Report finds huge disparities in the business rates golf clubs pay 1
An independent report on the UK’s business rates system has found that golf clubs pay amounts that range from £26 to £88 per member.
An independent report on the UK’s business rates system has found that golf clubs pay amounts that range from £26 to £88 per member.
A car containing three young men has driven onto a nine-hole golf course in Lancashire, causing significant damage.
The members of a golf club that was a private members’ venue, but was then taken over by banks and a hedge fund due to financial issues, have now regained control and are looking to the future with confidence.
A new survey has found increasing confidence in golf tourism for 2021 following a very difficult 2020 due to the pandemic.
One of the world’s oldest golf clubs, which could have closed down six years ago, has said it has experienced a more than 200 percent membership increase.
Golf resort operators have been detailing their disappointment that the 28 day lockdown in England has resulted in the closing of their courses, as well as their bars, restaurants, hotels and spas.
A group of Australian scientists have said allowing walkers to use golf courses during Covid-19 lockdowns is a threat to biodiversity.
A historic golf club that has said it will close down next year has had vandals tear up its course, and the damage is so severe that it may still be affected even after the latest lockdown ends.
The captain of a golf club on the Isle of Cumbrae in Scotland has said his venue could have closed down during the March to May lockdown but it survived thanks to its members and other locals.
New data on golf participation in the UK has found that significantly more rounds were played this September than in any summer month in the previous four years.
A woman who took up golf in 2017 because this was her dying husband’s wish has now introduced the game to more than 100 children via a golf academy she launched.
There are reports of teething problems, which were anticipated by golf’s authorities, after the new World Handicap System (WHS) was launched in the UK on Monday.
Several golf club managers, directors and professionals, and an MP, have expressed strong disagreement over the closure of courses in England from November 5 to December 2.
A woman who has been described as ‘Britain’s oldest golfer’ says she still plays golf twice a week at the age of 98.
Michael Gove has apologised for the confusion surrounding golf clubs in England and confirmed that they will have to close for 28 days.
The prime minister has dashed hopes that golf courses in England will be allowed to remain open from November 5 to December 2 after all.
Golf and outdoor tennis in England are hopeful that they will be subjected to a reprieve and be allowed to continue, The Times newspaper has reported, as several golf clubs back the petition calling for them to remain open.
A petition for golf courses to be allowed to stay open during the November lockdown in England hit 100,000 signatures within just a few hours of launching, as England Golf says it will challenge the government over the decision to close them.
The new month-long coronavirus restrictions in England starting from November 5 specifically state that golf courses and driving ranges must close, immediately leading to widespread anger and disbelief.
October was a month of contradictions: On the one hand there’s even more evidence that golf is the sport to play during a pandemic, on the other several venues have been forced to close due to a pandemic.
A US study of 135 golf courses in Minnesota has found that they offer major benefits to their local environment, particularly surrounding temperatures, pollinating, retaining stormwater nutrients and biodiversity.
A royal golf club that dates back to 1864 is to dig up a part of its course and move it due to coastal erosion.
A Scottish golf club has secured more than £15,000 of funding to reduce its reliance on mains water supplies.
The secretary of a golf club that has experienced vandalism on the course, including people using hole cups as toilets, has said he is baffled about why it has taken place.
Several figures in the golfing industry have said they are furious that golf clubs in the Republic of Ireland and Wales are having to close due to new coronavirus restrictions.
Congratulations to 2004 Amateur Championship winner, Stuart Wilson, who has been named the new managing secretary of The Blairgowrie Golf Club.
The grounds management exhibition Saltex has been postponed until November 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.