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About
It is well documented that participation in sport contributes massively to a person's physical and mental health and wellbeing.
We wanted to find a way of encouraging people into sport (playing golf) but recognised that traditional golf poses many barriers to participation - time consuming (4 hours+), 4-mile-long courses, it is not plug in and play - requires technical coaching, can be costly etc.
We undertook some research and found a game called Park Golf, played by millions of people in Japan, and also in pockets in other parts of the world eg Brazil, USA, Paraguay, Korea, Sweden.
We recognised that Park Golf could be the answer to providing easy access to playing golf. It requires only one club and a ball - whacking the ball into enlarged golf holes over a short course. The Feature Editor of top-selling golf magazine, Today's Golfer, appropriately described Park Golf as 'Mini Golf on Steroids'.
With grant funding, principally from the Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund, we have the necessary equipment, insurances etc to offer free Park Golf to local community groups (or Park Gowf as we call it, to give it a Scottish flavour).
Since March 2022 we have been offering weekly/monthly Park Gowf sessions, followed by a free cup of tea/coffee and biscuits, to various local community support groups including: Alzheimer Scotland, the Salvation Army, Phoenix Futures, Sporting Memories, the Curnie Club, Walk and Talk etc. We have also hosted sessions for the Rotary Club, local schoolchildren, football groups, Fife Chamber of Commerce and Fife Golf.
Park Gowf is played at Fife Golf Trust's 2019 course, iKrkcaldy, which we describe as the 'Hame of Park Gowf'. It's 6-hole, 500yard layout is ideal for Park Gowf, with a round only taking around 45 minutes to play.
Feedback from all participants has been excellent - lots of fun and laughs.
We run free park golf sessions every Tuesday morning, starting at 10.30. (April through to October). There is no need to book, simply turn up!
If the weather is bad, we organise indoor fun activities, so always something to look forward to.
Booking from support organisations and other interested parties can be made by emailing dpcomgolf@gmail.com
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