Why Peter Alliss is wrong about gender equality 6
Peter Alliss has said that gender equality has led to thousands of women giving up golf. We look at the evidence – and find a very different conclusion.
Only 25% of men want to play golf with women 1
A new survey has found that men play a huge role in tapping into the massive potential of women golfers – but they need to change their attitudes first.
Should a golf club remove a picture of a former captain if he is a paedophile? 3
It might not be a question every golf club committee has to debate, but it is one that is vexing a club in Lancashire after it emerged a former captain is a paedophile.
Golf’s biggest sponsor: The game has to change 4
The head of sponsorship for HSBC, probably the biggest sponsor of golf in the world, has said that the game is at a crossroads and must now change.
Greenkeeper sues club after slicing foot with chainsaw 3
A greenkeeper is suing Downfield Golf Club for a five-figure sum of money after slicing his foot with a chainsaw while working there.
History made as HMRC agrees to pay VAT back to private golf clubs 36
After several years of legal wrangling, HMRC has agreed to make substantial payments to hundreds of private members’ golf clubs for overpaid VAT by April.
Golf club managers vent fury over loss of Open coverage 5
Several golf clubs and their managers have expressed their anger that the Open Championship will not be shown live on terrestrial television from 2017.
Middle-aged men are swapping golf for cycling 4
A new report has found that middle-aged men are increasingly swapping golf for cycling, because cycling is seen as a more welcoming and fun activity.
HMRC set to argue that VAT payments to golf clubs must be substantially reduced 11
EXCLUSIVE: HMRC is set to argue that the amount it is due to pay private members’ golf clubs back in overpaid VAT should be reduced by at least half.
Two more golf clubs close down 18
Two golf clubs close down for good and a third has said it will permanently shut down if a buyer is not found as problems continue for the industry.
‘VAT distortion’ blamed on golf club losing 9 holes 5
An 18 hole proprietary golf club has downsized to nine holes and blamed its loss on a ‘VAT distortion’ in the golf industry that has caused it economic problems.
This Surrey golf club has given up golf to become a FootGolf centre 3
A Surrey golf club has closed down its golf course and is instead focussing entirely on FootGolf, the hybrid version of football and golf.
Mainstream media reveals golf’s shortcomings 8
Two of the UK’s biggest media outlets, the BBC & The Telegraph, have both published articles identifying the problems golf is facing and offering solutions.
The golf industry is now in a ‘precarious position’ 10
England Golf has warned that the industry is now in a ‘precarious position’ after its major survey revealed that club membership is still in sharp decline.
See the 21 golf clubs put up for sale in the UK 19
At least an astonishing 16 golf clubs, most worth millions, have been put up for sale in the UK in the last 13 weeks. We take a look at all of them.
Vivien Saunders to stand as an MP 5
AGCO chair, former British Open champion and campaigner for tax reform in golf, Vivien Saunders, is set to stand as an MP at the 2015 General Election.
Average age of golfers up a massive 15 years since 2009 7
The average age of people who play golf regularly in the UK is up an incredible 15 years from 48 to 63 in less than five years, according to data.
Golf clubs’ fury over new VAT repayment delay 3
Hundreds of private members’ golf clubs are now almost certainly not going to receive any VAT repayments this year following a new tax chamber ruling.
Two major golf clubs to close down ‘next month’ 6
Taunton Vale GC and Lostwithiel Golf & Country Club are both set to permanently close down this November, in a sign the industry is still in severe trouble.
Royal Dornoch sets up green fee community fund 3
One of the greatest golf clubs in the world, Royal Dornoch, will donate up to one percent of all the green fee income it receives to local good causes.
This is Britain’s youngest golf club manager 4
Britain’s youngest golf club manager is a 23-year-old woman called Ellie Green, research by Golf Club Management can reveal.
The main golf clubs that have closed down this summer 0
We look at the main golf clubs that closed down this summer – despite some signs of a recovery in the industry.
The way golf clubs market themselves ‘is woeful and plays to gender stereotypes’ 4
A majority of golf clubs fail to provide membership details on their own websites despite being desperate for new members, according to two new surveys.
England Golf launches its plan to save golf 6
England Golf has launched its far-reaching plan to stop the decline in golf – and in doing so reveals that English golf clubs have lost more than 200,000 members in the last decade.
You will probably think that golf’s latest plan to get new people playing has a few holes in it 11
A golf organisation that is backed by players, equipment manufacturers and industry leaders has devised a radical way to halt the decline in golf: Make the holes bigger. More than three times bigger.
CEO Mike Round leaves the Golf Foundation for the LET 3
Mike Round, CEO of the Golf Foundation since 2000, is to leave the the junior golf charity and join the Ladies European Tour (LET) as a director.
‘Dress codes in golf are harmful to the business of the clubs’ 13
Could a dress code impact on a golf club’s business?
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