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May 19 2023
2023 US Blind Golf Open
Green Island Country Club in Columbus, GA.
March 20 - 22 2023
April 17 2023
IBGA World Championships and South African Open - 2023
Milnerton Golf Club Cape Town South Africa.
March 26 - 31 2023
Feb 20 2023
2023 Irish Open
MOUNT WOLSELEY HOTEL; Spa and Golf Resort - Tullow, Co Carlow, Ireland
Closing Date for Entries 31st of June 2023
10th - 14th September 2023
Feb 14 2023
2023 Spanish Open
Elba Palace Golf Resort, Caleta de Fuste, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
Closing Date for Entries now 5 April 2023
June 9-June 13, 2023
Jan 12 2023
Scandinavian Blind Golf Open
36 hole event: Information and Entry Form
Sollentuna Golf Club, Stockholm Sweden
14 - 16 August 2023
Dec 28 2022
ISPS Handa Vision Cup 2022
North America versus Rest of the World Matchplay
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA
Sept 19 - 22 2022
Dec 22 2022
Updated IBGA Sponsorship Request Form
The December 2022 updated IBGA Sponsorship Request Form can now be downloaded in WORD or PDF.
Available also now in Spanish.
Dec 19 2022
2023 Spanish Open
Elba Palace Golf Resort, Canary Islands
June 9-June 13, 2023
Dec 19 2022
2023 British Open
The Lake Golf Course, Belton Woods Hotel
July 9-July 13, 2023
Nov 23 2022
ISPS Handa Canadian Open and Brian MacLeod Memorial
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 20th to 25th
Nov 23 2022
2023 AMI WCBGA Championships
The Legends Golf Club, Warman Saskatchewan
July 16-July 20, 2023
Nov 23 2022
2023 ISPS Handa Australian Blind Golf Open
Rosebud Country Club
9th & 10th March
Oct 24 2022
2022 US Blind Golf Open
RESULTS
Oct 24 2022
2022 Spanish Blind Golf Open
RESULTS
Oct 24 2022
2022 British Blind Golf Open
RESULTS
Sept 4 2022
IBGA Player Sight Database
Updated August 26th 2022
Aug 1 2022
ISPS Handa Vision Cup 2022
Sept 19 - 22 2022
June 17 2022
Updated Forms:-
DOWNLOAD UPDATED [APRIL 2022] IBGA CONSTITUTION
June 16 2022
Application and Sight Form in Spanish
June 4 2022
ISPS Handa Vision Cup 2022
Sept 19 - 22 2022
May 31 2022
IBGA Player Sight Database
Updated May 31st 2022
May 17 2022
IBGA Women In Golf
New IBGA Women In Golf Forum; this will create a fantastic platform for blind and visually impaired ladies involved in (or interested in becoming involved in) golf to come together and chat via regular zoom meetings. It will be an opportunity to network, to share our experiences and to exchange ideas and initiatives on how any issues or obstacles for women in blind golf can be addressed and how we can make blind golf more attractive for women.
Apr 13 2022
2022 South African Open Results Online
March 26
Mar 4 2022
2021 Australian and NSW Blind Golf Championships
31 Jan to 4 Feb 2022
Feb 26 2022
ISPS Handa Spanish Open
Centro Nacional de Golf "Emma Villacieros" - Madrid
22 - 26 May 2022
Jan 25 2022
ISPS Handa Vision Cup 2022
September 19 - 22 2022
Venue: TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA
Participating Teams: North America versus Rest of the World Matchplay
September 19 - 22 2022
Jan 21 2022
2022 OVIG Provincial and ISPA Handa Canadian Championship and
2022 Western Canada Blind Golf Championships
August 6th - 13th and July 3rd - July 7th 2022
NOTE: UPDATED ENTRY FORMS NOW ONLINE - PLEASE CHECK AND DOWNLOAD
August 6th - 13th 2022
July 3rd - July 7th 2022
Jan 6 2022
2022 ISPS Handa US Blind Open
April 3rd - 6th, 2022 at the King and Bear course at World Golf Village, St. Augustine, Florida.
