New research has found that the ‘level of [Covid-19] transmission from playing golf is likely to be extremely low’ and has led to calls that an expert in physical activity joins the UK’s SAGE advisory group.
A golf club that has holes in Tier 3 in England, where golf is allowed, and in Wales, where amateur golf is currently forbidden, has been asked to close.
UK and Ireland golf events are being cancelled or postponed because of coronavirus for the first time in months.
Up to 20 members of an Irish golf group have tested positive for coronavirus following a domestic golf trip, according to reports.
At least three UK golf clubs have closed their clubhouses for periods of up to 72 hours in the last few days, after members who had been in them either tested positive for Covid-19 or had failed to self-isolate when they were meant to.
One UK golf club has officially closed down and another has not opened since March, as the Covid-19 golf venue toll has now hit three to five facilities.
A historic Nottinghamshire golf club could become the third venue in England since the start of the pandemic to close down due to Covid-19.
A golf club in Berkshire has been so badly hit by Covid-19 that it cannot afford to have members anymore – and will become a pay-and-play venue instead.
One month after Magnolia Park Hotel and Golf Club in Buckinghamshire closed down, a second UK golf club since golf courses reopened – this time in the Midlands – has gone into liquidation.
A golf club in Buckinghamshire is believed to be the first in the UK to announce it is closing down since the coronavirus pandemic started.
England Golf will be using the Tacit Lifter with the Covid-19 Clip on its flags for elite competitions and championships later this year, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Three golf clubs in Ireland will not be reopening when the rest of the country’s courses return to action on May 18.
A UK company has developed what it is calling a ‘Covid-19 Clip’ so that golfers do not need to touch the flag when the lockdown period ends and playing the game can resume.
An economic survey of golf clubs in Northern Ireland, against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, will be presented to both the governments on the island of Ireland to ensure that the industry can bounce back when lockdown measures have eased.
In South Korea, which has had a relatively low death toll, a professional golf tournament will go ahead next month; in New York, the worst-hit area in the world, golf courses reopened this weekend.
A golf club has already received £25,000 of coronavirus funding from the Scottish government – money that has ‘secured its future’.
The coronavirus pandemic has not just had a huge impact on the UK golf industry, but arguably every golf industry around the world – both for better and for worse.
From a golf club that’s inspiring the industry to raise money for the NHS to ones that have been distributing food, the coronavirus has brought out the best in many golf clubs.
The PGA has launched a ‘COVID-19 Helpline’ to support its members and golf clubs through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Scottish golf clubs that have been forced into temporary closure by the coronavirus crisis are eligible for a one-off Scottish government grant of £25,000.
Some pro shops at golf clubs closed down this weekend as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
An English golf and country club has offered all 30 of its bedrooms to the NHS until the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
From Portpatrick Dunksey Golf Club in Wigtownshire, Chris Robinson details how he manages his shop and time, and why he believes joining TGI Golf was the best decision he has made for his business.
A woman, who retired just before the pandemic hit, took up golf and, three years on, and partly thanks to her local club’s academy scheme, her handicap has improved by 14 shots and her social life is thriving.
A Berkshire golf club has said its young adult section has grown exponentially in the last three years.
New data has shown that the biggest golf tournaments in Great Britain and Ireland experienced a strong surge in popularity in 2023 compared to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels.
As women’s participation in golf has soared in the last few years, here we look at five women with very different roles who are using their love of golf and what leverage they have to promote the game.
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