Four women of different ages, skin tones, hairstyles and body shapes walking a golf course together

Golf And Talk presents

Corporate Golf Ready.

Be ready for where golf can take you.

Leadership and business development for ambitious women ready to use golf to build influential relationships, strengthen their visibility and create opportunities on the course and beyond it.

You don't need brilliant golf. You need to be ready to take your place.

Become Corporate Golf Ready Bring CGR to your organisation

Our Mission

To get more women playing golf, building powerful relationships and creating opportunities for themselves and other women.

500,000 women Corporate Golf Ready.

50% women at corporate golf days.

Not fewer men playing. More women in the fourball (group of four golfers).

Golf And Talk

Golf is the doorway. Leadership is the destination.

Golf And Talk exists to get more ambitious women into the relationships, conversations and environments that expand visibility, opportunity and influence.

Because when more of the right women are in those conversations, something bigger becomes possible.

More women front of mind. More women introduced. More women recommended. More women considered. More women leading.

We're starting with the fourball. But our ambition goes far beyond it.

A relaxed group sharing drinks on a clubhouse terrace after a round

What are the benefits in play

Four hours. No agenda. Enormous advantage.

Some of the most valuable professional conversations don't happen in meeting rooms.

Golf creates something rare: time.

Time alongside clients. Colleagues. Senior leaders. Decision-makers. People you might otherwise meet for twenty rushed minutes over coffee.

A round can become a relationship.
A relationship can become an introduction.
An introduction can become a client, a role, a collaboration, an opportunity or simply someone valuable to know.

Golf isn't the opportunity. What can happen around it is.

Who Corporate Golf Ready (CGR) is for

You don't need a certain job title. You need somewhere you want to go.

Corporate Golf Ready is for ambitious women building careers, businesses, influence and relationships.

You might be an executive, emerging leader, founder, adviser, lawyer, consultant, accountant or business development professional.

You might be new to golf. You might already play.

The question isn't “How good is your golf?” It's “Where could golf take you if you started using it intentionally?”

And your golf can be anywhere. Just started. Having lessons. Playing socially. Off a handicap. Already good. CGR isn't about teaching a basic swing. It's about being ready to play, connect, host and create the next opportunity, on the course and beyond it.

Four women spanning different ages and body shapes walking a fairway together

Why do CGR?

Capable women shouldn't miss the conversation because golf wasn't part of their toolkit.

Sometimes she isn't invited.

Sometimes she doesn't know the corporate golf day is happening.

Sometimes the invitation comes, but she assumes she needs better golf before she can say yes.

And sometimes she already plays, but hasn't considered what four hours on a golf course could mean for her business, career or relationships.

"I just play socially.""I'm not good enough for a corporate day.""I don't want to hold everyone up.""I don't know the rules or where to stand.""Everyone else will know what they're doing.""Maybe I'll be ready next time."

When she steps away, she misses more than a round of golf.

She misses hours alongside clients, senior leaders and decision-makers. The conversations, relationships and visibility that can influence what happens next.

Corporate Golf Ready changes what happens next.

You don't need brilliant golf to belong.

You need enough understanding of the environment to stop worrying about whether you're doing golf “right” and start noticing the people, conversations and opportunities around you.

Say yes. Take your place. Join the conversation.

How does it work

One month. Three experiences.

The flagship program runs across one month, combining leadership and business development, powerful relationships and practical golf experience.

Women learn to use golf as professional infrastructure to strengthen their personal brand, expand their influence, build relationships and create opportunities without waiting until their game is perfect.

This isn't about producing perfect golfers. It's about becoming Corporate Golf Ready.

Come for the golf. Leave with relationships that could change where it takes you.

See golf differently

Breakfast or lunch + session on the green

A facilitated business conversation reframes golf as a professional advantage.

Explore what you bring, what you want to be known for and how golf can strengthen your profile, relationships and opportunities.

Meet the women in your cohort. Discover what they do. Identify where introductions, referrals and collaborations could begin.

Then take the conversation to the putting green.

This is where golf stops being something you simply play and starts becoming something you can use.

Get ready

A practical golf experience

Become ready for the environment, not perfect at the game.

With support from a PGA Professional and CGR Golf Guides, build the practical understanding to participate comfortably alongside different golf abilities.

Newer golfers become familiar with the environment. Social golfers become ready to accept more invitations. Experienced golfers build valuable relationships and explore how to use their golf more intentionally.

Leave knowing what to expect, how to participate and where you want to take your golf next.

Take the shot

Supported nine holes + clubhouse connection

Put it all into practice in a realistic, mixed-ability fourball.

Navigate the course. Recover after the bad shot. Contribute to the group. Talk about what you do. Get curious about the women beside you.

The goal isn't to prove that you are a brilliant golfer.

It is to become comfortable enough with the golf to focus on the people, relationships and opportunities around you.

Take your place. Invite the client. Ask for the introduction. Host the round. Put yourself forward.

On the course

You won't figure it out alone.

Your Golf Guide is there on course to help with the things that can make golf feel intimidating, including what to do, where to go, when to play, when to pick up and how to keep things moving.

Ask questions. Learn as you play. Get comfortable out there.

At the end: you're Corporate Golf Ready.

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Long term benefits

You'll be ready.

The three experiences are the structure. These are the shifts that make it worth doing.

Say yes.

Know what to expect at a corporate golf day and feel comfortable managing yourself around the course. That way, you can focus less on your golf and more on the people, conversations and fun.

Have women to call.

Complete CGR and join the CGR Alumni, a growing pool of women ready to play. Need a player? Have a spare spot? Want to get a round going? Shout out to the group.

Create the invitation.

