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Reesink to show off precision spray system at BTME

Reesink to show off precision spray system at BTME 0 Updated

🕔01:14, 11.Jan 2017

Reesink Turfcare will be bringing a GeoLink Precision Spray System simulator to BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) 2017, Europe’s leading showcase for turf professionals and buyers.

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Number of golfers with disabilities in Wales doubled in 2016

Number of golfers with disabilities in Wales doubled in 2016 1

🕔12:54, 3.Jan 2017

The Golf Union of Wales (GUW) has won an insport Silver Award for its work in making the sport more inclusive for people with disabilities.

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Jack Nicklaus: There has to be alternatives to 18 holes

Jack Nicklaus: There has to be alternatives to 18 holes 0

🕔12:41, 13.Dec 2016

Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus has said shorter versions of the game, flexibility in golf ball design and music on the course will help the game’s participation decline.

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Golf club markets itself on local train line

Golf club markets itself on local train line 0

🕔14:39, 8.Dec 2016

A Scottish golf club that is situated close to a train station has taken the innovative and unusual step of marketing itself on the local trains.

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Golf club to grow by the building of 56 homes

Golf club to grow by the building of 56 homes 0

🕔12:53, 23.Nov 2016

A Scottish golf club is to fund improvements by selling its practice ground to a developer, which will build 56 homes.

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HS2 golf club has its future secured

HS2 golf club has its future secured 0

🕔16:04, 8.Nov 2016

A 130-year-old golf club that could have closed down because the HS2 railway line is set to go through the course has had its future secured.

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Six Derbyshire golf clubs join forces

Six Derbyshire golf clubs join forces 0

🕔12:15, 18.Oct 2016

Six Derbyshire golf clubs have set up a group so they can work together to attract people to join and visit their clubs – and have already secured government funding for what they’re doing.

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Golf event raises staggering amount for charity

Golf event raises staggering amount for charity 0

🕔12:08, 3.Oct 2016

A golf day at Stoke Park Country Club has raised more than £140,000 for charity – thought to be the highest amount ever raised in one day at a UK golf club.

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Four Cumbrian brothers achieve amazing golfing feat

Four Cumbrian brothers achieve amazing golfing feat 0

🕔13:45, 27.Sep 2016

Four brothers from Cumbria have all hit a hole-in-one in the last three years. It is thought this is the first time this has ever happened in the UK.

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New diploma in golf club management launched

New diploma in golf club management launched 0 Updated

🕔04:13, 8.Sep 2016

The PGA, the British and International Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) and the Golf Club Managers’ Association (GCMA) have launched a new ASQ Level 5 diploma in golf club management.

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Opposition to new golf course due to rare fly

Opposition to new golf course due to rare fly 1

🕔11:51, 2.Sep 2016

A championship golf course that is being proposed to be built in the Highlands is at risk due to concerns for a rare species of fly.

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Aberdeenshire golf clubs ‘may go under’ due to rates relief change

Aberdeenshire golf clubs ‘may go under’ due to rates relief change 3

🕔13:04, 31.Aug 2016

More than 50 golf clubs in Aberdeenshire have been hit by a new levy on business rates.

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More than 1 in 2 non-golfers are put off the game by dress codes

More than 1 in 2 non-golfers are put off the game by dress codes 0

🕔15:38, 24.Aug 2016

More than 50 per cent of people who do not play golf would consider playing the game if they were subjected to a relaxed dress code.

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Golf club gets an undertaker to sponsor hole called ‘The Coffin’

Golf club gets an undertaker to sponsor hole called ‘The Coffin’ 0

🕔14:07, 8.Aug 2016

West Lothian Golf Club has been praised for getting a local funeral director to sponsor a hole that is called ‘The Coffin’.

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Another golf club to build housing by its course

Another golf club to build housing by its course 0

🕔14:12, 1.Aug 2016

Huntercombe GC in Oxfordshire is the latest golf club to hope to build houses on its land to fund improvements to its facilities.

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Is there anything Nottingham isn’t doing to get people into golf?

Is there anything Nottingham isn’t doing to get people into golf? 0

🕔15:04, 19.Jul 2016

Local authorities in Nottingham are so keen to get golfers trying the game that they are setting up events in local parks as well as golf clubs this summer.

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Major new locker brand for the industry launches

Major new locker brand for the industry launches 0 Updated

🕔06:53, 14.Jul 2016

One of the biggest suppliers to golf clubs, Craftsman Lockers, has formed a new partnership with Garran Lockers: the Ice Locker Group.

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Golf boss: Footgolf is having a tremendous impact for us

Golf boss: Footgolf is having a tremendous impact for us 1

🕔12:37, 11.Jul 2016

The chief executive of BGL Golf, which owns 22 golf courses in the UK at 10 venues, has said introducing footgolf at four of them has led to significant improvements.

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Samaritans links with Rotherham Golf Club

Samaritans links with Rotherham Golf Club 0 Updated

🕔21:41, 4.Jul 2016

The Samaritans charity has announced it is running a special fundraising event next month at Rotherham Golf Club, which is home to 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett.

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‘More Vardy than Vardon’ – football used to get kids into golf

‘More Vardy than Vardon’ – football used to get kids into golf 0

🕔15:59, 8.Jun 2016

Charity the Golf Foundation has teamed up with 16 football clubs to host the ‘StreetGolf Championship’ in a bid to take advantage of the current excitement about Euro 2016 and get more children playing golf.

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Golf used to warn kids about the dangers of fires

Golf used to warn kids about the dangers of fires 0

🕔12:28, 1.Jun 2016

Firefighters in Wales have come up with an innovative way to teach children about the dangers of fires – by creating a unique and fun golf course in which every hole has a fire-related theme.

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Golf clubs are growing their memberships by offering 9-hole golf

Golf clubs are growing their memberships by offering 9-hole golf 0

🕔12:43, 25.May 2016

At least two golf clubs in Scotland have said their memberships have grown because they have been offering 9-hole competitions.

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Huge rise in club golfers playing in Stableford competitions

Huge rise in club golfers playing in Stableford competitions 0

🕔12:04, 23.May 2016

Surprising new data has found that although UK golf clubs are still losing members, the remaining members are playing much more competitive rounds of golf, and especially Stableford competitions.

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What is unjust enrichment?

What is unjust enrichment? 0

🕔23:56, 18.May 2016

At the heart of HMRC’s VAT rebate to private members’ golf clubs on green fee income is the issue of ‘unjust enrichment’. Adrian Houstoun details what it is, why it has played such a prominent role in the case and what the bearing of it on the final amount clubs can claim will be.

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Golfer fails to sue club after hole-in-one prize not as good as hoped

Golfer fails to sue club after hole-in-one prize not as good as hoped 2

🕔14:47, 9.May 2016

A golfer has failed in his attempt to sue a golf club after the hole-in-one car he won was less than half the value the thought it was going to be.

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‘Keep rotary blades sharp for most efficient cut’ advises greenkeeping expert

‘Keep rotary blades sharp for most efficient cut’ advises greenkeeping expert 0

🕔11:20, 1.May 2016

Michael Hampton, Turfcare parts manager at Lely Turfcare, has advised greenkeepers that sharp, well-maintained rotary blades are the key to the most efficient cut, and the most superior after-cut appearance possible.

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Golf Management Group is now offering franchises

Golf Management Group is now offering franchises 0

🕔11:39, 28.Apr 2016

The UK’s leading provider of cost management solutions in golf clubs is offering franchise opportunities to individuals or companies nationwide for a limited period.

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