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Golfers will have to have an email address if they want to have an official handicap from this November, according to England Golf.
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Posts From Alistair Dunsmuir
Historic golf facility on the Isle of Wight to close 1
An 88-year-old golf venue opened by Sir Henry Cotton and featuring four small courses is to become the fourth UK facility since the pandemic started to close down.
Two more golf clubs report extraordinary membership growth 1
Two UK golf clubs, nearly 600 miles apart, have become the latest to report an extraordinary rise in membership since May, with many of the new members being under the age of 40.
Two Scottish clubs form partnership over junior golf 1
Two golf clubs in Lanarkshire have agreed to work together in order to grow the game at both venues.
Younger people now dominate the pay-and-play golf market 7
There has been a seismic shift in golfing demographics in the UK this summer, new figures reveal, as younger golfers have become the dominant buyers of green fees for the first time.
Another golf course devastated by vandals 8
A Gloucestershire golf course has become the latest UK venue to be damaged in an appalling act of vandalism.
‘I’m an older immigrant woman of colour and golf clubs are bastions of decency’ 4
An Indian-born novelist who lives in Ireland has written about her love of golf to show that much of the current criticism of clubs amid ‘Golfgate’ is inaccurate.
The UK has seen the biggest golf spike in the world 5
New data analysing golf activity around the world has found growth everywhere in recent weeks – with the UK leading the way.
Third major UK golf development set to go ahead 0
Liverpool City Council’s planners are recommending approval for a £15 million golf course development – which could become the third major golf investment to go ahead in northern England at roughly the same time.
Lincolnshire sees the biggest jump in golf ‘staycation’ searches 1
New research on online searches for golf breaks broken down by the English counties people want to visit has found that Lincolnshire has seen the biggest jump in the last year.
Here’s three UK golf industry trends we learnt about in August 3
From the sharp rise in planning applications to build houses to the growth in demand to play golf continuing unabated, August has rounded off a far better summer for the golf industry than what was feared a few months ago.
Quad bikers ‘tear up’ Lancashire golf course 1
A golf club has had to close down for ‘several days’ after quad bikers drove onto the course and tore up many of the greens and fairways.
At least 12 UK golf clubs that feared closing are now thriving 3
At least 12 golf clubs that feared their closure was imminent during the lockdown have stated their futures are now secure thanks to the recent membership surge.
Golf course to be redesigned as balls land in football boss’s garden 5
A Scottish golf club is to redesign two of its holes after several stray balls landed in a neighbour’s garden – and that property is the home of Rangers FC’s chairman.
At least three more clubhouses close for Covid-19 deep cleans 3
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.
Irish golf clubs can apply for €10,000 grant 0
Golf clubs in Ireland have until early September to apply for a one-off €10,000 payment to help boost their operating performance following the coronavirus disruption.
Driving range sees 73,000 balls hit in one day 0
A driving range in Manchester has seen what is believed to be the most amount of golf balls ever to be hit in one day at a UK range – 73,000.
Three more golf venues apply to build housing 0
The trend of golf clubs applying to build large numbers of houses on their land appears to be growing, as another two have submitted planning applications.
2020 has probably already seen more golf rounds than 2019 0
A new survey of 75 golf clubs suggests that the UK has probably already seen more rounds of golf played this year than in the whole of 2019, even though most courses were closed for about two months.
Meet the golf course manager: Richard Mullen 0
The course manager at Banchory Golf Club in Aberdeenshire explains why the venue is an ecological haven that is rightfully being recognised for environmental best practice.
Local council offers all under-16s free golf 4
A Merseyside council, which earlier this year said it would invest heavily in golf, has said it is offering free golf for the next 12 months to anyone under the age of 16.
English golf clubs have seen 20,000 new members since May 14
The CEO of England Golf has revealed that English golf clubs have collectively seen 20,000 new members join them in the three months since most venues reopened.
Irish golf clubs predicting huge drop in green fee income this year 2
Two major Irish golf clubs are predicting that green fee losses caused by Covid-19 will run into millions of pounds between them just for 2020.
‘Major disruption’ to golf course after chemical applied ‘in error’ 4
An historic golf course in Aberdeen has said it will be on temporary greens for the rest of the year and into 2021 after a chemical was applied in error earlier this summer, causing significant damage.
Meet the golf club manager: David Brodie 4
Panmure GC is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. Its manager only took over last year – here he talks us through what’s been going on, from introducing new technology to surviving the lockdown.
Plan for major golf venue in Bolton given green light 0
A plan to create an international golf destination in Bolton has been given the go ahead by the government.
‘Busiest six months ever’ for golf club legal advisor 0
A national legal advisor to golf clubs says it has worked with a record number of venues since the pandemic started.
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