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