Scottish Golf loses its CEO Hamish Grey 3
Hamish Grey, who has led Scottish Golf in one form or another since 1998, is to leave the organisation, its new board has announced.
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Mainstream media warns that golf is still elitist 4
Two of Britain’s biggest media outlets have both reported on golf’s participation problems in the last few days, as four clubs have now closed this month.
Wentworth members threaten legal action over fee hike 4
Members of Wentworth Club have formed an action group to block plans to reduce the number of members and massively increase the rates they pay, and have threatened legal action against their own club’s owner.
Participation slumps again as more golf clubs close 14
The number of rounds of golf played in the UK in the final quarter of 2015 was down significantly on 2014’s levels, as two golf clubs have already closed this month alone.
Another venue more than trebles the size of its hole cups 3
Norwood Park Golf Centre in Nottinghamshire has become the latest golf club to use giant hole cups to attract juniors and beginners to the game.
New Scottish Golf chair to target women golfers 4
The new chair of Scottish Golf has said she will use her high-level business experience to try and get more women to play golf.
The top 40 trends of 2015 5
What were the top 40 trends of 2015 in the golf industry?
Another two golf clubs allow women to join them 4
Two more historic golf clubs have decided to end their men-only membership policies and allow women to become members for the first time.
160 golf clubs now offer footgolf 5
More than 150 UK golf clubs offer footgolf, the new sport that combines football and golf, even though it only came to the UK less than three years ago.
AGCO challenges non-profit status of private members’ golf clubs 6
The chair of the Association of Golf Course Owners (AGCO), Vivien Saunders, has submitted a report to the senior policy advisor on VAT at the Treasury that calls for the non-profit status of private members’ clubs to be challenged.
CONGU announces new handicapping changes 9
The Council of National Golf Unions (CONGU) has announced that its revised handicapping system has been updated and the new changes will come in on January 1, 2016.
Greg Norman has radical ideas to improve the state of golf 4
Greg Norman calls for relaxed dress codes, a 12-hole format of golf and even music in buggies to address the large drop in participation over the last few years.
Wentworth to charge £125,000 joining fee 3
Wentworth Club in Surrey is to raise its joining fee from £15,000 to £125,000 amid reports that it wants to get rid of its high net worth members because they are not rich enough.
Carin Koch: Dress codes put women off golf 11
European Solheim Cup captain Carin Koch has said that several golf clubs are missing out on thousands of female customers by having restrictive dress codes.
These clubs are abandoning ladies’ tees and here’s why 5
More than 30 UK golf clubs have abandoned ladies’ tees in an effort to encourage improving golfers, retain ageing players and promote social golf.
These are the golf clubs that have been put up for sale in the last few months 7
A raft of golf clubs have been put up for sale in the last few months, carrying on from 2014, in which more UK golf clubs were put on the market than in any other year in history.
BBC TV presenter Naga Munchetty: Golf is an amazing game for women 2
BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty has said that finding golf has changed her life and that the sport is fantastic for women.
Lee Westwood: Golf needs larger holes, a two-hour format and an image overhaul 5
Leading golfer Lee Westwood has said that the game of golf needs an urgent image revamp amid worrying data about participation trends.
‘Golf club committees are killing golf clubs’ 22
A pioneering student who has been given a four-figure business grant to develop a product that could benefit golf clubs has said that their backward-looking committees are destroying their own venues.
Ian Poulter praises Sky Sports over British Masters 3
Leading British golfer Ian Poulter has thanked Sky Sports for helping get the British Masters back on the European Tour schedule.
US golf club has golfers ‘surfing’ fairways between shots 4
An American golf venue has introduced a radical new way to get golfers to quickly play the course and in a fun way – golfers can hire carts that allow them to surf fairways.
Rory McIlroy has an innovative way to get kids into golf 3
World number one golfer Rory McIlory has said that more children will play golf if the world’s best golfers have more athletic bodies.
Golfer plays an amazing 18 different courses in one day for charity 0
The captain of Pleasington Golf Club in Blackburn has played an incredible 18 holes at 18 different golf courses – on the same day – for charity.
Nairn loses £185k green fee VAT repayment case 4
A private members’ golf club has lost a VAT repayment claim case about in which it called for the government to pay it back £185,000 in taxes.
Debt-ridden club to lose its clubhouse 5
A Yorkshire golf club that became mired in debt is to lose its clubhouse, which will be converted into a luxury property.
Four historic golf clubs could merge into one due to loss of members 3
Four of the world’s most historic golf clubs, which are all located in the same Scottish town, could merge into one venue because all four have suffered significant drops in members in the last few years.
Club dealing with media storm as greenkeeper is suspended for giving water to animal sanctuary 3
A golf club is dealing with a negative publicity storm after it suspended one of its greenkeepers, after he allowed a neighbouring animal sanctuary to take some of its irrigation water in an emergency.
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