Prolific burglar jailed for targeting golf clubs 0
A prolific burglar who’s been linked with at least two robberies at golf clubs has been jailed for two years.
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Liverpool GC runs sessions for visually impaired people 1
Liverpool Golf Centre is running a scheme that aims to break down the golfing barriers for blind and partially sighted people.
Club hosts Christmas jumper golf day 0
A Suffolk golf club has used golfers’ reputation for wearing bad knitwear to raise money for Save the Children.
Council wants to sell golf course 0
A local authority wants to sell a pitch and putt golf course that has seen rounds at it nearly half in just five years. The sale could effectively close the course.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
£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.
Modern golf club has its future secured for the next 9 years 0
With more golf clubs closing down this autumn, Edwalton Golf Centre in Nottingham has been told its future has been secured until at least 2025.
BTME 2017 to offer largest-ever Continue to Learn 0
The largest-ever programme of education at a turf industry event in Europe has been unveiled by BIGGA.
Surge in US golfers visiting top Scottish clubs due to weak pound 1
The fall in the strength of the pound as a result of Brexit appears to be having a positive effect on the UK’s most prestigious golf clubs, especially in Scotland.
Royal Dornoch asked to pay £2m for grazing rights 0
The historic Royal Dornoch Golf Club has been asked to pay £2 million to a crofter in exchange for him giving up his right to graze sheep and cattle on its land.
Golf operator goes extra mile to get beginners golfing 1
Britain’s UK’s largest golf club operator, Crown Golf, which runs 22 venues, has taken a never-seen-before approach to get people who haven’t tried golf to take up the game.
Scottish club crowdfunds £8,000 for irrigation system 0
A junior-friendly Aberdeenshire golf club has raised nearly £8,000 for a new irrigation system after it crowdfunded the money.
Members go to local newspaper to complain about state of their golf club 1
Disgruntled members of Beacon Park Golf Centre in Lancashire have taken the extraordinary step of complaining about its state to their local newspaper in a bid to see improvements carried out.
CSI launch autumn roadshows 0
Club Systems International (CSI) has announced it will run a roadshow throughout the UK and Ireland between October and December.
85 year old golfer wins club tournament 0
The theory that golf is a unique sport because it allows elderly people to compete against younger opponents has been given more credence because an 85 year old man has won a tournament.
Golf boss: The game has to become easier to play 0
The managing partner of one of the UK’s most prestigious venues, Castle Stuart Golf Links, has said golf courses have to become easier to play in order to boost participation levels.
Golf industry leaders to appear together 0
The heads of various UK golf industry bodies will appear together in a ‘Leaders Forum’ in Harrogate in January.
Isle of Man is second merged male and female English golf region 0
The Isle of Man is home to the second English region to merge the men and women’s organisations – after Northamptonshire.
3 in 4 golfers pick their course based on online reviews 0
A survey of 4,000 golfers has found that a huge three in four of them will read online reviews before deciding which new course to play.
7 jailed for planned heist on Old Course Hotel 0
Seven men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for planning a unique raid on the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews which would have had ‘huge implications’ for golf if they had been successful.
Two golf clubs receive £150k grant from Sport England 0
Two Hertfordshire golf clubs are receiving nearly £150,000 between them to spend on refurbishments and improvements thanks to grants from Sport England.
Warning as Yorkshire golf club becomes victim of huge bank fraud 0
Hull Golf Club in Yorkshire has become the victim of what is thought to be, financially, the biggest bank fraud to have hit the golf industry ever.
