Delegates
Delegates to the 10th International Golf Conference will travel from every continent to attend the event. The conference is staged once every four years and always in St Andrews, the Home of Golf. Representatives from National Governing Bodies from more than 67 countries and a wide range of transnational organisations, affiliated to The R&A, will represent the sport at the conference.
Delegate Information
| Organisation | Name | Job Title |
|---|---|---|
| Argentine Golf Association | Andrés Schonbaum | President |
| Asia Pacific Golf Confederation | Kyungjae Lee | General Secretary |
| Asia Pacific Golf Confederation | Keisuke Muratsu | Vice Chairman |
| Golf Australia | John Hopkins | Chairman |
| Golf Australia | Stephen Pitt | CEO |
| Austrian Golf Association | Robert Fiegl | General Secretary |
| Austrian Golf Association | Gerhard Fruhling | Board Member - Service |
| Bahrain Golf Association | Daij Khalifa | Treasurer |
| Bangladesh Golf Federation | A K M Baquee Abdullahil | Senior Vice President |
| Brazilian Golf Confederation | Daniel Eduardo Cassilha Neves | Director of Rules and International Relations |
| Bulgarian Golf Association | Seth Underwood | Secretary General |
| Golf Canada | Leslie Dunning | 1st Vice President |
| Golf Canada | Jeff Thompson | |
| Cayman Islands | Paul Woodhouse | President |
| Cayman Islands Golf Association | Emma Woodhouse | Secretary |
| Chilean Golf Federation | Desiree Soulodre | Board Member |
| China Golf Association | Jin Hongwen | Deputy Secretary General |
| China Golf Association | Zhang Tian | Translator |
| China Golf Association | Pang Zheng | Secretary General |
| Chinese Taipei Golf Association | Lawrence W Young | Vice President |
| Colombian Golf Federation | Sergio Llano | Board of Director - Vice President |
| CONGU | Bob R B Carrick | Acting Chairman |
| Costa Rica Golf Federation | Rodrigo Cordero Campos | Vice President |
| Costa Rica Golf Federation | Manuel Jimenez Echeverria | Director |
| Cyprus Golf Federation | Nick Rossides | General Secretary |
| Czech Golf Federation | Zdenek Kodejs | President |
| Czech Golf Federation | Ales Libecajt | Sport-Technical Committee Chairman |
| Danish Golf Union | Lars Broch Christensen | Board Member |
| Danish Golf Union | Jim Staffensen | President |
| Dominican Golf Federation | Robert Guerra | General Secretary |
| England Golf | Nic Coward | Chairman |
| England Golf | Richard Flint | Participation & Club Support Director |
| England Golf | Nick Pink | Chief Executive |
| European Golf Association | Pierre Bechmann | President - Elect |
| European Golf Association | Ana Gabin | HCRC Chairman |
| European Golf Association | Richard Heath | General Secretary |
| European Golf Association | Caroline Huyskes | Honorary Treasurer |
| European Golf Association | Gorazd Kogoj | EC Member |
| European Golf Association | Jan Hubrecht | EGA Executive Committee |
| European Tour | Fredrik Lindgren | Head of Corporate Responsibility |
| European Tour | Keith Pelley | CEO |
| Finnish Golf Union | Jyrki Nykänen | Acting Executive Director |
| French Golf Federation | Christophe Muniesa | Executive Director |
| Gambia Golf Association | Martin Freestone | Member |
| Gambia Golf Association | Anthony Tabbal | Treasurer |
| Golf Environment Organization | Jonathan Smith | Chief Executive |
| PGA of Germany | Rainer Goldrian | Chief Executive |
| Guatemalan Golf Association | Arturo Jose Aldana Alonzo | President |
| PGA Holland | Frank Kirsten | CEO |
| Hong Kong Golf Association | Harald Dudok van Heel | President |
| Hong Kong Golf Association | Danny Lai | Chief Executive Officer |
| Hungarian Golf Federation | Szorad Jozsef | Board Member |
| Golf Union of Iceland | Haukur Örn Birgisson | President |
| Golf Union of Iceland | Brynjar Geirsson | Managing Director |
| Indian Golf Union | Arun Kumar Singh | Director General |
| Indian Golf Union | Dilip Thomas | Chairman International Committee |
| Irish Ladies' Golf Union | Sinead Heraty | Chief Executive |
| Irish Ladies' Golf Union | Brege McCarrick | Chairman |
| Golfing Union of Ireland | Iggy O Muircheartaigh | Chairman of Board |
| Golfing Union of Ireland | Mark Wehrly | Championships Manager |
| Israel Golf Federation | Alon Granot | Chairman |
| Italian Golf Federation | Antonio Bozzi | Vice President |
| Italian Golf Federation | Stefano Manca | Honorary Secretary |
| Japan Golf Association | Andy Hiro Yamanaka | Executive Director |
| Jordan Golf Committee | Hani Alabdallat | President |
| Kenya Golf Union | Stephen Muchau Githiaka | Chairman |
