This golf club has doubled its membership in just two years 1
Gaudet Luce Golf Club in Worcestershire has doubled its membership from 400 to 800 in just the last two years, thanks to a flexible membership scheme.
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AGCO makes application to throw out EU VAT rebate ruling 26
The Association of Golf Course Owners has applied to provide data that the ruling that VAT must not be applied to green fees was based on flawed evidence.
Golf can cut risk of stroke by two thirds 6
Older men who play golf every day can cut their risk of suffering a stroke by two thirds – provided they walk the course – according to new research.
‘Day of doom’ as golf clubs close down 9
Two major golf clubs closed down and a third was placed into receivership within the same 24-hour period this week, in what’s been described as a ‘day of doom’
‘Clubs should pass VAT refund to golfers’ 24
The chair of AGCO has said that all private members’ golf clubs should hand whatever VAT refund they receive back to golfers who paid green fees at their clubs.
Ruling: Green fees must be exempt from VAT 33
A European court has ruled green fees charged to private members’ golf clubs should be exempt from VAT in a ruling that could have major ramifications for the industry.
Call for clubs to employ younger staff 7
The head greenkeeper of a leading golf club has said clubs will continue to struggle as long as their committees fail to employ younger staff as managers.
Golfers live five years longer 26
Heart Research UK is urging everyone in the UK to take up golf – as regular golfers live, on average, five years longer than non-golfers, according to Swedish research.
Royal Troon to block out caravan site 4
Royal Troon Golf Club has been granted planning permission to build a wall of sand to block out views of a nearby caravan site.
Golf more popular in schools than football 23
Golf is now played at schools so much that it is on more English schools’ curriculums than football, according to new data.
Peter Alliss golf course sold for just £58k 6
A Peter Alliss-designed golf club has been sold for just £58,000 to its landlord due to extreme market conditions and a clause in its lease.
Welsh council bails out loss-making club 0
Parc Garnant, a council-owned golf club in Carmarthenshire which was costing its county council £150,000 per year to run, has been handed over to a private firm to run, under a 25-year lease.
Ramsdale Park GC wins £2k lottery grant 0
A National Lottery programme has given a grant of £2,000 to a Nottinghamshire golf club to help it work more with juniors.
Golfer who lost an eye sues club for £750k 1
A golfer who lost an eye at Niddry Castle Golf Club in Scotland is suing the club over a lack of signage, and the golfer who hit the ball.
Petition to cut VAT rate for playing golf 2
A former British Women’s Open champion has launched an e-petition to reduce the rate of VAT for playing and watching sport from 20 to five per cent.
Scotland to invest £2 million in golf 1
The Scottish government is to copy the Ryder Cup model set by the Welsh Assembly, by investing £2 million in golf clubs.
