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David Leadbetter to open European headquarters in July

David Leadbetter to open European headquarters in July 0

🕔16:04, 25.Apr 2018

One of the world’s most famous golf coaches, David Leadbetter, will open the ‘Leadbetter Golf Academy European Headquarters’in Buckinghamshire next month.

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Two Kent golf clubs close down

Two Kent golf clubs close down 3

🕔13:16, 23.Apr 2018

Two golf clubs in Kent have closed down in the space of a few days of each other – and just a few weeks after another venue in the county closed.

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Pioneering golf project to stop coastal erosion

Pioneering golf project to stop coastal erosion 0

🕔15:55, 17.Apr 2018

Royal Dornoch Golf Club is supporting a pioneering project that should help prevent part of its course succumbing to coastal erosion.

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Rapid increase in driving distance is ‘concerning’

Rapid increase in driving distance is ‘concerning’ 1

🕔12:10, 9.Apr 2018

An annual review of the driving distances by The R&A and the USGA has found that the average drive in 2017 was three yards longer than in 2016 – when usually there is a growth of just 0.2 yards per year.

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Major changes proposed for another Yorkshire golf club

Major changes proposed for another Yorkshire golf club 0

🕔11:39, 6.Apr 2018

A Yorkshire golf club has secured planning permission to carry out major changes including the development of housing and the construction of a hotel and leisure facilities.

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The ‘Get into Golf’ campaign has been rebranded

The ‘Get into Golf’ campaign has been rebranded 3

🕔13:50, 3.Apr 2018

The Get into Golf campaign, which has proved to be a successful way to increase participation over the last few years, has been rebranded.

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Bryn Meadows is ‘Welsh Golf Club of the Year’

Bryn Meadows is ‘Welsh Golf Club of the Year’ 0 Updated

🕔07:23, 30.Mar 2018

Bryn Meadows has been named as the ‘Welsh Golf Club of the Year’ at the Wales Golf Awards ceremony held at Celtic Manor.

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Keith Pelley calls on golf clubs to share ideas

Keith Pelley calls on golf clubs to share ideas 6

🕔15:18, 27.Mar 2018

The chief executive of the European Tour, Keith Pelley, has encouraged venues to share ideas and innovate to grow the game.

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Profits are surging at this golf club operator

Profits are surging at this golf club operator 0

🕔13:54, 20.Mar 2018

A company that operates two golf clubs in Surrey has seen a dramatic increase in profits in the last financial year.

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The Mere becomes latest major UK golf club to become foreign owned

The Mere becomes latest major UK golf club to become foreign owned 0

🕔13:37, 19.Mar 2018

The Mere Golf Resort and Spa in Cheshire has joined the likes of The Belfry, Wentworth and Turnberry, by becoming foreign owned.

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Wooden locker manufacturer Ridgeway appoints John Gibbs

Wooden locker manufacturer Ridgeway appoints John Gibbs 0

🕔14:58, 13.Mar 2018

A company that manufactures lockers for golf and fitness clubs, spas and the corporate market has unveiled a major expansion which arguably places it as the market leader for the British industry.

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This golf course has been hit by vandals

This golf course has been hit by vandals 0

🕔13:43, 8.Mar 2018

A Scottish golf club has become the latest to have its course damaged by vandals.

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Expanding property firm buys its first golf facility

Expanding property firm buys its first golf facility 1

🕔07:50, 7.Mar 2018

A property firm that is creating a number of adventure parks around the UK has bought a driving range and adventure golf course in London for £500,000.

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St Andrews Links Trust appoints NBC as ‘official media partner’

St Andrews Links Trust appoints NBC as ‘official media partner’ 0

🕔12:46, 5.Mar 2018

The body that manages seven golf courses at St Andrews, including the world famous Old Course, has appointed one of the world’s biggest media organisations as its ‘official media partner’.

