Association Outline

About Nippon Park Golf Association
We are committed to spreading and developing park golf which is loved by many people beyond generations and regions.
Nippon Park Golf Association (NPGA) maintains unification all over park golf in Japan and disseminate and promote park golf as a representative. Thereby contributing to the healthy development of body and mind of the people and the promotion of lifelong sport, and aimed at introducing park golf to the countries of the world widely and disseminating and promoting it.
Projects
  • Project concerning the dissemination and promotion of park golf
  • Grant project related to the holding of competitions of park golf
  • Project concerning the enactment of park golf course standards
  • Project concerning the instructor training and credential related to park golf
  • Project concerning the official publication of park golf
  • Project concerning the establishment of competition rules of park golf
  • Other projects necessary to achieve the purpose of this corporation
  • Project concerning certification of equipment of park golf
  • Project concerning the publication and sale of books about park golf
  • Project concerning the use of registration rights on Park Golf Mark (A Woodpecker Mark)
The International Park Golf Association, the predecessor of the Nippon Park Golf Association (NPGA), which was founded in 1987, received a certification as a Specified Nonprofit Organization (NPO), and has continued the activity. Nippon Park Golf Association inherits all the philosophy and projects of the International Park Golf Association and strives for the correct dissemination of park golf and manages the projects.