Welcome to the new-look Golf Foundation website, which profiles ‘Golf Roots’ – our national development project that incorporates community activity in schools and clubs as well as special projects that target inner city and urban areas.

Having increased the percentage of schools delivering golf in England from 14% in 2003/4 to 42% in 2008/9*, we’ll be working hard through 2010 to encourage more schools to offer golf. We’ve also seen the percentage of schools in England with links to clubs increase from 9% in 2003/4 to 26% in 2008/9* and we’ll be supporting clubs as much as we can with their programmes targeted at young beginners .

We’ll also be working with our colleagues in Wales and Scotland to see how the ‘Golf Roots’ programmes can continue to support the delivery of the national plans.

Our aim is to give 1M youngsters per year the chance to experience golf. All good news for the future of the sport!

‘Golf Roots’ already has the support of the major golfing bodies including the R&A, the European Tour, the Professional Golfers Association and the Ryder Cup Committee, as well as Europe’s number one golfer, Lee Westwood. Please support this important project and help us to not only make a difference to the long term future of the sport, but also to the lives of the children we will reach.

* Source: DCSF School Sport Survey