From mixed financial performances in the golf club industry to the unwelcome return of trophy thefts, here’s a look at some key trends from the last few weeks.
As a participant sport, golf is more popular than ever. In turn, this has naturally seen a major rise in both watching professional golf, and betting on the outcome.
The new head of agronomy in Europe at The R&A talks to George Stead about the importance of sustainability in golf course maintenance and how it’s possible to achieve this.
Twice a week this summer a fourball met to play at their local club in Cumbria. And, given that the youngest of the quartet was 86, and two are in their 90s, they are evidence that the sport can help people live longer lives.
From a failure to issue a contract to not knowing legal changes that they must stipulate, there are many mistakes golf clubs can and do make in this area. Golf HR’s Carolyne Wahlen details key measures to follow.
A member with a little knowledge about their lawn shouldn’t advise the course manager – and one with a little finance knowledge shouldn’t advise the club on major purchases, writes Golf Finance’s Malcolm Pennycott.
Kilspindie Golf Club has its hands on a new used Reelmaster 3550-D as part of Reesink’s ReeOwn scheme that refurbishes and rehomes preloved Toro equipment.
Featuring venues such as Apes Hill Barbados, Terras da Comporta, Quinta do Lago, La Hacienda Links Golf Resort and Costa Navarino, here are some of the winners at the World Golf Awards in Abu Dhabi.
Two prestigious golf clubs, which both counted Winston Churchill as a member, have experienced burglaries recently, with one of them seeing £90,000-worth of its trophies stolen.
Let’s unravel the woven threads of these diverse yet interconnected realms, gleaning pearls of wisdom from their depths.
Learn from your mistakes, golf guidebooks and those around you until you up your gaming skills.
A golf club in Essex has suffered tens of thousands of pounds-worth of damage after vandals broke in and smashed up its driving range technology.
Ian Melham, Head of Membership Services, Foremost Golf, offers advice on planning ahead for 2024.
SALTEX is Europe’s largest and leading sports turf, amenities and landscaping trade exhibition, and will be held at Birmingham NEC on 1-2 November 2023.
Visitors to SALTEX 2023 will be the first to see the latest in the electric offering from Kubota UK, as stand C070 provides the European launch platform for the next addition to the eco-friendly line-up.
Leading the way in the amenity and grounds management market, the OAS team will be available on stands G060 and G057, offering turf management solutions for all grounds managers and greenkeepers alike.
With a power source for the future, the Groundsmaster e3200 is Toro’s first all-electric outfront rotary mower – and it debuts at SALTEX 2023 on the Reesink UK stand.
A golf and country club in Durham that was struggling this time last year is now investing significantly in itself.
A golf club in Wales hopes to almost triple the size of its driving range and build a new building to contain a pro shop and refreshment facilities.
This year is set to break last year’s record for the highest number of rounds of golf played by members of clubs in the UK and Ireland in history.
Should your golf club risk alienating existing, older, members, by converting the driving range into an entertainment centre that would probably attract younger people? Or could there be a middle way?
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The head professional Dumfries & County Golf Club, James Erskine, talks about swing studios, introducing the game to thousands of children and how TGI Golf has helped his business for several years.
Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) has announced the expansion of the Origin Turf Science and Technology Centre team and the promotion of one of its key people.
The winner of the Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year Award has been named as Michael Russell, assistant greenkeeper at Ormskirk Golf Club in West Lancashire.
A golfing charity is to build the UK’s first disability-friendly putting green at Walmley Golf Club – thanks to support from Sutton Coldfield’s historic charitable trust.
A West Midlands golf course has been vandalised after a car crashed through gates and then drove onto a green and a fairway – but the greenkeeping team had the green back in play later the same morning.
