THE R&A
Golfers with a disability in Wales will be boosted by a half million-pound fund, an award from Sport Wales with the support of the Welsh Government, thanks to hosting The G4D Open for the first time.
The Wales Golf G4D Accessibility Fund is a transformative fund to help improve facilities at golf clubs across Wales for golfers with a disability.
It will help enhance the offer provided by golf clubs for golfers with a disability, disabled facility users, care providers and the wider local community.
The Celtic Manor Resort will host the world’s most talented golfers with disabilities when The G4D Open is staged in Wales for the first time from 14-16 May of this year, and will also play host for the following two years.
Established in 2023, The G4D Open is held in partnership by The R&A and the DP World Tour and supported by EDGA (formally the European Disabled Golf Association).
A field of 80 male and female amateur and professional golfers from across the world will compete over 54 holes of strokeplay gross competition on the Roman Road Course, featuring nine sport classes across multiple impairment groups which cover categories in Standing, Intellectual, Visual and Sitting.
The Wales Golf G4D Accessibility Fund means each club can apply for funding towards their projects up to a maximum of £20,000. All projects will be required to contribute 20 per cent of the total project cost.
“Building on the success of the Championship at Woburn since 2023, The G4D Open will shine a spotlight on golfers with a disability and help further promote the sport in Wales and beyond.”
Kevin Barker, the R&A
The investment in capital projects at Welsh Golf Clubs should develop the sport, enhance facilities and promote equality, diversity and inclusivity.
“Wales Golf is committed to ensuring that golf in Wales is a game for everyone,” said Wales Golf Head of Facilities and Sustainability, Dilwyn Griffiths.
“The Wales Golf G4D Accessibility Fund is intended to act as a catalyst for growing the game and addressing some of the key factors affecting the organic growth of the sport for golfers with disabilities.”
Kevin Barker, Director of Golf Development in GB&I and Africa at The R&A, said: “We look forward to staging The G4D Open at Celtic Manor Resort in May, the first time the Championship has ever been held in Wales.
“Building on the success of the Championship at Woburn since 2023, The G4D Open will shine a spotlight on golfers with a disability and help further promote the sport in Wales and beyond.
“We encourage clubs to apply to the Wales Golf G4D Accessibility Fund to not only improve their own facilities, but enhance their offering to golfers with a disability and help encourage newcomers into the sport.”
The G4D Open took place for a third time over the Duchess Course at Woburn in May last year, with Brendan Lawlor and Daphne van Houten the respective men’s and women’s winners.
Building on the success of the last three years, Celtic Manor will now welcome one of the most inclusive championships ever staged.
To gain access to the Wales Golf G4D Accessibility Fund application form, clubs must first complete the Club Accessibility Audit. Upon receipt of a Club Audit, Wales Golf will forward an application form for the Wales Golf G4D Accessibility Fund.
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