Polish Golf Union
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Polish Golf Union is an association of Polish
Golf
clubs. It was founded on the 31st of July 1993 in Warsaw
. The following Founding Associations took part in the PGU founding meeting: Gdansk Golf and Country Club, Amber Baltic Golf Club and First Warsaw Golf & Country Club.
The Union associates 51 golf clubs, whose members amount to over 2700 golfers with handicap cards (a sport licence equivalent) PGU HCP.
The main aims of the Union are: promotion, development and organisation of golf in Poland
and representing and protection of interests of clubs associated in the union. PGU is responsible for development, implementation and supervision of the rules of golf issued by R&A Rules Ltd and translation into Polish per PGU order, as well as organising and setting rules of playing championship rank and other golf tournaments in Poland.
The Union is responsible for selection of the Polish national teams (of various age categories) from its members and submission of the teams to international tournaments.
PGU was made a member of the Polish Olympics Committee in 2011, following golf's re-introduction as an Olympic discipline
for the 2016 Summer Olympics
in Rio de Janeiro
.
An official classification of amateur players who are members of the Polish Golf Union (PGU) and who have an up-to-date PGU handicap card is the PGU Rank.
Polish Golf Union is the organiser of a series of Polish championship tournaments - Golf Masters Series.
In Poland, there is also an active division of PGA – PGA Poland, which is to join PGU.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
clubs. It was founded on the 31st of July 1993 in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. The following Founding Associations took part in the PGU founding meeting: Gdansk Golf and Country Club, Amber Baltic Golf Club and First Warsaw Golf & Country Club.
The Union associates 51 golf clubs, whose members amount to over 2700 golfers with handicap cards (a sport licence equivalent) PGU HCP.
The main aims of the Union are: promotion, development and organisation of golf in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and representing and protection of interests of clubs associated in the union. PGU is responsible for development, implementation and supervision of the rules of golf issued by R&A Rules Ltd and translation into Polish per PGU order, as well as organising and setting rules of playing championship rank and other golf tournaments in Poland.
The Union is responsible for selection of the Polish national teams (of various age categories) from its members and submission of the teams to international tournaments.
PGU was made a member of the Polish Olympics Committee in 2011, following golf's re-introduction as an Olympic discipline
Olympic sports
Olympic sports, as defined by the International Olympic Committee, are all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The Summer Olympics, as of 2012, will include 26 sports, with two additionall sports due to be added in 2016...
for the 2016 Summer Olympics
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee...
in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
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An official classification of amateur players who are members of the Polish Golf Union (PGU) and who have an up-to-date PGU handicap card is the PGU Rank.
Presidents of the Polish Golf Union
- Piotr Kozłowski (up to 2000)
- Andrzej Person (2000-2002; 2002-2004)
- Piotr Mondalski (2004-2006; 2006-2010)
- Marek Michałowski (since 2010)
Polish Golf Union is the organiser of a series of Polish championship tournaments - Golf Masters Series.
In Poland, there is also an active division of PGA – PGA Poland, which is to join PGU.