New diploma in golf club management launched 0
The PGA, the British and International Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) and the Golf Club Managers’ Association (GCMA) have launched a new ASQ Level 5 diploma in golf club management.
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Golf industry leaders to appear together 0
The heads of various UK golf industry bodies will appear together in a ‘Leaders Forum’ in Harrogate in January.
Isle of Man is second merged male and female English golf region 0
The Isle of Man is home to the second English region to merge the men and women’s organisations – after Northamptonshire.
102-year old golfer is UK’s longest serving club member 0
A 102-year-old man who has been a continuous member of his golf club for 90 years is thought to be the longest serving golf club member in history.
Opposition to new golf course due to rare fly 1
A championship golf course that is being proposed to be built in the Highlands is at risk due to concerns for a rare species of fly.
Accounting ‘should be a higher priority’ in Scottish golf clubs 0
Proper accounting guidance and practice is essential for golf clubs in Scotland to thrive – but could be lacking in many of them, according to a study by a University of Strathclyde student.
Aberdeenshire golf clubs ‘may go under’ due to rates relief change 3
More than 50 golf clubs in Aberdeenshire have been hit by a new levy on business rates.
Will your course be hosting Rugby Golf events? 1
Organisers of a new sport to the UK are hoping golf clubs will be hosting Rugby Golf events in the way they have embraced footgolf in the last few years.
Golf club launches a devilish 666 yard hole 0
A Wiltshire golf club has launched a hole that measures 666 yards and is calling it ‘The Beast’.
More than 1 in 2 non-golfers are put off the game by dress codes 0
More than 50 per cent of people who do not play golf would consider playing the game if they were subjected to a relaxed dress code.
Golf clubs are using mystery shoppers to boost standards 1
Golf Development Wales has been sending ‘mystery shoppers’ to golf clubs all over the country in a bid to raise standards at the venues.
3 in 4 golfers pick their course based on online reviews 0
A survey of 4,000 golfers has found that a huge three in four of them will read online reviews before deciding which new course to play.
England Golf asks for ideas to grow participation 2
England Golf is embarking on a listening exercise to get as many ideas as possible to grow golf, its new chief executive has announced.
A third of a Scottish island’s population work on a golf course 0
A third of the entire population of the Scottish island of Jura work on a golf course that hasn’t even been built yet.
Another golf club is victim of huge fraud scam 0
Waterlooville Golf Club in Hampshire has also been swindled out of scores of thousands of pounds, it has been revealed.
What will Justin Rose’s gold medal mean for golf 0
England Golf believes Justin Rose’s spectacular gold medal at the Rio Olympics will inspire people in the UK to try golf for the first time – and participation could even rise rapidly.
Riddlesden lost half its membership in just three years 0
An 89-year-old Yorkshire golf club that closed down earlier this year lost half of its membership between 2012 and 2015.
Golf and golf club praised for helping people with Parkinson’s 0
Rudding Park Hotel, Spa and Golf in Yorkshire has been praised for helping people with Parkinson’s – the latest of several clubs in the last few weeks that has helped people with physical ailments.
7 jailed for planned heist on Old Course Hotel 0
Seven men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for planning a unique raid on the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews which would have had ‘huge implications’ for golf if they had been successful.
Golf club gets an undertaker to sponsor hole called ‘The Coffin’ 0
West Lothian Golf Club has been praised for getting a local funeral director to sponsor a hole that is called ‘The Coffin’.
Nike’s decision to partially leave golf came on same day Adidas reported huge recovery 0
The decision by Nike Golf, one of the biggest sponsors of the game in the world, to partially exit the industry, came on the same day that Adidas reported a recovery in its golf business.
Two golf clubs receive £150k grant from Sport England 0
Two Hertfordshire golf clubs are receiving nearly £150,000 between them to spend on refurbishments and improvements thanks to grants from Sport England.
Toro distributor Lely sold to Royal Reesink 0
The turfcare activities of one of the biggest companies in the UK golf club industry, Lely, have been sold to major Dutch company Royal Reesink.
Another golf club to build housing by its course 0
Huntercombe GC in Oxfordshire is the latest golf club to hope to build houses on its land to fund improvements to its facilities.
Izaak Walton Golf Club has entered liquidation 0
Izaak Walton Golf Club in Stoke, a popular 18-hole venue, has entered liquidation. The club has shut its clubhouse and boarded up its doors and windows.
The golf industry is seeing some positives from Brexit 0
A major golf course construction firm and a golf tourism company have both said that Britain’s decision to leave the EU can have positive ramifications for the industry.
Golf is a superb way to help stroke victims recover 0
The Stroke Association is increasingly finding that playing golf, which provides a number of key social, mental and physical benefits, is an excellent way for survivors to boost their recovery.
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