Treasurer of golf club: Women-only venues can be good for females 0
The treasurer of a women-only golf club has said her club’s policy is good for women as long as they are under-represented in golf participation.
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Durham clubs unite for ‘Get into golf’ drive 0
A quarter of all the golf clubs in Durham are working together to specifically get more women playing golf.
Former tennis star Blane Dodds named as new CEO of Scottish Golf 0
The former tennis player, and current chair of Tennis Scotland, Blane Dodds, has been named as the new chief executive of Scottish Golf.
Two more golf clubs embark on housing projects 0
At least two more UK golf clubs are embarking on major housing projects in a bid to provide investment in the venues themselves.
Is this the world’s longest serving PGA professional? 5
After the revelation of the world’s longest serving member at one club, another British golf club believes it might have the longest serving club professional in the world.
This golf club has doubled its membership in just two years 1
Gaudet Luce Golf Club in Worcestershire has doubled its membership from 400 to 800 in just the last two years, thanks to a flexible membership scheme.
£120,000 course redesign was egg-stremely unnecessary 0
A golf course owner has said he nearly had to spend thousands of pounds redesigning his course to make it safer – but discovered that nearby ‘wayward balls’ had actually been dropped by birds.
Mackenzie ‘trail’ shows benefits of golf clubs working together 0
A UK golf club designed by Augusta National architect Alister MacKenzie, which teamed up with eight other venues to form a ‘golf trail’, has said every club can benefit by partnering with its competition.
Lockerbie Golf Club NOT ‘on the brink of closure’ 0
Lockerbie Golf Club has said that, contrary to reports in the Scottish press, it is not on the brink of closure, although it has had its rent slashed for the next two years.
#GetintoGolf extended to Scotland this summer 0
The #GetintoGolf campaign, which England Golf believes led to 3,900 people joining golf clubs last year, is being extended to Scotland for this summer.
Call for legal action against golf clubs if they breach Equality Act 2
A golf club administrator who says that some golf clubs are failing to comply with the Equality Act has called for an awareness campaign to be started and even for legal action to be taken against some venues.
Dogs blamed for causing damage to Dundee’s golf courses 0
Two golf clubs in Dundee have made a plea to local dog owners to do more to stop their animals causing damage to their greens.
There are almost as many UK golfers as tennis and badminton players combined 1
A report on golf’s value to the UK’s economy has found that despite recent falls in participation there are almost as many regular golfers in the UK than tennis and badminton players combined.
Top Chester golf club to close next month 1
The Oaks Mollington in Chester, which was host to the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2005 and 2006, is to close down at the end of May.
UK’s most western golf club goes crowdfunding to raise money for much-needed clubhouse 3
The UK’s most westerly golf course, Barra Golf Club, on the west coast of the Isle of Barra, in the western isles of Scotland, has turned to the internet in an attempt to raise about £30,000 for a much-needed clubhouse.
The way golf clubs market themselves ‘is woeful and plays to gender stereotypes’ 4
A majority of golf clubs fail to provide membership details on their own websites despite being desperate for new members, according to two new surveys.
It’s other women, and rules, that put women off from playing golf 4
Fashion designer Emma Hope has said golf club rules and other women golfers are why golf clubs have such a problem recruiting ladies to play the game.
Golf club makes largest charitable donation in history 3
A venue has made what is thought to be the largest donation a golf club has ever made while a cancer trust has said a separate donation it received from a golf club is the biggest it has ever received.
Eco-warriors attack golf club 5
Eco-warriors have torn up four greens at Berkhamsted Golf Club in Hertfordshire because they are angry over the venue’s tree felling policy.
Golf club burglars jailed after GCM appeal 4
Two burglars who stole more than £750,000-worth of equipment from the lockers of more than 60 golf clubs in 17 counties have been jailed for a total of eight years.
One golf club closes every two days in USA 9
A golf club is closing down in the USA at a rate of approximately one every two days, according to new data.
Members vote to shut prestigious golf club 3
Members of Royal Norwich GC, one of the most prestigious golf clubs in the world, vote to close their course down and merge with another club seven miles away.
Flooding leaves golf courses devastated 9
Several golf courses in Wales, Somerset, Berkshire and Surrey have been left devastated by the flooding that has hit the UK this winter.
St Mellion offers free memberships 6
St Mellion International Resort in Cornwall, one of the premier golf clubs in the UK, has announced it will give 25 youngsters free memberships and coaching for up to six years.
Inactive handicap system is scrapped 10
The controversial England Golf system that meant some golfers had an ‘inactive handicap’ has been scrapped.
Flooded course closed for seven weeks 6
A flooded Welsh golf course has been closed for nearly seven weeks because of the heavy rainfall that has hit much of the UK this winter.
The Musselburgh installs a biomass boiler 5
Musselburgh Links, the world’s oldest golf club, is installing both a biomass boiler to heat its clubhouse and solar panels for its roof.
