From European golf resorts seeing record demand for 2023 to coastal erosion becoming an ever bigger threat to links golf in the UK, we look at the last few trends of the year.
The Perthshire club has been shaped by some of the most famous names in golf course architecture – and they are now recognised via commemorative plaques and tee box photographs across its three golf courses.
As in the UK, golf has seen a boom in participation in Europe in the last three years, but venues are also not immune to both environmental and cost of living challenges.
A Donald Steel-designed municipal golf course in Lancashire is to close due to costs.
If the course gets built it will mean that there are at least four golf clubs in the running to host the 2031 Ryder Cup, just months after it appeared to be a one-horse-race.
The MD of Brocket Hall, and CEO of International Golf & Resort Management, details how the famous golf venue has been restructured in the last two years and hosting the Rose Ladies Open at short notice in 2022.
Especially in Finland, virtual golf has been very popular over the past few years.
Allerton Manor Golf Club’s application for a 66-bed glass hotel to be built on top of its Manor House has been rejected by its local council, although it has been given the green light to build a marquee.
Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club has been recognised for its environmental work, which has included improvements in irrigation efficiency and energy conservation, as well as attracting wildlife.
Since the 2022 Masters in April, McIlroy, who hasn’t won a Major since 2014, recorded 12 top-ten finishes from 15 tournaments, and ten of those were top-five finishes.
Scotscraig Golf Club in Fife has become the latest venue to sign up a big name golfer as a club ambassador.
Adopting an integrated management plan can enhance plant health and defend against diseases, explains Geoff Fenn and Kelly Clack from Origin Amenity Research & Development Centre.
A golf club in Ohio that was built on land that’s been compared to Stonehenge and Machu Picchu must surrender its lease, a court has ruled.
Hartlepool Golf Club in Durham has submitted plans to redevelop several holes on its course as they are ‘at high risk of being lost to coastal erosion’.
Two leading European golf resorts have released data that suggests that golf tourism has bounced back and may even be stronger than ever following the major decline during the Covid lockdowns.
Sonning Golf Club in Berkshire is the latest venue to plan major improvements that include the building of housing.
The head PGA pro at West Kilbride GC discusses how he manages his shop and teaching, turning around what was a declining junior section and working with a rising star in women’s golf since she was a child.
Mold Golf Club in Flintshire recently saw a 91-year-old woman win a tournament, and an 11-year-old boy hit a hole-in-one, in the same week.
Highwoods Golf Club in East Sussex and Wenvoe Castle Golf Club in the Vale of Glamorgan are two of the winners at the first Women in Golf Awards.
A new report from analysts at Bank of America Global Research shows that rounds played, club sales and spending at golf courses in the USA remains very strong, nearly three years after the pandemic started.
One of the last men-only golf clubs in Europe has welcomed nine women as new full members and appointed Elaine McBride as its new general manager.
Topgolf Entertainment Group has said a three-tiered driving range and entertainment venue will open in Glasgow next Friday.
The UK’s largest conservation charity has agreed to donate more than 400 trees to a nine-hole golf club in Yorkshire.
Work has begun on a £16.5 million hotel that will overlook Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland and be open well before the 2025 Open Championship tees off.
BRS Golf has acquired two of the biggest golf technology providers in mainland Europe, Albatros Datenservice and Digital Golf Solutions, in a deal that will see its parent company expand into the continent.
In a little over two months, St Andrews Links has seen dramatic results at its range facility through the new installation of Toptracer Range – a move which has led to higher usage from golfers of all ages.
In the second of two parts looking at how golf club employers should tackle this issue, the NGCAA offers guidance for the redundancy procedure.
