Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing Golf Club Management in November 0
From an upturn in golf club sales to some huge plans for venues in the coming years, GCM editor Alistair Dunsmuir looks back on November
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Carnoustie and St Andrews bring in millions 0
The accounts for two Open venues have revealed a healthy state of finances for two major golf course operators.
Golf club praised for turning flooded bog into a wildlife haven 0
A golf club in Leicestershire has received local praise for transforming a flooded bog on its course into a pond and wildlife haven.
This golf coach is nominated for a national disabled coaching award 0
A man who has been championing blind golfers for more than two decades is in line for a prestigious national coaching award.
Two golf clubs have administrators appointed 0
A leading golf club in Northumberland and a top venue in Hertfordshire have both had administrators appointed to them.
Golf club to grow by the building of 56 homes 0
A Scottish golf club is to fund improvements by selling its practice ground to a developer, which will build 56 homes.
Merseyside set for new £190 million golf club 0
A major new international golf development in Merseyside is a step nearer after Wirral Council agreed to spend more than half a million pounds on surveys and geotechnical reports to see it through.
Nigel Mansell course one of several sold in recent weeks 0
The golf club created by former Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell has been sold for a reported figure of £11 million.
91-year-old scores a hole-in-one 1
A 91-year-old golfer has hit a hole-in-one at Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Hotel in Buckinhamgshire – the latest story in what’s been an incredible year for elderly golfers.
This man has become golf’s first accredited coach for deaf people 0
A PGA professional in Lincolnshire has become the first person who works in golf in England to achieve the DEAFinitely Inclusive Mark, the accreditation scheme that was launched last year
Celtic Manor considering legal action against ‘Celtic Minor’ 0
A Welsh golf club that last year changed its name to Celtic Minor could face legal action from Celtic Manor, which believes the club is exploiting its reputation.
“Footgolf meant our turnover grew by 30%” 0
A Welsh golf club has told the BBC that the introduction of footgolf led to increasing its turnover by 30 per cent at a time when its membership was falling dramatically.
Council rejects proposal to convert entire golf course into housing estate 0
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council has surprisingly rejected a proposal to convert Plough Hill Golf Centre in Warwickshire into a housing estate.
HS2 golf club has its future secured 0
A 130-year-old golf club that could have closed down because the HS2 railway line is set to go through the course has had its future secured.
Jack Nicklaus-designed golf resort to open in 2020 0
The group that runs a hotel that new world tennis number one Andy Murray owns has said it is also going to run a major golf resort in Scotland.
£60m golf club to be built in Northern Ireland 0
A £60 million golf club is to be built in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, and could open as soon as 2019.
Several private members’ golf clubs have now received overpaid VAT refunds 0
Approximately 25 per cent of the golf clubs that had claimed for VAT rebates on green fees via KPMG have now received the money back from HMRC.
Golf membership grows in Lancashire for first time since 2004 0
In one of the clearest signs that the golf industry is experiencing recovery, The Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs has said its members have this year collectively seen a rise in their members for the first time in 12 years.
Goodwood closes its flexible membership category because it is too popular 1
One of the first golf clubs in the UK to set up a flexible membership policy has announced it is going to close it at the end of this year because it is now too popular.
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