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Royal North Devon’s 8th hole is falling into the sea

Royal North Devon’s 8th hole is falling into the sea 1

🕔13:11, 1.Mar 2018

A golf course regarded by some to be the oldest in England is the latest to warn that it is at risk of coastal erosion.

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World’s fifth oldest golf course is losing 1.5 metres of land per year to coastal erosion

World’s fifth oldest golf course is losing 1.5 metres of land per year to coastal erosion 0

🕔14:11, 20.Feb 2018

As Scottish Natural Heritage warns that a proposed golf course could fall into the sea, a spokesman for Montrose Golf Links has said the venue may have to be moved inland as it is currently losing at least 1.5 metres a year.

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Shock 11% drop in golf rounds played at end of 2017

Shock 11% drop in golf rounds played at end of 2017 9

🕔13:08, 19.Feb 2018

The latest research on golf participation in the UK has found that the number of rounds played in the final quarter of 2017 was down by more than 11 per cent compared with the end of 2016.

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Tributes to 35-year-old Eaton Golf Club greenkeeper killed by a falling tree

Tributes to 35-year-old Eaton Golf Club greenkeeper killed by a falling tree 0

🕔12:27, 13.Feb 2018

Tributes have been paid to a greenkeeper at a Cheshire golf club where he was known as the ‘prodigal son’, who was killed in January in a tree felling tragedy.

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One of the last major men-only UK golf clubs to admit women

One of the last major men-only UK golf clubs to admit women 0

🕔12:19, 8.Feb 2018

One of the last remaining men-only golf clubs in the UK, Royal Aberdeen, the sixth oldest golf club in the world, has voted to allow women to join the club.

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Revamped golf club ‘will not include golf course’

Revamped golf club ‘will not include golf course’ 1

🕔12:53, 6.Feb 2018

A Scottish golf club, which has been closed for two years and hopes to reopen soon, has submitted plans in which ‘it is unlikely the golf course itself will reopen’, according to reports.

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Huge growth in Highlands visitor numbers proves benefits of golf clubs working together

Huge growth in Highlands visitor numbers proves benefits of golf clubs working together 0

🕔13:09, 5.Feb 2018

Three Scottish golf clubs have said they have generated hundreds of thousands of pounds in extra revenue in the last few years by working together.

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Mixed news if you own a house next to a Scottish golf course

Mixed news if you own a house next to a Scottish golf course 1

🕔17:10, 30.Jan 2018

The most expensive homes in the whole of Scotland are next to the Old Course in St Andrews, according to new research, but not all golf homeowners are celebrating.

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Cheshire golf resort sold for £8 million

Cheshire golf resort sold for £8 million 0

🕔12:47, 29.Jan 2018

One of the premier golf resorts in northern England, Wychwood Park Hotel and Golf Course in Crewe, has been sold, reportedly for more than £8 million.

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Deeside, Wentworth and Durness golf clubs – the big greenkeeping winners at BTME 2018

Deeside, Wentworth and Durness golf clubs – the big greenkeeping winners at BTME 2018 1

🕔14:40, 25.Jan 2018

The greenkeeping teams at Deeside Golf Club and The Wentworth Club, and the head greenkeeper at Durness Golf Club, are the big winners at the ‘BIGGA Awards’ at BTME 2018.

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Yorkshire club creates general manager position

Yorkshire club creates general manager position 0 Updated

🕔06:58, 12.Jan 2018

Hallamshire Golf Club in Yorkshire has created the new position of general manager and appointed the head professional of Queenwood Golf Club in Surrey to fill it.

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Irish golf club to benefit from staggering £18m investment

Irish golf club to benefit from staggering £18m investment 0

🕔07:42, 9.Jan 2018

The company that runs East Clare Golf Club in Ireland has said it will invest nearly £18 million into the facility.

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Playing golf makes you appear more sexually attractive

Playing golf makes you appear more sexually attractive 1

🕔15:25, 3.Jan 2018

Saying that you are a golfer makes you appear more sexually attractive, according to new research of the dating app Tinder.

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