About the AGIC
The Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC) was established in late 2006 to provide a forum to help unite the industry on agreed industry wide initiatives. Since this time the AGIC has operated as an unincorporated not for profit partnership between the key industry administrations and membership organisations - Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association (AGCSA), Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG), Australian Sporting Goods Association (representing golf equipment suppliers & manufacturers) - ASGA, Golf Australia (GA), Golf Management Australia (GMA), PGA of Australia (PGA), Society of Australian Golf Course Architects (SAGCA), and golf and real estate development. Individual experts from the industry have also been invited to participate in the activities of the AGIC. In July 2009 those involved with the AGIC agreed to move to incorporate the AGIC to provide it with a legal status. This work is currently being progressed. Seven founding members agreed to a funding model where they would contribute to the ongoing functioning of the AGIC. Click here for details of the seven member agencies of the AGIC.
The AGIC currently has two major working groups:
Research Working Group -to co-ordinate research efforts across the industry (involving GA, PGA, GMA and individual industry experts)
Water, Environment and Climate Change Working Group - to progress industry wide initiatives in these areas (involving AGCSA, GA, PGA and GMA).
The History of the AGIC
A meeting in Sydney on 8 September 2006, involving a wide range of Australian golf administrators and key industry stakeholders, considered the major challenges facing the Australian Golf Industry into the future. At this meeting there was unanimous agreement to the need for a more co-ordinated industry approach. Following assessment of various golf industry models overseas the meeting agreed to the formation of a new peak industry group to be known as the Australian Golf Industry Council (AGIC).
The PGA of Australia, who initiated the meeting on behalf the other professional bodies (PGA Tour of Australasia and ALPG) and Golf Australia, agreed to provide Secretariat services for the AGIC for the initial 12 month period. This was later extended for the 2008/09 calendar years.
The inaugural Chair of the AGIC, Max Garske, the CEO of the PGA of Australia, has commented that “the formation of the AGIC is an important step which will help to ensure that the leaders of both the sport and the business aspects of the Australian Golf Industry come together on a regular basis and work together for the common good of the game and the industry”.