Don't always wait to be asked. Invite the client. Ask the senior leader. Bring a colleague. Use golf to spend time with people you want to know.

Play without the guilt.

A weekday round can be time with clients, leaders and people who matter to your career or business. Golf can be fun and still be good for your career or business.

Staying connected

CGR Women

Corporate Golf Ready is the beginning. Stay in the game.

Complete Corporate Golf Ready and you become eligible for CGR Women, our private professional community for women using golf to build relationships, make introductions, share opportunities and bring more women into the fourball.

Find women to play with. Build genuine professional relationships. Make introductions. Create opportunities. Bring another woman with you.

Don't just build your network. Become part of someone else's.

Discover CGR Women

Our culture

The values that define the standard of play, on and off the course. Eight rules, no exceptions.

No gatekeeping

If you know something useful, share it.

No pecking order

Your handicap or job title doesn't determine your value in the group.

No scarcity

Another woman's opportunity doesn't take yours away.

Make the introduction

Know two women who need to know each other? Connect them.

Say her name

If a woman is right for an opportunity, put her forward.

Don't let insecurity make the decision

Go. Ask. Play. Have a crack.

Bring another woman into the fourball

A spare place is an opportunity to widen the circle.

Have some bloody fun

Professional growth doesn't have to happen in a conference room.

Evonne Englezos, founder of Golf And Talk, standing on the fairway beside her golf bag

About Evonne

I came back to golf and saw something I'd missed.

I'm Evonne Englezos, founder of Golf And Talk and creator of Corporate Golf Ready.

I represented NSW in golf as a teenager, then spent 19 years away from the game while building my career in business and working alongside executives and business owners.

When I came back, I saw golf differently.

I saw hours alongside people.
I saw conversations that weren't happening in meeting rooms.
I saw relationships, introductions, visibility and business opportunities developing naturally over a round.

And I started asking a question:

Where are all the women?

I don't believe women need to become perfect golfers before they belong in those conversations.

They need a way into the environment. Enough understanding to participate. Real experience on the course. And other women to play alongside.

So I created Corporate Golf Ready.

Golf is where we're starting. More women in leadership is where I'm going.

Book Evonne to speak

Available for conferences, leadership programs and organisational events.

If you're planning a conference, leadership summit, development workshop, client event or International Women's Day program, Evonne speaks on confidence, visibility, relationships and using golf as a professional and business development advantage. Book her for a keynote, a panel contribution, a workshop, or paired with an on-course experience for your group.

Enquire about speaking

A mixed group of professionals talking on the putting green at a corporate golf day

For organisations

Your organisation already invests in women's leadership. Give them another room to lead in.

Corporate Golf Ready gives women practical experience using golf as an environment for relationship-building, visibility and business development.

It can complement women's leadership, talent, client-development and professional-networking initiatives, while giving participants something most leadership programs can't: real experience inside the environment itself.

Bring CGR to your organisation

Also for women's executive groups, leadership networks, alumni communities and professional associations. Rather than another lunch or panel, bring your fourball (group of four golfers).

The timing

Women are coming to golf. CGR helps them stay in the game.

The appetite is already there. The opportunity is to turn that interest into confidence on the course, lasting relationships and professional possibility.

60%

of new golfers over the previous two years were women. Women are not waiting to be convinced to try the game.

Up to 125%

more likely to hold a board seat. A Singapore study found this association among women golfers at large or male-dominated listed firms.

91%

of women golfers surveyed agreed that connections made through golf can carry into workplace relationships.

Sources: Golf Australia, 2024/25 Golf Participation Report and March 2026 release (60%); Agarwal, Qian, Reeb & Sing, American Economic Review, 2016 (up to 125%); Wellesley Centers for Women, Women and Golf: Links to Business Success, 2019 (91%). The 60% figure covers on-course and off-course play. The board finding is an association in one Singapore-based study, not proof that golf caused the outcome.

FAQs

Do I need to be good at golf?+

No. Corporate Golf Ready isn't about producing perfect golfers. Women join having just started, having lessons, playing socially, or playing off a handicap. What matters is that you're willing to get on the course.

Do I need to bring clubs?+

Yes, currently. Share with a friend, or borrow some clubs. We encourage walking the course, but if for any reason you need to hire a cart, this is done directly with the pro-shop at the course we will attend.

Is this golf coaching?+

No. There's no technical swing work here. This is professional and business development, on-course experience and relationship development, with golf as the vehicle. Keep your coach; we'll get you golf ready.

What actually happens across the program?+

One month. Three experiences. A facilitated business conversation over breakfast or lunch that takes you onto the green, a practical golf experience supported by a PGA Professional and our Golf Guides, then a supported round in a mixed-ability fourball. Conversation, real play and a proper drink at the end.

I'm a confident golfer but not so confident professionally. Is this for me?+

Absolutely. Plenty of women are comfortable on a course and less comfortable putting themselves forward. The professional and business development work applies to both sides of that.

What happens after the program?+

You join the CGR Alumni, a growing network of women ready to play, connect and bring other women into the fourball (group of four golfers). Spare places, introductions, rounds and opportunities get shared there.

Can my organisation pay for my place?+

Often, yes. Many organisations already fund leadership, client-development and professional-development programs. Tell us on the form and we'll help you make the case or talk to your organisation directly.

Is this a women-versus-men thing?+

Not remotely. The goal isn't fewer men playing. It's more women in the fourball (group of four golfers), comfortable in an environment where relationships and opportunities are already being built.

Stay in the game. Take the shot.

You don't need perfect golf, a low handicap or a clever answer. Just tell us where you're at.

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Curious about the program first? See the three experiences.