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Meet the professional: Martin Heggie
As he prepares to step away from Moortown Golf Club, PGA professional Martin Heggie reflects on four decades of evolving with the industry – and on handing a modern, thriving business to his son-in-law and successor, Eddie Hammond.
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How speedgolf can bring new golfers into your club
A round of golf takes four to five hours. Plenty of people would love to play but can’t give up half a day. PGA professional and speedgolf world number two James Hardy explains how speedgolf can bring them into your club, along with new revenue.
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Royal County Down lodges course upgrade plans amid Open bid speculation
Royal County Down in Northern Ireland has submitted a planning application for major changes to its championship course, from the team behind Royal Portrush’s Open preparations, as talk grows of a future bid for the Open.
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Apes Hill Barbados appoints Killian Cullen as director of golf
Apes Hill Barbados has named Killian Cullen, formerly of Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin, as its new director of golf, to lead the Caribbean resort’s golf operation.
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UK golf club operator brings in neuroscientist to review customer experience
Maple Leaf Golf has asked experience neuroscientist Stephen Smith to review the customer offering at its Horton Park venue in Surrey, as it looks to apply brain science to the design of golf venues.
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Ex-Everton striker Victor Anichebe’s firm lodges plans for hotel and clubhouse at Bootle Golf Club
Former Everton player Victor Anichebe’s Lumira Group has submitted plans for a new clubhouse, hotel, padel courts and five-a-side pitches on land next to Bootle Golf Club, as part of a partnership with Sefton Council to bring about £20m of private investment to the area.
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Foremost Golf expands POS support team with three new appointments
Foremost Golf has appointed Richard Osborne as team leader, along with Rohan Martin and Daniel Viney, to its Point of Sale support team as the number of Foremost POS users nears 400. Members will also get a regional support structure, seven-day support and free training.
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Burnt-out stolen car dumped in bunker on Overtoun Golf Club’s second hole
These incredible images posted by Overtoun Golf Club in Clydebank show a stolen car that was set on fire and left in a bunker, hours before a charity Texas Scramble. A 34-year-old man has been arrested.
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Meet the director of operations: Peio Tomasena
A decade after joining what was then Golf du Médoc, director of operations Peio Tomasena talks through the resort’s transformation into Cabot Bordeaux – and why pairing world-class golf with the region’s wine and gastronomy is what sets it apart in Europe’s crowded golf travel market.
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Pin Vision GPS data now available through the Golfmanager app
Clubs using Golfmanager can now give golfers live GPS distances, up-to-date pin positions and pace-of-play tracking in their club app, thanks to a new integration with Pin Vision.
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Simulator golf is going mainstream, but venues are missing out on software, says new report
Simulator golf is growing fast, with 43% of venues opening since 2020, but new research of more than 2,600 venues finds only 11% run a league or competition platform and just 0.5% have a CRM system or app.
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Former Grove general manager Anna Darnell joins Emirates Golf Club
Congratulations to Anna Darnell, who moves to Emirates Golf Club in Dubai after 21 years at The Grove in Hertfordshire, where she rose from corporate golf co-ordinator to general manager.
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Tim Cowley takes over as head professional at St Enodoc
Former Royal Ashdown Forest head pro Tim Cowley succeeds Nick Williams after 45 years at St Enodoc and will lead the shop’s move in-house for the first time since 1890.
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“Almost every club that closes could have stayed open”
The co-founder of Link Golf UK, Andrew Terry, which operates seven golf clubs, argues that club closures are rarely caused by one big disaster, but by years of deferred decisions and volunteer committees left to run a business they never signed up for, and sets out how his company’s model aims to change that.
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“Golf is a fantastic way to meet new people”
As Oxford Ladies Golf Club marks its 125th anniversary, members Nesta Jones and Carol Whittle reflect on a combined 94 years at the club – a hole-in-one, a closed clubhouse bar and thousands of rounds later.
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Meet the head professional: Craig Lewis
Bray Golf Club’s head professional, Craig Lewis, talks junior golf, his 12-year partnership with TGI and how his club’s busy coaching programme sits alongside a thriving ladies’ scheme and a well-stocked retail shop.