{"id":40535,"date":"2025-10-24T09:56:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/?p=40535"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:26:28","slug":"expressions-of-interest-agf-girls-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/10\/expressions-of-interest-agf-girls-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressions of Interest &#8211; AGF Girls\u2019 Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Applications for the AGF Girls\u2019 Scholarship are opening soon, and we\u2019re inviting expressions of interest to join The Grange Golf Club AGF Girls\u2019 Team for 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This program, aligned with Australian Golf\u2019s strategic plan for women and girls, aims to nurture a lasting passion for golf among girls aged 9\u201316 by strengthening their connection to their local club or facility. Its main goal is to retain girls already involved in golf by supporting them beyond introductory programs and helping them obtain a handicap, thereby reducing teenage dropout rates.<\/p>\n<p>While primarily focused on current junior golfers, the program also welcomes newcomers who show genuine enthusiasm for learning the sport, ideally with some prior golf experience (e.g., MyGolf clinics or family play).<\/p>\n<p>Guided by a club PGA professional, and supported by club members, scholarship participants will:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"928\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li>Receive 24 group coaching sessions to develop their skills<\/li>\n<li>Receive a 12-month membership at The Grange Golf Club<\/li>\n<li>Work toward gaining a handicap<\/li>\n<li>Participate in club competitions<\/li>\n<li>Build lasting friendships within the golfing community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in becoming an AGF Scholar, contact Sarah Douglass-Norris on <a href=\"mailto:juniorgolf@grangegolf.com.au\">juniorgolf@grangegolf.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications for the AGF Girls\u2019 Scholarship are opening soon, and we\u2019re inviting expressions of interest to join The Grange Golf Club AGF Girls\u2019 Team for 2026.<span class=\"clearfix\"><a class=\"read_more_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/10\/expressions-of-interest-agf-girls-scholarship\/\"> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4427,"featured_media":37905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28,100,59,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-golf-programs","category-guests-news","category-junior-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40536,"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40535\/revisions\/40536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}