Golf club receives £15.95 million offer to buy its lease 0
A private members’ golf club near London has received an offer from its local council of just under £16 million to relinquish the lease for its land.
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Club sells two houses for over a million pounds each 2
A golf club that is building five coastal homes that will have an asking price of more than a million pounds each has sold two before work has even started.
Opportunity knocks. Golf needs to answer 0
Golf has seen an unprecedented boom in the last 18 months but new data from BRS Golf and GolfNow shows the first sign of a slowdown. But there is good news within this.
Thieves targeted golf clubs during first lockdown 0
A crown court has heard that a gang targeted and ram raided three golf clubs in April last year as the whole of Britain was under a coronavirus lockdown, causing extensive losses.
Robert Bayliss retires after 43 years 0
Robert Bayliss has retired as the head greenkeeper of Weymouth Golf Club in Dorset after an incredible 43 years serving the James Braid-designed parkland course.
Golf club applies to stay open until 2.30am every night 2
A golf club in Nottinghamshire has said it wants to be more inclusive to its entire local community – and that’s why it is applying for a licence to stay open until 2.30am every night.
Ian Woosnam reportedly interested in another golf club 0
Former world number one golfer Ian Woosnam has announced his intention to save a second 18-hole golf club.
Calls for golf to be included in the Paralympics 8
There are growing calls for golf to be included as a sport in the 2024 Paralympic Games.
Golf club offers vaccinated youngsters membership opportunity 2
An Oxfordshire golf club has said it will give away one free membership to a golfer aged 18 to 29 if they have been double vaccinated.
Here’s three UK golf industry trends from August 0
From ‘thinking outside the box’ when it comes to introducing golf to youngsters to the end of the pandemic participation boom, we look at the top golf industry trends from August 2021.
The Guardian promotes call for London’s golf courses to be ‘redeveloped’ 8
The Guardian newspaper has promoted a call by an architect for many of the 94 golf courses in Greater London to be redeveloped.
Welsh golf clubs invited to apply for women’s golf fund 1
Welsh golf clubs have been invited to apply for grants of up to £5,000 to get more women and girls playing golf in the next four years.
New data reveals first participation slowdown since the pandemic started 2
New data taken from nearly 2,000 golf clubs in the UK and Ireland has found both a month-on-month and year-on-year drop in visitor rounds, when clubs were open, for the first time since the pandemic started.
Golf club awarded £320,000 to reduce carbon emissions 0
A municipal golf course in Nottinghamshire has been awarded just under £320,000 to ‘fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures’.
Fundraisers aim to save golf course in Bath 0
A municipal golf course in Bath that has not reopened following the first lockdown in 2020 could be saved after a fundraiser was launched.
Sheffield’s elderly encouraged to take up golf 0
A project has been launched in Sheffield in which elderly people will be introduced to the game of golf in a bid to benefit their mental and physical health.
Tony Gill announces retirement as Brora’s general manager 1
The general manager of Brora Golf Club in the Highlands for the last 16 years, Tony Gill, has announced he is to retire.
Kate Rose criticises the BBC’s ‘indifference’ towards women’s golf 2
The founder of the Rose Ladies Series, Kate Rose, has criticised the BBC for failing to give meaningful coverage to the Women’s Open, even though the broadcaster talks extensively about inclusion and diversity.
Laura Davies-designed golf course could be sold off 1
A Surrey golf course that has some members who signed up for life has revealed that it could be sold off to a care home developer.
Covid has also led to a a golf boom in Australia 0
New figures on golf participation in Australia have shown a parallel with the UK – in which the pandemic has resulted in unprecedented growth.
Two more golf clubs to build housing on their land 3
Two more UK golf clubs are set to build properties on their land to provide much-needed funds, with one saying that the pandemic has meant investing in housing is now more lucrative than in hotels.
Meet the director of golf: Jack Laws 0
The director of golf at Les Bordes Golf Club, one of the world’s most spectacular new golf facilities, talks about the venue, working through the pandemic and his time at Sunningdale.
Man who saved golfer’s life set to finish incredible charity walk 0
A 58-year-old former armed forces trainer is on the verge of completing a three month mission of walking over 1,000 miles while hitting a golf ball, in order to raise money for defibrillators to be installed around the country.
‘Poison’ sprayed on golf club’s greens causes up to £250k of damage 0
The course operations manager of an Australian golf club has said a vandal has poured ‘poison’ on five of his greens, causing potentially more than £250,000 of damage.
Construction of R&A’s community golf facility to begin 2
The R&A has secured approval to create a world-leading ‘community golf facility’ in Glasgow.
Venue is allowed to use dumped chalk for improvements 1
A footgolf venue that replaced a golf course in 2017 has been told it can create boundary walls around its car park with chalk that had been dumped there by a rogue builder.
‘There are more victims of the ‘Rolex Rippers” 1
Two of the victims of the ‘Rolex Rippers’ have spoken about the tactics the women used in order to rob them, including shouting ‘sex’ as they grabbed one victim, and have criticised the police, stating there are more than 14 victims.