Information about the tournament and sign up can be obtained at USBLINDGOLF.COM or FLORIDABLINDGOLF.COM
April 3rd - 6th 2022
Jan 4 2022
2022 OVIG Provincial and ISPA Handa Canadian Championship
August 6th - 13th 2022 The Greens at Renton - Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
August 6th - 13th 2022
Jan 2 2022
National Secretaries and Associate Members Update
2021-12-05 Board Meeting and Meeting Notification
December 5th 2021
Dec 22 2021
2021 Australian and New South Wales Blind Golf Championships
Postponed to 31 Jan to 4 Feb 2022 - Liverpool Golf Club NSW
Jan 31 to Feb 4 2022
Dec 15 2021
2022 Western Canada Blind Golf Championships
July 3rd - July 7th Inglewood Golf and Curling Club, Calgary, Alberta
July 3rd - July 7th 2022
Dec 11 2021
2021 ISPS Handa British Blind Open Results
The results for the 2021 British Open are now online
August 23 - 25 2021
October 2021
2021 South African Open
October 2021 Benoni Lake Golf Course
Sept 30 2021
2021 ISPS HANDA Australian Blind Golf Open
This event has been postponed from 14 - 20 November 2021 and rescheduled to 6 - 12 February 2022 at Liverpool Golf Club.
February 6 - 12 2022
August 30 2021
2021 ISPA Handa Virtual Canadian Championship
August
June 3 2021
2021 World Championship (and 2022 South African Open)
This event has been postponed from October 2021 to March 26 - April 2 2022
March 26 - April 2 2022
2021 ISPS Handa British Blind Open
August 23-25 2021
2021 ISPS Handa US Blind Open
The 2021 ISPS Handa US Blind Open has had to be cancelled.
ISPS Handa South African Open Results
Glendower Golf Club, Johannesburg, SA
December 8 - 9 2020
2021 World Championship and South African Open
October 2nd - 9th 2021
June 2 2020
World Championships and Biennial Meeting 2020
Please see the full World Championships and Biennial Meeting statement from the link below.
March 29 2020
ISPS Handa Australian Open Results
Rosebud Country Club South Course Victoria
March 19th - 20th
Jan 22 2020
2020 ISPS Handa Spanish Blind Golf Open
Centro Nacional de Golf "Emma Villacieros" - Madrid
May 10th - 14th
Dec 9 2019
2020 ISPS Handa British Blind Golf Open
Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Ballymena, County Antrim
June 28th - July 1st
Oct 24 2019
2019 ISPS Handa Australian Blind Open
Collier Park Golf Course, Perth, Western Australia
September 12th - 13th
Oct 9 2019
2019 ISPS Handa Japan Blind Open
Hakonekohen Golf Club, Hakone, Japan
September 17th - 19th
2020 ISPS Handa Canadian Blind Golf Open
Guelph, Ontario at Guelph Lakes G.C.
With three preliminary tournaments leading up to the main event.
August 19th - 22nd 2020
Oct 7 2019
2019 ISPS Handa South African Blind Open
Glendower Golf Club, Gauging, SA
The 2019 ISPS Handa SA Blind Golf Open was staged at the challenging Glendower Golf Club in Johannesburg in late September. We enjoyed the good weather typical in Gauteng at this time of the year, although relatively strong winds added to the challenge.
September 25th - 27th
2019 ISPS Handa Austrian Blind Open
September 1st - 5th 2019
[Sept 11]
Golfpark Mieminger Plateau, Tirol, Austria
A 36 hole Strokeplay event played over two days on the Championcourse. This was open to all players with an IBGA handicap and will follow the 2019 RandA revised rules of golf and related modifications.
September 1st - 5th
2019 ISPS Handa British Blind Open:
July 21 - 25
[Aug 1]
The 2019 ISPS Handa British Blind Open was held from July 21 - 25 2019 at Carden Park Hotel Golf Resort, Nr Chester, England.
