Two golf clubs could be sold leaving a windfall for members 7
Two private members’ golf clubs in south east England could be sold off – leading to a large windfall for their members.
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Posts From Alistair Dunsmuir
Heart Research UK is recommending that you play golf 0
The UK’s second largest heart charity, Heart Research UK, has started recommending that people aged 65 or older should play golf in order to reduce their chances of developing heart disease.
Huge setback for Scottish Golf as it loses fee rise vote 3
The chair of Scottish Golf has expressed her “deep disappointment” after the membership narrowly voted against a proposal to increase the annual affiliation fee paid by members for the first time in five years.
Stephen Nicholson to contribute for The Golf Business 0
The general manager of Oxford Golf Club and the man who featured on an iconic cover of The Golf Business, Stephen Nicholson, is to contribute for the leading golf industry publication.
Here’s the top three things I learnt about the industry in February 2018 0
From a new global handicap system to a very real threat to one in six Scottish golf courses, February 2018 was a game changer for the golf industry, reports The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir
Academic report shows huge potential for clubs via women golfers 7
A major new R&A commissioned study by the International Institute for Golf Education, based at the University Centre Myerscough, has confirmed the huge potential female golfers offer to golf clubs.
Leeds GC is England Golf’s ‘Club of the Year’ 1
Leeds Golf Centre has been named ‘Club of the Year’ by England Golf at a glittering awards ceremony.
New World Handicap System to come into play in 2020 2
The way golfers around the world will calculate their handicaps is to be transformed by a new system that The R&A and the USGA have unveiled.
Scottish Golf to significantly reduce affiliation fee proposal 4
The governing body of amateur golf in Scotland is set to significantly reduce the increase in the amount it wants members of all affiliated clubs to pa
Scottish FA CEO Andrew McKinlay named as new chief executive of Scottish Golf 0
Scottish Golf has appointed Andrew McKinlay, currently the chief operating officer and interim chief executive of the Scottish FA, as its new CEO.
All of the UK’s links golf courses could disappear by 2100 6
An alarming report from the UK’s leading environmental organisation charity has found that every links golf course in the UK is in danger of disappearing in less than a century due to climate change.
YouGov survey on golf shows the need for GolfSixes-style events 3
A major survey on what the British public thinks about televised golf events suggests the industry desperately needs to support alternative versions to the traditional model.
Here’s the top three things I learnt about the industry in January 0
From the role Germany could play in reviving your facility to a spike in burglaries at golf clubs, The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir reviews the last month in the industry.
Another wave of burglaries at UK golf clubs reported 0
There have been a number of burglaries at UK golf clubs in just the last month, according to police reports.
Amazing scenes as three golfers hit a hole-in-one on the same hole on the same day 0
Three amateur golfers have beaten odds of what might be trillions to one by all hitting a hole-in-one on the same hole on the same day.
Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing The Golf Business in December 0
From stealing buggy batteries to reducing the number of people on your board, Alistair Dunsmuir sees out 2017 in style
There has been a spate of buggy battery thefts from golf clubs 1
Police across the UK are warning golf clubs to be vigilant after several have reported thefts of batteries from their buggies in just the last few weeks.
Annual golf subscriptions set to soar in Scotland 7
The cost of being a member of a Scottish golf club is set to soar over the next decade due to a funding crisis, delegates at the first Scottish Golf national conference have been told.
Andrew Minty to contribute for The Golf Business 0
The winner of the 2015 ‘Golf Club Manager of the Year’, Andrew Minty, director of golf at Langland Bay Golf Club, is to write a regular column for The Golf Business.
Here’s three issues I discovered while editing the magazine in the last month 0
From clubs cashing in on their land values to an academic study on 70 English golf clubs, November was a month of new trends for the industry, writes Alistair Dunsmuir
Wales Golf to create gender neutral junior competitions 0
A number of junior Welsh golf competitions in 2018 will be gender neutral for the first time ever, Wales Golf has announced.
New drive to recruit more BAME golfers 1
A project to encourage more people from diverse ethnic communities to get involved golf is to result in support for English clubs.
Golf clubs lose multi-million pound VAT ‘compound interest’ case 2
Hundreds of private members’ golf clubs will not be receiving a VAT rebate worth hundreds of millions of pounds following a Supreme Court ruling.
Leeds Golf Centre announces major £9m expansion 4
Leeds Golf Centre hopes to extend its existing facility into a multi-million-pound golf complex featuring lodges, a spa, an adventure golf course and fitness facilities.
The golf courses put up for sale this year 5
This year a number of golf courses have been put on the market. Here is an overview of 17 of the biggest of them.
Academic study on golf clubs delivers surprising result 11
A major study on the golf industry has found that golf clubs would achieve much more if they focussed on retaining members rather than recruiting new ones.
Here’s the top 3 things I learnt about the industry in October 0
In his monthly review of the industry, The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir looks at the introduction of shot clocks and the funding issues with Scottish Golf
