Adare Manor in Ireland will host the 2026 Ryder Cup

Adare Manor in Ireland will host the 2026 Ryder Cup 3

🕔09:51, 31.Jul 2019

Adare Manor, which reopened just over a year ago, has been selected as the host of the 2026 Ryder Cup.

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Advanced PGA professional Alex Davies named as Belton Woods’ new director of golf

Advanced PGA professional Alex Davies named as Belton Woods’ new director of golf 1

🕔07:24, 31.Jul 2019

Advanced PGA professional Alex Davies, 34, has joined Belton Woods in Lincolnshire as its new director of golf.

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First two ‘Hero’s Handshakes’ awarded to incredible golf juniors

First two ‘Hero’s Handshakes’ awarded to incredible golf juniors 1

🕔05:12, 31.Jul 2019

Two incredible youngsters have received golf’s first ‘Hero’s Handshakes’ for dealing with hidden disabilities and using golf to raise funds for good causes.

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Could sports betting help boost golf’s popularity?

Could sports betting help boost golf’s popularity? 0

🕔04:08, 31.Jul 2019

Golf is already a hugely popular sport but industry experts are always looking for new ways to increase the profile of the game.

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In their own words: Andrew McKinlay

In their own words: Andrew McKinlay 1

🕔22:22, 30.Jul 2019

The chief executive of Scottish Golf outlines some of the measures that can be introduced to engage more young people with golf.

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Fears grow for Glasgow’s six municipal golf courses

Fears grow for Glasgow’s six municipal golf courses 4

🕔20:17, 30.Jul 2019

Glasgow City Council has said it is seeking views on the city’s six golf courses ‘due to low usage and a substantial annual deficit’, raising fears that they might close down.

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30 primary schools in Wales to benefit from golf lessons

30 primary schools in Wales to benefit from golf lessons 0

🕔18:18, 30.Jul 2019

Children at 30 primary schools across South Wales will get the chance to learn golf and move on to join clubs, thanks to a new partnership between Wales Golf and PlaySports.

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Toro signs second agreement plan with Edgbaston Golf Club

Toro signs second agreement plan with Edgbaston Golf Club 0

🕔12:46, 30.Jul 2019

Having been at Edgbaston Golf Club for 31 years, course manager Eddie Mills knows more than anyone what’s best for the club, which is why he recently signed a second five-year agreement plan with Toro.

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Here’s the top three things I learnt about the golf industry in July 2019

Here’s the top three things I learnt about the golf industry in July 2019 0 Updated

🕔10:30, 30.Jul 2019

From an outstanding Open Championship to the appointment of a 32-year-old to manage Sunningdale, July 2019 will not be a month in the industry that will be forgotten quickly.

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This is why we converted our golf club into a six-hole venue

This is why we converted our golf club into a six-hole venue 10

🕔07:08, 24.Jul 2019

Phil Taylor, FPGA, is the founder of Pachesham Golf Centre in Surrey, which was originally a nine-hole golf club. Two years ago it successfully converted to six holes. Here, he explains why.

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How Royal Troon has invested in junior golf

How Royal Troon has invested in junior golf 1

🕔06:53, 24.Jul 2019

Royal Troon might have hosted the Open nine times, but the club is also looking to its future. Here, secretary Stephen Anthony details the extraordinary success the club has had in this area in the last two years.

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The mental health benefits from playing golf

The mental health benefits from playing golf 0

🕔23:00, 23.Jul 2019

One of golf’s greatest selling points is that regularly playing the game has a number of physical health benefits. What’s sometimes overlooked, however, is the mental health gains that can also be made.

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How adventure golf turned this three-year-old into a golf fanatic

How adventure golf turned this three-year-old into a golf fanatic 1

🕔17:08, 23.Jul 2019

Trafford GC offers a dinosaur adventure golf facility that Louie Ockerby-Morris played at. And while walking to it he was so enthralled by the driving range with laser targets that he now regularly has lessons there.