July 21 - 25, 2019
ISPS Handa Canadian Blind Golf Open
July 11-14 2019
[July 21]
St Eugene Golf Resort Cranbrook, BC
July 11-14 2019
ISPS 2019 Handa Vision Cup
June 17-20 2019
[June 22]
Portmarnock Links, Dublin, Ireland
The fourth edition of the ISPS Handa Vision Cup was hosted by the Portmarnock Links Golf Club, Dublin, Ireland from 17-20 June 2019. The Vision Cup is a biennial Ryder Cup style tournament featuring the top 12 ranked blind golfers from North America competing against the top 12 from the rest of the world.
See the reults now online.
June 17-20 2019
2019 US Open Event
RESULTS
[April 30]
The 2019 ISPS Handa US Blind Golf Open Championship was held at the Haven Golf Course, Green Valley Arizona on April 6 - 8 2019.
April 4 through April 8, 2019
2018 World Blind Golf Championships Results
RESULTS[October 8]
The 2018 ISPS Handa World Blind Golf Championships were held at the Golf Club Parco de' Medici, Rome
October 4 - 5 2018
2018 Italian Blind Golf Open Results
RESULTS
[October 4]
The 2018 ISPS Handa Italian Blind Golf Open Championship was held at the Golf Club Parco de' Medici, Rome
October 1 - 2 2018
New Associate Member Country: Mexico
[6 Sept 2018]
We welcome Mexico to the growing list of Associate Member Countries. Ricardo Silva Da Luna is a B1 Category player and we welcome him and hopefully he can inspire other Mexican vision impaired golfers to join him on the greens.
2018 South African Blind Golf Open
RESULTS
[August 24]
The 2018 ISPS Handa South African Blind Golf Open Championship was held at the Milnerton Golf Club Milnerton, Capetown on July 15 - 17 2018.
July 16 - 17 2018
2018 US Open Event April 6 - 8 2018
RESULTS
[May 15]
The 2018 ISPS Handa US Blind Golf Open Championship was held at the Haven Golf Course, Green Valley Arizona on April 6 - 8 2018.
April 6 through April 8, 2018
2018 Australian Blind Golf Open Results
RESULTS
[April 10]
The 2018 ISPS Handa Australian Blind Golf Open Championship was held at the Rosebud Country Club, Rosebud, Victoria on March 7 - 9 2018.
7 - 9 March 2018
ISPS Handa Canadian Blind Golf Open 2018
[March 27]
15 - 17 August 2018
Brian Macleod Memorial Nova Scotia Open
[March 27]
19 - 20 August 2018
ISPS Handa British Blind Open
[March 27]
Cardrona Golf and Country Club, Peebles, Scotland
15 - 19 July 2018
Report From South Africa Blind Golfer Ernst Conradie [October 12]
"I have decided to do another mad stunt this year to show people that blind and visually impaired people can also play golf and that we can do it sometimes better."
2017 ISPS Handa Austrian Blind Golf Open Results
RESULTS
[17th September - 21st September]
The 2017 ISPS Handa Austrian Blind Golf Open took place at Sussenbrunn Golf club, Vienna on 17th September - 21st September.
The category winners were B1: Zohar Sharon (Israel) 196, B2: Ed Maguire (Ireland) 192, and B3: Allan Morgan (Scotland) 188.
17th September - 21st September, 2017
2017 ISPS Handa South Africa Blind Golf Open Results
RESULTS
[27th - 29th August]
The 2017 ISPS Handa South Africa Blind Golf Open took place at Woodhill Country Club, Pretoria on 27th - 29th August.
"What was particularly promising for us this year was that there has been growth in our juniors"
27th - 29th August, 2017
ISPS HANDA Vision Cup 2017 [August 5]
Exciting Finish as Cup Result Goes Down to the Final Play of the Day.
Canada hosted the 3rd edition of the ISPS HANDA Vision Cup between teams representing North America and the Rest of the World from 21-23 July 2017.
