Meet the golf club manager: Gordon MacLeod from St Ives (Hunts)

Meet the golf club manager: Gordon MacLeod from St Ives (Hunts) 0 Updated

🕔06:20, 15.Jan 2018

Gordon talks about winning the GCMA’s ‘Newcomer of the Year’ award, the challenges involved in taking over a club that had recently relocated and what the venue’s strategic plan entails

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What is the liability of committee members when the company is not incorporated?

What is the liability of committee members when the company is not incorporated? 2 Updated

🕔09:15, 12.Jan 2018

This guidance from the NGCAA explores issues such as debt, loans and mortgages and asks what is the liability of committee members when the company is not incorporated.

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Yorkshire club creates general manager position

Yorkshire club creates general manager position 0 Updated

🕔06:58, 12.Jan 2018

Hallamshire Golf Club in Yorkshire has created the new position of general manager and appointed the head professional of Queenwood Golf Club in Surrey to fill it.

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In their own words: Golf Foundation CEO Brendon Pyle

In their own words: Golf Foundation CEO Brendon Pyle 0 Updated

🕔08:49, 9.Jan 2018

Brendon looks forward to working with golf clubs in 2018 to introduce the game to more children

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Irish golf club to benefit from staggering £18m investment

Irish golf club to benefit from staggering £18m investment 0

🕔07:42, 9.Jan 2018

The company that runs East Clare Golf Club in Ireland has said it will invest nearly £18 million into the facility.

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Warwickshire golf club closes ‘until further notice’

Warwickshire golf club closes ‘until further notice’ 1

🕔07:01, 8.Jan 2018

A popular golf club in Warwickshire has closed ‘until further notice’ after its operator pulled out, according to its local council, which is taking legal advice.

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Woodcote Park GC on the Open Solutions package

Woodcote Park GC on the Open Solutions package 0 Updated

🕔05:30, 6.Jan 2018

The club’s secretary, Adrian Dawson, talks about the system, which is the only software to link automatically with Croft’s accounting package

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Hull venue secures its future by becoming a private members’ golf club

Hull venue secures its future by becoming a private members’ golf club 0 Updated

🕔08:07, 5.Jan 2018

A Yorkshire golf club has secured its future after its members decided to buy the facility for themselves.

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Amazing scenes as three golfers hit a hole-in-one on the same hole on the same day

Amazing scenes as three golfers hit a hole-in-one on the same hole on the same day 0

🕔06:32, 5.Jan 2018

Three amateur golfers have beaten odds of what might be trillions to one by all hitting a hole-in-one on the same hole on the same day.

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Retrofitting a golf course can boost women’s participation

Retrofitting a golf course can boost women’s participation 0

🕔07:46, 4.Jan 2018

Golf course architect Kari Haug explains why retrofitting a golf course can prove to be highly beneficial in the battle to get more women playing the game

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Playing golf makes you appear more sexually attractive

Playing golf makes you appear more sexually attractive 1

🕔15:25, 3.Jan 2018

Saying that you are a golfer makes you appear more sexually attractive, according to new research of the dating app Tinder.

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88% of managers say they get insufficient training

88% of managers say they get insufficient training 1

🕔12:39, 3.Jan 2018

A poll of 200 small to medium sized business owners, directors and managers has found that the overwhelming majority believe they received insufficient training to do their job.

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Two horrific incidents occurred at golf clubs over the holiday period

Two horrific incidents occurred at golf clubs over the holiday period 0

🕔14:42, 2.Jan 2018

At least two horrifying acts of criminal behaviour happened at two British golf clubs over the holiday period.

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Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing The Golf Business in December

Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing The Golf Business in December 0

🕔07:40, 31.Dec 2017

From stealing buggy batteries to reducing the number of people on your board, Alistair Dunsmuir sees out 2017 in style

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Meet the course manager: Horton Park’s Simon Adby

Meet the course manager: Horton Park’s Simon Adby 1 Updated

🕔06:47, 31.Dec 2017

He maintains two footgolf courses, an adventure golf course, a nine-hole course and an 18-hole venue, and talks about what these extra non-traditional golf facilities mean for him and his greenkeeping team

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What is the legal situation for a golf club wanting to sell its land?

What is the legal situation for a golf club wanting to sell its land? 0

🕔10:34, 26.Dec 2017

This guidance from the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association (NGCAA) explores the matters golf clubs should consider if they are selling their land

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Leasing course machinery is a cost effective way to improve your fleet

Leasing course machinery is a cost effective way to improve your fleet 0 Updated

🕔06:36, 22.Dec 2017

Ian Henderson from Golf Finance explains how golf clubs can improve their courses by leasing their course machinery

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Huge funding boost for Irish golf clubs

Huge funding boost for Irish golf clubs 0

🕔13:24, 20.Dec 2017

The Irish government has said it will invest £1.7 million into more than 60 golf clubs under a sports club funding programme for 2017.

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Meet the PGA pro: Roe Park Resort’s Michael McCrudden

Meet the PGA pro: Roe Park Resort’s Michael McCrudden 0 Updated

🕔10:26, 20.Dec 2017

The resident PGA professional explains how the club has got more women and children playing the game, and he outlines the technology he uses that improves golfers’ games

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Golf Foundation CEO to write for The Golf Business

Golf Foundation CEO to write for The Golf Business 0

🕔12:19, 19.Dec 2017

The chief executive of the charity the Golf Foundation is to write a semi-regular column for The Golf Business.

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European Tour CEO joins disabled golf board

European Tour CEO joins disabled golf board 1

🕔15:49, 18.Dec 2017

The CEO of the European Tour, Keith Pelley, has joined the European Disabled Golf Association (EDGA) as a non-executive director.

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Partitioning glass doors can benefit your clubhouse

Partitioning glass doors can benefit your clubhouse 0 Updated

🕔05:48, 18.Dec 2017

One Kent golf club has found that installing stylish glass doors in the clubhouse helps raise money from events without impacting members – while creating the ‘wow’ factor

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England Golf partners with adventure golf provider

England Golf partners with adventure golf provider 0

🕔12:58, 15.Dec 2017

England Golf has formed a partnership with a company that provides adventure golf courses throughout the UK.

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Meet the golf group CEO: Colin Mayes

Meet the golf group CEO: Colin Mayes 0 Updated

🕔09:38, 15.Dec 2017

The CEO of BGL and president of the UKGCOA talks exclusively about how venues can attract new customers, dealing with difficult committee members and tackling the VAT disparity in the golf industry

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There has been a spate of buggy battery thefts from golf clubs

There has been a spate of buggy battery thefts from golf clubs 1

🕔13:03, 14.Dec 2017

Police across the UK are warning golf clubs to be vigilant after several have reported thefts of batteries from their buggies in just the last few weeks.

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In their own words: BIGGA CEO Jim Croxton

In their own words: BIGGA CEO Jim Croxton 0 Updated

🕔07:42, 13.Dec 2017

The head of the greenkeepers’ association previews next month’s mammoth BTME exhibition

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Torquay Golf Club ends ambitious growth plan

Torquay Golf Club ends ambitious growth plan 0

🕔14:37, 12.Dec 2017

Torquay Golf Club has said it is not in a position to proceed with plans to effectively double in size.

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