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Northumberland golf club planning major rebrand

Northumberland golf club planning major rebrand 3

🕔12:49, 23.Jul 2019

Wallsend Golf Club in Northumberland is hoping to embark on a major £12.5m project that will see its driving range transformed into a centre aimed at attracting new people to golf.

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Greenfee365 enters the UK golf tourist market

Greenfee365 enters the UK golf tourist market 0

🕔10:34, 23.Jul 2019

Greenfee365, the marketing company that allows golf clubs to sell their tee times directly to golfers all over the world, which has been huge in Spain, Portugal, Italy and France, is launching in the UK. 

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Scottish Water gives a tower to a golf club to help with its finances

Scottish Water gives a tower to a golf club to help with its finances 0

🕔11:33, 22.Jul 2019

Scottish Water, the body that provides water services across Scotland, has transferred the ownership of a disused tower it had been renting to Keith Golf Club, in order to help it with its finances.

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Reesink Turfcare offering irrigation finance solutions

Reesink Turfcare offering irrigation finance solutions 0 Updated

🕔14:14, 21.Jul 2019

Finance on turfcare machinery is not new but it is a concept that has passed by the irrigation of golf clubs and sports venues. Until now that is, thanks to Reesink Turfcare.

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Royal Portrush’s manager to retire this autumn

Royal Portrush’s manager to retire this autumn 7

🕔10:16, 16.Jul 2019

The secretary-manager of Royal Portrush, host of the 2019 Open Championship, will retire this autumn after managing the club for an incredible 35 years.

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Fame Tate wins women’s ‘Oustanding Achievement’ for golf club turnaround

Fame Tate wins women’s ‘Oustanding Achievement’ for golf club turnaround 4

🕔16:22, 15.Jul 2019

PGA professional Fame Tate has won the ‘Oustanding Achievement’ Award at The English Women’s Awards – North for bringing a golf club back from the edge of closure.

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Analysing the swing of a ‘disruptor’

Analysing the swing of a ‘disruptor’ 0

🕔11:36, 15.Jul 2019

Following 20-year-old Matthew Wolff’s triumph at the 3M Open earlier this month, professional golf could be about to enter a watershed moment.

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How top golfers use psychology to keep calm

How top golfers use psychology to keep calm 0

🕔11:12, 15.Jul 2019

Whilst golf is already considered by many to be one of the most difficult sports on the planet, there’s much more to the game than simply managing to hit the ball where you want it to land. 

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Shahin Bani-Sadr, 28, appointed as general manager of Rowlands Castle Golf Club

Shahin Bani-Sadr, 28, appointed as general manager of Rowlands Castle Golf Club 0

🕔07:22, 15.Jul 2019

Rowlands Castle Golf Club in Hampshire has appointed Shahin Bani-Sadr as its new general manager.

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Meet the golf club secretary: Andrew Tanner

Meet the golf club secretary: Andrew Tanner 0

🕔14:57, 14.Jul 2019

The manager of the Harry Colt-designed Tandridge Golf Club in Surrey talks about how the golf industry has changed in recent years – and how Tandridge is responding to this transformation.

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Scottish Golf awarded £15k to grow the game to women and girls

Scottish Golf awarded £15k to grow the game to women and girls 0

🕔14:45, 14.Jul 2019

The governing body for amateur golf in Scotland has received £15,360 from the Scottish government to invest in women’s and girls’ golf.

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Meet the PGA professional: David McKidd

Meet the PGA professional: David McKidd 0

🕔14:21, 14.Jul 2019

The head professional at Lightcliffe Golf Club in Yorkshire talks about surveying members to find out what products he should stock in the shop and why he offers free coaching to juniors.

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Documentary to be made about golf club sock story

Documentary to be made about golf club sock story 5

🕔11:29, 14.Jul 2019

A story about a man who was told by a golf club to change his socks because they were too dark has gone viral – and a documentary will even be made about the incident.

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Golf clubs near Brighton under increased pressure due to housing shortage

Golf clubs near Brighton under increased pressure due to housing shortage 2

🕔16:07, 13.Jul 2019

Two golf courses in Sussex have an uncertain future following a proposed review of how a council uses its land.

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