| Kenya Golf Union | Lucas Kibuka Marang'a | Secretary |
| Korea Golf Association | Sang-Won Ko | Secretary of Internation Affairs |
| Ladies European Tour | Ivan Khodabakhsh | Chief Executive |
| Ladies European Tour | Davide Lantos | Sports Director |
| Ladies European Tour | Mike Round | Director of Development |
| Latvian Golf Federation | Aiga Nesaule | General Secretary |
| Lebanese Golf Federation | Karim S. Salaam | President |
| Lebanese Golf Federation | Sami Saouma | Head of Technical Committee |
| Malaysian Golf Association | Zulkifli Ismail | Honorary Secretary |
| Malaysian Golf Assocation | Anwar Nor | President |
| Malta Golf Association | William Beck | President |
| Malta Golf Association | Paul Stoner | Chairman |
| Nepal Golf Association | Chandra Kumar Rai | Secretary |
| Netherlands Golf Association | Jeroen Stevens | General Secretary |
| Netherlands Golf Federation | Willem Zelsmann | President |
| New Zealand Golf | Dean Murphy | Chief Executive |
| New Zealand Golf | Murray Ward | Chairman |
| Norwegian Golf Federation | Anja Solevagseide | Sports Development Manager |
| Norwegian Golf Federation | Marit Wiig | President |
| Oman Golf Committee | Mundhir Al Barwani | Chairman |
| Oman Golf Committee | Lee O'Donoghue | Director of Golf |
| Pakistan Golf Federation | Nayyar Afzal | Secretary |
| Panama Golf Association | Jean-Pierre de Roux | Treasurer |
| Peruvian Golf Federation | Martin Alarco | Executive Director |
| Peruvian Golf Federation | Magdalena Villar | Director |
| Polish Golf Union | Bartlomiej Chelmecki | General Secretary |
| Portuguese Golf Federation | Manuel Agrellos | Honorary President |
| Portuguese Golf Federation | Alexandra Almeida | Planning & Sustainability Coordinator |
| Portuguese Golf Federation | Miguel Franco de Sousa | President |
| Portuguese Golf Federation | Joao Umbelino | Director |
| The Professional Golfers' Association | Robert Maxfield | Chief Executive |
| The Professional Golfers' Association | David Murchie | Chairman |
| PGAs of Europe | Tony Bennett | Director of Education & Membership |
| PGAs of Europe | Ian Randell | Chief Executive |
| Puerto Rico Golf Association | Francisco Rivera | Director of Rules and Competitions |
| Puerto Rico Golf Association | Sidney Wolf | President |
| Qatar Golf Association | Mohd Faisal Al Naimi | Executive Director |
| Russian Golf Association | Nikolay Remizov | General Secretary |
| Scottish Golf Ltd | Eleanor Cannon | Chair |
| Scottish Golf Ltd | Blane Dodds | CEO |
| Golf Association of Serbia | Irena Suturovic Bogdanovic | General Secretary |
| Golf Association of Serbia | Ivica Suturovic | Board Member |
| Singapore Golf Association | Lian Hong Lee | SGA Executive Board Member |
| Singapore Golf Association | Ross Tan | President |
| Slovak Golf Association | Kamil Balga | Secretary |
| Slovak Golf Association | Tomáš Stoklasa | President |
| Slovenian Golf Association | Boris Kosuta | Vice President |
| Golf RSA | Grant Hepburn | CEO |
| South African Golf Association | Bruce Younge | Executive Director |
| PGA of South Africa | Ivano Ficalbi | Chief Executive |
| PGA of South Africa | Andrew Gunn | Education Manager |
| South American Golf Federation | A. Cesar Carrasco | Executive Secretary |
| Royal Spanish Golf Federation | Gonzaga Escauriaza | President |
| Royal Spanish Golf Federation | Jorge Sagardoy | Managing Director |
| Sri Lanka Golf Union | Priath Fernando | President |
| Swedish Golf Federation | Bo Bengtsson | Assistant General Secretary |
| Swedish Golf Federation | Stefan Bengtsson | Board Member |
| Swedish Golf Federation | Gunnar Håkansson | General Secretary |
| PGA of Sweden | Claes Bjorklund | Chairman |
| PGA of Sweden | Mikael Sorling | Chief Executive Officer |
| Swiss Golf Federation | Barbara Albisetti | General Secretary |
| Swiss Golf Association | Jean-Marc Mommer | President |
| Thailand Golf Association | Jaturon Zane Himathongkom | Executive Director |
| Turkish Golf Federation | Ahmet Ulug Atay | Head of Technical Committee |
| Turkish Golf Federation | Raif Ozgur Hacibektasoglu | Managing Director |
| Turks & Caicos Golf Association | Fraser Dods | President |
| Turks & Caicos Golf Association | William Shoreman | Secretary General |
| Uganda Golf Union | Johnson Omolo | President |
| USGA | John Bodenhamer | Snr Managing Director, Championships & Governance |
| Virgin Islands Golf Federation | Nevin Phillips | President |
| Golf Union of Wales | Richard Dixon | CEO |
| Golf Union of Wales | Val Franklin | Chairman |
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