Clubs unhappy with HMRC’s ‘delaying tactics’ re VAT rebate 6
Many clubs are angry that HMRC has not yet processed claims for a VAT rebate on green fees, as KPMG calls for members’ clubs to now treat green fees as exempt from VAT.
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Almost all golfers under 35 now use social media 7
The vast majority of golfers now use at least one of the major social networking sites and, for the first time, the majority now own a smartphone.
Golf club makes largest charitable donation in history 3
A venue has made what is thought to be the largest donation a golf club has ever made while a cancer trust has said a separate donation it received from a golf club is the biggest it has ever received.
This teenager with learning difficulties has gained key life skills from being taught golf 4
A sports development professional has said teenagers with learning difficulties are gaining key life skills via a programme that teaches them golf.
Who is to blame for the municipal golf courses slump? 4
The National Association of Public Golf Courses has said it is clear who is to blame for the now astonishing deterioration in municipal golf courses.
55-year-old man ‘sacked for being too old’ 8
A 55-year-old man who was sacked, for what he claims as being too old, by a golf club he worked at, has been awarded more than £50,000 by an employment tribunal.
This man has become the first ever deaf-before-he-could-speak person to be named captain of a British golf club 11
Ellesmere Port Golf Club in Cheshire’s has appointed a pre-lingual deaf person to be its captain – the first time this has happened in British history.
This golf club has done something amazing for local wildlife 4
Boston West Golf Club in Lincolnshire has won two conservation awards in the last year for creating a ‘mini nature reserve’.
