{"id":26120,"date":"2025-02-02T01:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T01:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26120"},"modified":"2025-02-02T01:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T01:02:20","slug":"guyana-golf-association-drives-success-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-golf-association-drives-success-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Golf Association Drives Success in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Jan 2, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Golf Association (GGA) has declared 2024 a groundbreaking year for the sport, marked by several remarkable initiatives and achievements that have raised the profile of golf across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through strategic partnerships and a commitment to inclusivity, the GGA has paved the way for a promising future for Guyanese golf, particularly for youth and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aleem Hussain, President of the GGA, shared that in collaboration with the NextGen Golf Academy, the GGA introduced golf to secondary schools across the nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They donated equipment, including balls, and provided specialized training for Physical Education teachers to ensure thousands of students in grades 7-9 were introduced to the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative led to an unprecedented 98% pass rate for students who selected golf as their elective at the CSEC exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hussain also highlighted the GGA\u2019s strides in promoting inclusivity, noting that in 2024, over 60% of participants in GGA programs were women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the GGA plans to begin construction on two PGA-branded 18-hole golf courses that will meet international standards, positioning Guyana as a contender in the global golfing community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the achievements of 2024 setting the foundation, Hussain and the GGA\u2019s vision for golf in Guyana continues to inspire and drive the sport towards a future of excellence and inclusivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 2, 2025 The Guyana Golf Association (GGA) has declared 2024 a groundbreaking year for the sport, marked by several remarkable initiatives and achievements that have raised the profile of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26121,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26120\/revisions\/26121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}