Club to build glamping pods for golf stays and weddings 0
A Kent golf course could soon be home to 12 new glamping pods, which should help it offer extra accommodation for events such as weddings.
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Posts From Alistair Dunsmuir
Here’s three trends from the last month that give us an insight into the state of the UK golf industry 1
August was a month of mixed news – the demand to play golf remains very strong but some venues are continuing to struggle.
Scottish golf resort enters administration 2
A golf resort in Renfrewshire has fallen into administration and will be put up for sale.
Scotland sees double digit year-on-year participation growth 2
Scotland has seen a significant rise in golf participation in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the already high figure of a year ago.
Richie Ramsay: I’d love to be a Walker Cup captain 0
DP World Tour professional Richie Ramsay is urging Blairgowrie’s Connor Graham to savour every minute of his Walker Cup experience and has said he’d love to captain the side one day.
Golf club issues exceptional ultimatum to vandals 16
A Welsh golf club has issued an extraordinary ultimatum – including inviting them to repair the damage or risk being prosecuted – to joyriders who have caused thousands of pounds-worth of damage to its course.
Golf clubs offer cancer screening service 0
Golf clubs in the UK are offering cancer screening services to members and visitors.
Tributes for golf course architect Ron Kirby 2
Tributes have poured in for the renowned golf course architect, Ron Kirby, who has passed away at the age of 90.
Golf club given approval to build several houses 0
Plans to build about 50 houses on Sonning Golf Club in Berkshire’s driving range have been approved by Wokingham Borough Council.
“We take great pride in making history” 0
Next month will see the 2023 Solheim Cup take place between Europe and the USA at Finca Cortesín. Here, we speak to the resort’s general manager, Francisco de Lancastre, about how preparations are going.
Club ‘can afford just a few more days of operation’ 0
An Aberdeenshire golf club that successfully crowdfunded last year has said it urgently needs more money again.
Distance restrictions on golf balls proposal ‘should be stronger’ 0
The majority of two groups of golf course architects believe the controversial proposal to test golf balls to address the impacts of hitting distance in golf doesn’t go far enough.
Work starts on building 14 homes at Deane Golf Club 0
Developers have started building 14 detached four and five-bedroom homes on land by Deane Golf Club in Bolton.
R&A to provide £2 million of funding for junior golf 0
The R&A has agreed to renew its partnership with junior golf charity the Golf Foundation and will provide it with £2 million of funding over the next four years.
“We’re seeing an industry that five years running has added golfers” 1
The chief executive of Acushnet Holdings, the company behind the golf brands Titleist and FootJoy, has said the Covid-fueled surge in participation is lasting longer than many had predicted.
UK golf participation strong in first half of 2023 0
New data shows that member and visitor golf participation in the UK and Ireland in the first half of 2023 was very strong and showed little sign of a post-pandemic fall.
New2Golf girls gain their first handicaps 0
A group of eight girls from Nefyn and North Wales golf clubs have just gained their first handicaps under the World Handicap System.
Golf It! opens its doors in Glasgow 1
The community-based golf and entertainment facility, Golf It!, has opened its doors to the press ahead of officially opening on the south bank of Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow.
Global golf participation has risen by one third in 7 years 2
Golf has seen a stunning rise in adult participation across the world – by 34 percent in the last seven years.
Golf club reports record turnover due to participation growth 0
Stratford Park Hotel & Golf Club in Stratford-upon-Avon is forecasting back-to-back years of record turnover thanks to the growth in participation in recent years.
Here’s three important developments in the golf industry from July 0
The last month has seen trends from golf clubs forming partnerships with luxury hotel brands to environmental activists vandalising golf courses across Europe.
Tadcaster becomes Get Golfing’s 11th club 0
A charity that runs golf clubs has taken over its 11th venue – the third in just over a year and the first of what could be many in northern England.
Closed Wirral golf course is saved 0
A golf course that was closed down 16 months ago has been saved and will reopen following what has been described as an emotional council meeting.
“My career highlight was getting this job” 0
The head PGA pro at Coventry GC since 2014, Martin Sutliff, discusses the benefits he’s seen from a new indoor swing studio, managing stock in the pro shop and why TGI Golf is such a benefit to him.
Three seniors hit four holes-in-one in the same competition 2
In one of the most extraordinary stories to have ever happened in golf, three senior golfers hit four holes-in-one in the same competition.
Hampshire club to build self-sufficient irrigation system 0
Hockley Golf Club in Hampshire has submitted a planning application to develop a sustainable irrigation system.
Burglar who threatened greenkeeper is jailed 0
A prolific criminal who broke into a golf club and threatened at least one greenkeeper with a knife has been jailed.
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