World Golf Hall of Fame member Amy Alcott, PGA Tour players Hunter Mahan and Michael Thompson and instructor Sean Foley visited Israel from the 11-20th of November in order to spread the gospel of golf.

“Sports can be a powerful tool to open dialogue and lead to better understanding. With that hope in mind, the pros will host golf clinics with locals, Palestinian and Israeli youth as well as war veterans.”

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Meet Gil Hanse, leader of the design team that beat out some of the biggest names in golf to win the design bid for Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic golf course. Amy is also interviewed, offering some insights to the team’s vision for the Olympic course:

“… the legacy that we want to leave behind, to inspire and encourage Brazilian youngsters to take up the game. We want to create a new generation of golfers there. Part of this whole design plan is a golf academy that Gil and I designed together, and hopefully it can become a state-of-the-art center.”

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Statement from LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan on the 2016 Olympic Golf Course Design Decision:

“There was an incredible amount of due diligence to the design team selection process. There was obviously a lot of talent among the finalists – including LPGA representation from many of the finalists that presented in Brazil. Congratulations to Hanse Golf Course Design and World Golf Hall of Fame member Amy Alcott. We look forward to working with them as we move toward the Olympics in 2016.”

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I’m excited to share with you that I am part of a design team that will make a final presentation later this month to the Rio 2016 Olympic Committee for the Olympic golf course design project. Our team is led by my good friend and noted architect Gil Hanse. Gil was named GOLF Magazine’s 2009 “Golf Course Architect of the Year” and has designed courses throughout the United States and around the world. He has been entrusted with renovations of The Country Club of Brookline, Fishers Island Club, Los Angeles North and a host of other classic venues. And earlier this year he was commissioned to build 27 new holes at Bandon Dunes in Oregon. Needless to say, to team up with Gil, in association with Gil Hanse Golf Design, and our other partners from The Larkin Group for such a landmark project is a true honor. And for all of you history buffs, 2016 will be the first time since 1904 that golf will be contested in the Games so being a part of this particular design project brings even greater significance for the opportunities this presents for the game of golf locally in Brazil as well as globally.

Amy had the pleasure of attending the 120th Carnegie Hall Gala in New York on April 13th. Pictured here are Molly Ryan, Amy Alcott and Sanford “Sandy” Weill, chairman of the board of Carnegie Hall.

On the 12th of August Amy had the pleasure of discussing current events with John Roberts an author, athlete, and leading expert in golf.

A transcript of the show is available to read on CNN’s site.

Amy has signed on as an ambassador to High Definition Golf – a subsidiary of Interactive Sports Technologies.

According to Amy:
“The High Definition Golf simulator is truly the most accurate technology for indoor golf I’ve come across. Not only do I love the accuracy, the image quality is spectacular, beyond the great technology it’s a wonderful way to spend time improving your golf game or sharing time with friends and family. With the video swing analysis and the new shaft flex module, I believe indoor golf lessons with a golf professional and the High Definition Golf simulator to be unparalled.”