The top 40 trends of 2016 1
The year 2016 was like no other in the golf club industry. The vote to continue the ban on women from becoming members at Muirfield became an embarrassment, while Adidas’ and
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Club hosts Christmas jumper golf day 0
A Suffolk golf club has used golfers’ reputation for wearing bad knitwear to raise money for Save the Children.
Jack Nicklaus: There has to be alternatives to 18 holes 0
Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus has said shorter versions of the game, flexibility in golf ball design and music on the course will help the game’s participation decline.
135,000 people tried golf in just 6 months 2
More than 135,000 people tried golf in England between April and September 2016, according to new figures.
First indoor golf simulation centre in Wales opens 0
The first centre for people to play golf indoors on simulators in Wales has opened – highlighting the growing demand for this activity.
Golf club markets itself on local train line 0
A Scottish golf club that is situated close to a train station has taken the innovative and unusual step of marketing itself on the local trains.
Council wants to sell golf course 0
A local authority wants to sell a pitch and putt golf course that has seen rounds at it nearly half in just five years. The sale could effectively close the course.
Another club deals with picnickers on its course 0
Long Ashton Golf Club in Bristol has become the latest venue to bring in measures to deal with people picnicking on its course.
Report: Golf clubs are ignoring university students 0
A new survey on golf clubs in university towns and cities has found the majority do not offer incentives for students.
29% of non-golfing women want to play golf 0
A major global survey has found that nearly one in three women who don’t play golf are interested in taking up the game.
Carnoustie and St Andrews bring in millions 0
The accounts for two Open venues have revealed a healthy state of finances for two major golf course operators.
Golf club praised for turning flooded bog into a wildlife haven 0
A golf club in Leicestershire has received local praise for transforming a flooded bog on its course into a pond and wildlife haven.
This golf coach is nominated for a national disabled coaching award 0
A man who has been championing blind golfers for more than two decades is in line for a prestigious national coaching award.
Two golf clubs have administrators appointed 0
A leading golf club in Northumberland and a top venue in Hertfordshire have both had administrators appointed to them.
Golf club to grow by the building of 56 homes 0
A Scottish golf club is to fund improvements by selling its practice ground to a developer, which will build 56 homes.
Merseyside set for new £190 million golf club 0
A major new international golf development in Merseyside is a step nearer after Wirral Council agreed to spend more than half a million pounds on surveys and geotechnical reports to see it through.
Nigel Mansell course one of several sold in recent weeks 0
The golf club created by former Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell has been sold for a reported figure of £11 million.
91-year-old scores a hole-in-one 1
A 91-year-old golfer has hit a hole-in-one at Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Hotel in Buckinhamgshire – the latest story in what’s been an incredible year for elderly golfers.
This man has become golf’s first accredited coach for deaf people 0
A PGA professional in Lincolnshire has become the first person who works in golf in England to achieve the DEAFinitely Inclusive Mark, the accreditation scheme that was launched last year
Celtic Manor considering legal action against ‘Celtic Minor’ 0
A Welsh golf club that last year changed its name to Celtic Minor could face legal action from Celtic Manor, which believes the club is exploiting its reputation.
“Footgolf meant our turnover grew by 30%” 0
A Welsh golf club has told the BBC that the introduction of footgolf led to increasing its turnover by 30 per cent at a time when its membership was falling dramatically.
Council rejects proposal to convert entire golf course into housing estate 0
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council has surprisingly rejected a proposal to convert Plough Hill Golf Centre in Warwickshire into a housing estate.
HS2 golf club has its future secured 0
A 130-year-old golf club that could have closed down because the HS2 railway line is set to go through the course has had its future secured.
Jack Nicklaus-designed golf resort to open in 2020 0
The group that runs a hotel that new world tennis number one Andy Murray owns has said it is also going to run a major golf resort in Scotland.
£60m golf club to be built in Northern Ireland 0
A £60 million golf club is to be built in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, and could open as soon as 2019.
Several private members’ golf clubs have now received overpaid VAT refunds 0
Approximately 25 per cent of the golf clubs that had claimed for VAT rebates on green fees via KPMG have now received the money back from HMRC.
Golf membership grows in Lancashire for first time since 2004 0
In one of the clearest signs that the golf industry is experiencing recovery, The Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs has said its members have this year collectively seen a rise in their members for the first time in 12 years.
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