July 21st to 23rd 2017
2017 ISPS Handa Irish Blind Golf Open Results
RESULTS
[August 4]
The 2017 ISPS Handa Irish Blind Golf Open took place at Nuremore Hotel and Country Club, County Monaghan, Ireland on 30 June to 1 July.
The Tournament was won by Willem Roode and the ladies prize went to Carol Brill, both members of Irish Blind Golf.
30 June to 1 July, 2017
2017 ISPS Handa British Blind Golf Open Results
RESULTS
[August 4]
The 2017 ISPS Handa British Blind Golf Open took place at Greenore Golf, County Louth, Ireland on 27 and 28 June.
The net winner, Paul McCormack from Ireland scored an amazing nett 58 on Day 1 and a final nett 106 to secure the title.
June 27th and 28th, 2017
2017 Australian and New South Wales Blind Golf Opens
RESULTS
[May 16]
These events were played early in October in Sydney.
5th October - 9th October 2017
2017 US Open
RESULTS
[April 24]
The 2017 ISPS Handa US Blind Golf Open Championship was held at the Torres Blancas Golf Course in Green Valley Arizona.
April 6 through April 10, 2017
2018 ISPS Handa Italian Open and World Championships [April 4]
Golf Club Parco de' Medici, Rome
September 29 - October 6 2018
2017 Austrian Blind Golf Open [February 16]
Entry Forms are now added to the Events pages. Entries close June 30th. Download as either a Word document to return by email or print our PDF and mail.
17th September - 21st September 2017
2017 Canada Blind Golf Open [February 7]
August 14th - 17th
David Blyth Life Member IBGA [February 2]
BGA is delighted to advise that David Blyth was appointed a Life Member of the International Blind Golf Association (IBGA) at the IBGA Biennial Meeting in Japan in early November.
November 2016
ISPS Handa World Blind Golf Championships 2016
The 2016 World Championships took place at the beautiful Shinrin-Koen Golf Club, Japan, on 9 and 10 November. Fourteen Japanese competitors were joined by a further 41 from eleven countries.
14th November 2016
ANOTHER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION JOINS IBGA
The IBGA is pleased to welcome Costa Rica to the international blind golf family.
11th July 2016
Canada to host 2017 ISPS Handa Vision Cup
The ISPS Handa Vision Cup will be held at Creston, British Columbia from 19 - 24 July 2017. Detailed information for potential participants can be found at www.vibebc.com
30th June 2016
ISPS Handa 2016 US Blind Golf Open Championship Results
USBGA - 2016 - Green Valley Regional and Open - Final Scores As of - Apr 22 2016 - The Haven Course.
29th April 2016
Brian MacLeod
It is with deep sadness that we report the death of IBGA Director Brian MacLeod. He had been diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer in late 2014 and despite extensive treatment throughout 2015 he lost his battle with the disease on Saturday, 19 December.
31st December 2015
Vision Cup 2015 New Video
A new video of the Vision Cup 2015 has just been posted.
08th August 2015
ISPS Handa Austrian Blind Golf Open 2015
For the first time it was possible to organise an Austrian Blind Open in 2015, which was a great success reports Karin Becker, Tournament Organiser. This was mainly due to the superb support of IBGA.
23rd July 2015
ISPS HANDA VISION CUP 2015
The Rest of the World go two up in matchplay series against North America. The ISPS Handa Vision Cup (formerly the Ressmeyer Cup) took place at the beautiful Villa d'Este Golf Club, Como, Italy on 26-28 June. The 12-a-side match was played in lovely sunshine and a friendly but very competitive atmosphere.
03rd July 2015
South African Blind Golf Association - 2014 ISPS HANDA South African Open
November 2014 saw South Africa's top visually-impaired golfers gathering at the Stellenbosch Golf Club to compete for the South African title over 36 holes of stroke play.
16th January 2015
International Blind Golf Association
News and Results from around the World
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