Historic royal golf club is forced to dig up part of course and move it 0
A royal golf club that dates back to 1864 is to dig up a part of its course and move it due to coastal erosion.
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Scottish club receives £15k grant to improve borehole 0
A Scottish golf club has secured more than £15,000 of funding to reduce its reliance on mains water supplies.
‘Why would someone do this to a golf course?’ 3
The secretary of a golf club that has experienced vandalism on the course, including people using hole cups as toilets, has said he is baffled about why it has taken place.
Anger and disbelief mounts as golf clubs in Ireland and Wales close 1
Several figures in the golfing industry have said they are furious that golf clubs in the Republic of Ireland and Wales are having to close due to new coronavirus restrictions.
Stuart Wilson named as new managing secretary of Blairgowrie Golf Club 4
Congratulations to 2004 Amateur Championship winner, Stuart Wilson, who has been named the new managing secretary of The Blairgowrie Golf Club.
Saltex is postponed by another eight months 0
The grounds management exhibition Saltex has been postponed until November 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
All Republic of Ireland golf clubs must close for six weeks 2
Golf clubs in the Republic of Ireland do not know if they’re meant to close following the news that the country is returning to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions.
This Welsh golf club will close to visitors for SIX weeks 0
A Welsh golf club that will close for two weeks because of new coronavirus restrictions will remain partially shut for a further four due to the filming of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! nearby.
Here’s the 328 English golf clubs that have received Covid funding 5
Was my golf club successful? England Golf has published a list of the 328 golf clubs that have received more than £2.5 million between them of coronavirus support.
Donald Trump to build 4th 18-hole golf course in Scotland 3
Aberdeenshire Council has approved planning permission for the construction of a golf course that will be owned by US president, Donald Trump.
All Welsh golf clubs told to close 4
Golf courses have not been spared: All Welsh golf clubs and seemingly not just their clubhouses must close down for nearly two and a half weeks as the country enters a ‘circuit-breaker lockdown’ in a bid to combat a rise in coronavirus infections.
An MP suggests golf should be available on the NHS 3
The MP for North Warwickshire has said that the latest research on the health benefits of golf ‘furthers the argument for golf to be available through the UK’s National Health Service’.
Herefordshire Golf Club becomes latest venue to be sold 2
The Herefordshire Golf Club, which was put up for sale during the lockdown with a guide price of between £1 million and £1.25 million, has been sold to three local businessmen.
Meet the managing director: Alistair Robertson 2
The head of Sport Aberdeen explains how the agency that manages the city council’s golf facilities is building a vibrant future for municipal golf on the foundations of an illustrious past.
‘Golf’s traditions will make it the post-pandemic go-to sport’ 5
A psychologist and neuroscientist has said that golf’s traditions mean the game has the potential to ‘cement its place as the go-to leisure activity in a post-pandemic world’.
Club’s dress code update intensifies debate 17
An English golf club that issued a statement on its website that ‘hoodies are not acceptable’, in response to Tyrrell Hatton wearing one during his recent victory at the BMW Championship, has intensified a debate about dress codes.
New poll highlights how attractive golf is during a pandemic 4
A poll of golfers across the United States, Canada and the UK has found that the surge in new members this summer has been driven by a desire for wellbeing.
Golf participation has more than doubled in the last year 9
New data on the surge of golf participation in the UK and Ireland in 2020 has found that the number of rounds booked online in September doubled from 2019’s figures.
Crown Golf sells its seventh golf club in 2020 6
Crown Golf has sold its seventh golf club this year – with the new owner stating it is discontinuing the membership at the latest venue and will run it as a pay-and-play facility instead.
Clubs form reciprocal deal to help each other with Covid restrictions 2
Three golf clubs in Wales have formed an innovative partnership with each other to ensure golf club members have a course to play at if they otherwise cannot play due to local lockdown travel restrictions.
Golf club manager hits out at new Covid restrictions 4
The managing secretary of a Scottish golf club has criticised a new coronavirus ruling that has meant the club has had to close its two clubhouses.
Report finds Londoners are moving to Surrey and joining golf clubs there 1
People are moving out of London and particularly into Surrey, according to a report in the Financial Times, and this is having a positive effect on many local golf clubs’ memberships.
Essex golf club to build a £700,000 adventure golf course 2
An Essex golf venue that already features a pitch and putt, a footgolf, a crazy golf and a discgolf course, is now building a £700,000 adventure golf course.
Daniel Rornes becomes 2020 disability golf champion 0
Congratulations to Daniel Rornes, who has won this year’s Paragolfing Championships in Denmark.
Eleanor Cannon to step down as chair of Scottish Golf 0
The chair of Scottish Golf, Eleanor Cannon, is to step down next March, after what will be six years in the post.
Manchester golf club closes down amid competing bids to buy the land 1
A 94-year-old golf club with 290 members in Salford has closed down amid reports that a housing company and a campaign group were both bidding to buy it, but only one had backing from the local council.
Golf rounds were up by 10 MILLION in July in the USA 6
The number of rounds of golf on US courses this July was up a staggering 10 million compared with July 2019.
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