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Writing exclusively for The Golf Business, the chief executive of Wales Golf details the education opportunities for golf clubs preparing for the new World Handicap System.
Writing exclusively for The Golf Business, the chief executive of Wales Golf details the education opportunities for golf clubs preparing for the new World Handicap System.
Most golf clubs need to invest in themselves in order to grow. We look at three that have decided to splash the cash in the last few months to find out what they’re investing in and how much they’re spending.
Following feedback that three of its holes had a ‘parkland feel’, Nairn Dunbar put a links restoration plan in place to unveil as much of the natural dune systems as possible.
A Worcestershire golf club has set up a club for people over the age of 50 to play board games with each other in a move to tackle isolation.
In its latest article offering legal advice to golf clubs, the NGCAA details the law if agreement cannot be reached between a golf club and the pro to vary the terms upon which the professional is retained.
Telford Hotel & Golf Resort, the four-star hotel in Shropshire, has appointed Peter Nye as its new general manager.
At the end of last year a new governance guide for UK golf clubs was issued as part of a drive to modernise and grow the game. Here is a summary of the guide.
The head professional at Walmer & Kingsdown GC in Kent talks about getting more juniors to play the game, being a Certified Putting Instructor and what he does to ensure maximum profitability from the pro shop.
Offering members of other golf clubs the opportunity to play at your club for free is a proven way to increase the value of memberships at both venues.
With its 11 golf courses, Mission Hills in China is the biggest golf resort in the world. Here, the Chu brothers, who run it, known as the faces of golf in China, talk about the venue and growing the game around the world.
Cams Hall Estate Golf Club in Hampshire has been acquired by The Club Company, its second purchase in the last year, meaning the organisation now owns 15 golf clubs.
A Scottish golf club hopes to host a ‘major championship’ by next year, after it has been given the green light to embark on a multi-million pound transformation.
Writing exclusively for The Golf Business, the chief executive of the European Tour takes us through the organisation’s branding changes.
Andrew talks about how the club formed an affiliation with Pebble Beach in the USA, the awards both he and the club have won in recent years, the state of the game in Wales in 2020 and the Hollywood celebrities he’s worked with.
The UK’s busiest driving range has partnered with a programme that utilises golf to enhance the recovery of wounded, injured and sick service personnel, to offer life-changing coaching.
Wales Golf is to launch a new festival weekend this year with five separate events open for new, junior and disabled golfers.
The founder and executive director of GEO Foundation explains the benefits to a golf club from going green.
A group of four historic Fife golf clubs that offer opportunities for golfers to play at all of them under the same package has said it saw ‘some of its best year-on-year booking figures during 2019’.
A published golf author and a golf radio host have taken over Sunningdale Heath Golf Club in Berkshire – the club that once had the Queen Mother as its captain.
A struggling golf club in Birmingham is to be revamped so that it will feature a nine-hole course and a footgolf course, in a move that should secure its future.
A Northumberland golf club that has financially struggled in recent years has been given the green light to have nearly 100 new homes built on part of its current course to prevent it from closing down.
A Staffordshire golf club has been bought by a group of individuals including the club’s current managing director and four other individuals.
A golf club in Bolton was attacked by a group of vandals on New Year’s Eve, who caused thousands of pounds-worth of damage as they smashed clubhouse windows.
The holding company of a leading Scottish golf resort has been sold in a deal worth £135 million.
The owner of a prestigious golf club in Kent has acquired another club in the same county for an undisclosed fee.
An Essex golf club is threatening to take legal action against its local authority in a dispute over the proposed loss of its clubhouse.
In its latest article offering legal advice to golf clubs, the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association (NGCAA) details the law relating to transferring employees.