Banker quits City to be a greenkeeper 7
An investment banker has given up a highly lucrative career in the City of London in order to become a greenkeeper.
An investment banker has given up a highly lucrative career in the City of London in order to become a greenkeeper.
Two of the greatest golf clubs in Australia are to merge with each other.
Hertfordshire golf club Brocket Hall has agreed a corporate partnership with Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur.
Crown Golf is trialing pace of play software to root out slow golfers and a flexible membership programme to attract golfers who do not want to pay for unlimited access to a course.
Three more golf clubs have announced plans to build holiday lodges on their courses.
Six giant wind turbines are to be built overlooking the ‘home of golf’ at St Andrews, as several golf clubs are facing the issue of having turbines erected nearby.
A Kent golf club has introduced an innovative marketing hook – golfers receive a free round if it is their birthday.
Three south west golf clubs have created a unique golf club partnership in which members of one venue receive full membership of the other two for free.
Bernard Gallacher, who nearly died at a golf club in August, is to lead a campaign that will urge golf clubs to purchase defibrillators
The legal advisor to the NGCAA has said that litigation over social media has reached such an extent that it has become essential that golf clubs implement a social media policy.
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.
AGCO is set to take legal proceedings against the UK government over the issue of VAT in golf, following an email from HMRC that has been overturned.
An exclusive golf club with £200,000 joining fees aimed at super-rich foreigners is set to open at St Andrews in less than three years’ time. It will be the only private members’ golf club at the ‘home of golf’.
A golf partnership between three clubs has generated nearly half a million pounds in spending in just the last two years – even though it only operates in three off-season months every year.
A new funding scheme has been launched for Scottish golf clubs that don’t have qualified professionals but want to teach the game to local youngsters.
Wales is set to become the most accessible country in the world for hard of hearing and deaf golfers within the next two years.
A Yorkshire and Derbyshire club operator has introduced affordable golf coaching for women, for customers across the four venues it owns.
The PGA of America has launched an innovative programme that will teach golf specifically to employees of companies, in a bid to boost participation in the game and help American businesses.
An historic golf club is closed down and another fears for its future as golf clubs in Scotland continue to suffer amid the tough financial climate.
A unique golf course designed specifically for people with disabilities has opened in Middlesbrough.
A survey of nearly 500 UK golf clubs has found that just six percent reveal their dress code rules to golfers when they book their rounds.
Golf clubs continue to be placed up for sale as the market shows signs of recovery.
Walton Heath Golf Club has applied to the secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to deregister ‘common land’ so that it can be converted into a practice facility.
The Scottish Golf Union and Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association have launched a three-phased marketing campaign to encourage golfers to join their local golf club.
Several golf clubs are spending heavily on improving their facilities in a sign that the worst may be over for the industry. However, most of the money is being spent on non-golf offerings.
A Worcestershire golf club has faced an angry backlash from its local community after it shot several geese because their faeces may have dirtied golf balls.
The PGA pro at Styal Golf Club in Cheshire has raised nearly £250,000 for children’s charity Child Flight, following the death of his daughter.