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A survey of 1,300 greenkeepers in the UK has found that more than a third are currently looking for work outside of golf.
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£4m Hounslow Golf Park opens 0
A multi-million pound golf ‘park’ featuring a two-storey 55-bay driving range, a nine-hole golf course and two adventure courses has opened at the site of a former golf club.
Nottinghamshire golf club plans significant growth 0
A golf club in Nottinghamshire has applied for planning permission to invest ‘significant funds’ in order to grow.
Golf tourism is worth nearly £300m per year to Scotland 4
The chief executive of Visit Scotland has said that tourists visiting Scotland to either play its golf courses or watch golf events bring in £286 million to the country every year.
Historic Yorkshire club plans major upgrade 2
A golf club in Yorkshire is set to undergo a major revamp involving importing soil and redesigning its course in order to resolve drainage issues.
‘Post lockdown runners and ramblers are ignoring requests to leave golf courses’ 2
A report in The Times reveals that golf clubs in Scotland are increasingly coming into conflict with ramblers and joggers who are refusing to leave the courses.
Carnoustie Golf Links purchases its famous hotel 1
The famous hotel that provides the iconic back-drop to the Carnoustie Championship Links has been acquired by the Carnoustie Golf Links Management Committee.
Here’s three top trends from the UK golf industry in June 0
From adventure courses opening all over the country to new calls for men’s and women’s professional events to be staged together, June was much more than just the launch of LIV Golf.
Defibrillator for golf clubs campaigns are proving to be a success 1
Two recent campaigns, one in Scotland and one in Wales, to get defibrillators in golf clubs are proving to be successful.
Toptracer launches new insights-driven game mode 1
Industry leading range technology provider, Toptracer, has launched a brand-new game mode: Toptracer30.
Seven hole course opens in Wales 0
A seven hole golf course aimed at beginners and juniors has opened at Mold Golf Club in Flintshire.
Castle Stuart Golf Links is latest resort to be acquired 1
One of the world’s greatest golf venues, Castle Stuart Golf Links, has been acquired by a Canadian developer that plans to build a second course at the venue.
The Guardian is criticised for saying golf is for elites 3
The Guardian newspaper has received a backlash for stating that golf has no social conscience and is “elite”.
Suffolk golf club is third to be sold to leisure operator in three weeks 0
Ufford Park Hotel Golf & Spa in Woodbridge, Suffolk has become at least the third British golf venue to be sold to a leisure operator in just the last three weeks.
New campaign launched to introduce children to golf 1
A new campaign has been launched to introduce golf to primary schools across the UK, and celebrate and support those who are already bringing the game to children.
Rick Shiels walks 150 miles for Prostate Cancer UK 0
Golf YouTuber Rick Shiels has completed a pilgrimage across Scotland ahead of the historic 150th Open Championship, raising more than £115,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.
London golf club that closed down in 2021 reopens 2
American Golf’s first municipal golf site, Barnehurst Golf Club, in Bexleyheath, London, has officially opened.
Aramco Team Series makes donation to get more women and girls playing golf 1
The LET’s Aramco Team Series has donated a raft of training aids to a Midlands golf coach who has helped bring more than 150 women and girls into the game in the last two years.
‘Sell the lifestyle, not the health, benefits of golf’ says neuroscientist 1
A neuroscientist has said that golf’s governing bodies should promote the experience of playing golf ahead of the health benefits if they want more people to improve their health by playing the game.
Two Wirral golf courses are saved (for now) 1
The two golf courses in Wirral that closed down in April may have had their futures secured after their council said they could be part of a community asset transfer scheme.
Call for women’s golf to be played alongside men’s 22
Leading English golfer Bronte Law has said that golf should emulate tennis and stage men’s and women’s tournaments at the same courses and at roughly the same time.
Local ‘buys historic golf club’ to prevent it being developed 1
An unnamed local resident has bought a golf club in Kent in order to prevent it being converted into housing.
Royal Liverpool submits bid to save local golf club 0
Open Championship host Royal Liverpool has submitted a bid to take over one of two municipal golf clubs that closed in April due to their council’s budgeting crisis.
Linn Grant becomes first ever female winner on the DP World Tour 2
Sweden’s Linn Grant stormed to a sensational nine-shot victory with a final round of 64 at the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed to become the first ever female winner on the DP World Tour.
Golf club opens sports rehab and injury clinic 1
A golf club in Cumbria has launched an on-site rehabilitation and injury clinic.
LIV Golf to invest £1 million in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire 14
LIV Golf is to invest £1m in ‘underrepresented communities’ across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, starting with a charity focused on early intervention projects offering mental health services.
Major improvements set for course that closed in 2018 0
In a sign of the current strength of golf, a Welsh club that closed down in 2018 and has since reopened, has now applied to make major improvements to the facility.
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