The 2017 Women’s Golf Day (WGD) was a record-breaking success, with Women & Golf contributing to the festivities with a fun-filled day at High Legh Golf Club.


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The 2017 Women’s Golf Day (WGD) was a record-breaking success, with Women & Golf contributing to the festivities with a fun-filled day at High Legh Golf Club.

Despite appalling weather, plenty of women turned out to try their hand at the game, before enjoying a fashion show at the Cheshire venue.

The event, organised in partnership with American Golf, was one more than 704 venues spanning 46 countries that participated in this one-day, global initiative to celebrate girls and women playing golf and learning the skills that last a lifetime.

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While the numbers are impressive, the most compelling fact was 99% organic growth across all channels and WGD’s primary hashtag #womensgolfday received more than 15 million impressions to nearly 10 million users across Twitter and Instagram.

WGD has grown exponentially, 68%, since its launch in 2016. Golf courses, driving ranges, and retail locations around the globe hosted WGD events where women and girls took part in a four-hour experience involving two hours of golf and two hours of socializing and networking.

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“For a while, the golf industry had been looking at ways to engage women. I am elated and proud that this one day, international event has introduced thousands of new female golfers to the sport and further impassioned existing golfers while transcending language, culture, religion, and race, to celebrate golf, women, and community,” commented WGD founder Elisa Gaudet.

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She added, "Our grassroots movement effectively leveraged old-style industry relationships with modern technology, reaching millions of people and engaging them in golf worldwide."

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