How to get more children playing golf at your facility

How to get more children playing golf at your facility 2 Updated

🕔06:20, 10.Aug 2017

Clubs are working hard to attract more juniors. Steve Jackson, who works with organisations that boost junior participation, details what is particularly successful at getting youngsters on the course

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Golf participation in the UK slows – but still growing

Golf participation in the UK slows – but still growing 0

🕔12:16, 8.Aug 2017

The latest research on golf participation in the UK has found that more people played the game in April, May and June this year than in 2016.

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In their own words: Richard Dixon

In their own words: Richard Dixon 0

🕔08:30, 8.Aug 2017

The chief executive of the Golf Union of Wales writes about the work that went on behind the scenes to help grown the game at the Seniors Open Championship

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Sir Henry Cotton’s home receives blue plaque

Sir Henry Cotton’s home receives blue plaque 6

🕔07:33, 8.Aug 2017

Three-time Open winner Sir Henry Cotton has become the first golfer in history to have a ‘blue plaque’ installed in a home he lived in.

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Greenkeeper fighting for life after being crushed by tree

Greenkeeper fighting for life after being crushed by tree 0

🕔13:39, 7.Aug 2017

A greenkeeper at a Southampton golf course is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a 40 foot tree fell on him during high winds.

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Meet the golf club owner: Penny Streeter OBE

Meet the golf club owner: Penny Streeter OBE 5 Updated

🕔06:15, 6.Aug 2017

The Golf Business talks to her about her career and her plans for Mannings Heath Golf Club and Wine Estate

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Alliss given membership of club he helped design

Alliss given membership of club he helped design 0

🕔12:14, 4.Aug 2017

Arguably the world’s most famous golf commentator, Peter Alliss, has been given honorary membership of The Blairgowrie Golf Club in Scotland, which he designed one of the courses of.

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Golf event raises highest amount ever for diabetes charity

Golf event raises highest amount ever for diabetes charity 3

🕔13:23, 2.Aug 2017

An event to support type 1 diabetes research has raised nearly £160,000 – thought to be the highest ever raised for charity from a golf event.

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Club profile: Pannal Golf Club

Club profile: Pannal Golf Club 0 Updated

🕔05:23, 2.Aug 2017

Names like Dr Alister MacKenzie and Nick Faldo are written in the club’s history and, thanks to a clubhouse investment programme, its future looks just as exciting, details Andy Waple

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Here’s the top three things I learnt about the industry in July

Here’s the top three things I learnt about the industry in July 0

🕔16:00, 1.Aug 2017

From a radically different type of course to attract families to the differences clubs are paying on their business rates, golf in July was much more than just the Open Championship

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World Golf Foundation CEO to contribute to The Golf Business

World Golf Foundation CEO to contribute to The Golf Business 2

🕔11:15, 1.Aug 2017

One of the most powerful people in global golf has agreed to provide regular editorial contributions to The Golf Business.

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Golf group comes up with an amazing new type of golf course

Golf group comes up with an amazing new type of golf course 2

🕔11:02, 31.Jul 2017

A company that owns seven golf courses in the UK has introduced golf holes unlike anything we’ve seen before at three of its venues.

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Achieving good governance at your golf club

Achieving good governance at your golf club 5 Updated

🕔22:31, 30.Jul 2017

Earlier this year ICSA: The Governance Institute published guidance on board effectiveness for sports boards in order to improve governance in the sector. Why is good governance vital in golf clubs – and how do you achieve it?

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Why Waterton Park Golf Club has a reputation for environmental friendliness

Why Waterton Park Golf Club has a reputation for environmental friendliness 0 Updated

🕔17:29, 30.Jul 2017

A look at the measures the Yorkshire club has brought in to be green.

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193 golf clubs are ‘ripe for acquisition’

193 golf clubs are ‘ripe for acquisition’ 3

🕔16:24, 28.Jul 2017

An industry financial analyser has said that there are 193 golf clubs in the UK that are currently ripe for acquisition.

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Greenkeeper profile: The 2018 Ryder Cup course manager

Greenkeeper profile: The 2018 Ryder Cup course manager 0 Updated

🕔12:41, 27.Jul 2017

The course manager of Le Golf National, Alejandro Reyes, talks about how preparations for the 2018 Ryder Cup are going.

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Heather is first female manager in this golf club’s history

Heather is first female manager in this golf club’s history 8

🕔12:01, 27.Jul 2017

A Hampshire golf club has become the latest to appoint a woman as its boss for the first time in its history.

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This is a golf green in England

This is a golf green in England 1

🕔16:02, 26.Jul 2017

This is what a golf green can look like in the summer if it hasn’t been irrigated properly for months.

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Legal matters: Improving cashflow performance

Legal matters: Improving cashflow performance 3 Updated

🕔11:12, 22.Jul 2017

This guidance from the NGCAA looks at the issue that many golf clubs have failed because of poor cashflow management rather than lack of profits. What can managers do to improve this vital aspect of their work?

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This golf club has been hit with a 98% increase in its business rates

This golf club has been hit with a 98% increase in its business rates 3 Updated

🕔08:27, 22.Jul 2017

A Yorkshire golf club has seen its rateable value increase by £178,000 – even though it was only valued at £182,000.

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Couple accused of burgling golf clubs

Couple accused of burgling golf clubs 0 Updated

🕔00:53, 21.Jul 2017

A couple have been accused of robbing two golf clubs in Northern Ireland in ‘opportunistic’ attacks.

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How students could help your golf club

How students could help your golf club 0 Updated

🕔17:09, 20.Jul 2017

Could business students come up with free solutions to the issues facing your golf club? Two clubs have approached their local university for support – and the recommendations are now with their committees

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This might be the greatest game ever

This might be the greatest game ever 3

🕔15:09, 18.Jul 2017

Former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen has been using a giant dartboard to teach youngsters how to play golf ahead of the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

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Meet the manager: Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club’s Luke Edgcumbe

Meet the manager: Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club’s Luke Edgcumbe 0 Updated

🕔12:37, 18.Jul 2017

Luke tells The Golf Business about major improvements at the club, how it is celebrating its 125th anniversary and transferring hotel management skills to a private members’ golf club

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English golf clubs are seeing a boom in new members

English golf clubs are seeing a boom in new members 8

🕔18:01, 17.Jul 2017

Nearly 17,000 people joined English golf clubs in the year up to the end of March 2017, making it one of the best years for the nation in recent times.

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Foxhills to run a fundraiser for Grenfell victims

Foxhills to run a fundraiser for Grenfell victims 0

🕔11:33, 17.Jul 2017

Foxhills Club & Resort in Surrey has said it will run a major golf fundraiser for those affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster.

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In their own words: Scottish Golf CEO Blane Dodds

In their own words: Scottish Golf CEO Blane Dodds 3 Updated

🕔10:59, 16.Jul 2017

The chief executive for Scottish Golf writes exclusively for The Golf Business about the consultation exercise his organisation has been running with golf clubs

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