The Ladies in Golf Society (WIGS), based by Ali McGuirk of Prince’s Golf Membership and Dolores Brown of Golf Breaks, has been named Greatest Initiative on the Ladies in Golf Awards, held at Foxhills Golf Membership, with the class sponsored by PING.
The award recognises the Society’s rising impression in connecting and supporting ladies throughout the golf trade.
Created for ladies working in golf – or aspiring to enter the sector – WIGS makes use of golf as a welcoming networking platform, serving to members begin enjoying, return to the sport, or just discover their place inside the trade.
DRIVING THE WOMEN’S INDUSTRY
By way of a spread of occasions, meet-ups and on-line exercise, the Society has constructed a neighborhood the place ladies can share experiences, alternatives and tales, whereas growing confidence each on and off the course.
Since launch, the Society has hosted a collection of profitable networking golf meets, together with activations at main occasions such because the AIG Ladies’s Open, in addition to gatherings at venues like Prince’s Golf Membership, Essendon Golf Membership, The Grove, Frilford Heath and Foxhills Golf Membership.
These periods have introduced collectively ladies from throughout the trade at completely different profession phases, making a welcoming house to attach by means of golf.
Many attendees have gone on to construct relationships past the organised occasions, underlining the Society’s function in fostering lasting skilled networks and mentorship alternatives.
The neighborhood has additionally helped introduce new gamers to the sport in a snug setting, with a number of ladies selecting up golf equipment for the primary time by means of Society occasions.
REACHING OUT
The Ladies in Golf Society has prolonged its attain by means of appearances on podcasts and on-line shows at universities, encouraging extra ladies to discover careers in golf and providing help to these coming into the trade.
One latest success story features a placement at a status golf membership in London, straight linked to connections made by means of Society exercise.
The initiative’s affect can also be rising internationally, with collaborative tasks alongside LINKS Scotland and illustration on the PGA Present in america, highlighting a dedication to international togetherness in ladies’s golf.
The Society plans to return to the PGA Present in January 2026.
“This award is a proud and significant milestone for everybody concerned,” mentioned Ali McGuirk, Founding father of Ladies in Golf Society.
“We began the Society to create an area the place ladies within the trade – and people seeking to be part of it – may join by means of golf, really feel supported, and develop in confidence.
To be recognised with the Greatest Initiative award at Foxhills, supported by PING, is extremely particular. We’re excited to construct on this momentum into 2026 and past.”
JOINING WIGS
Wanting forward, the Ladies in Golf Society will proceed increasing its calendar in 2026, with plans to host extra occasions throughout the UK, together with new areas within the north to make sure broader regional entry and participation.
Ladies taken with becoming a member of future occasions or studying extra in regards to the Society are inspired to attach through the Ladies in Golf Society’s social media channels or LinkedIn,
Instagram: @womeningolfsociety
LinkedIn: WIGS – Ladies in Golf Society
