Jack Nicklaus on the design and agronomy of his Portuguese course 0
The Monte Rei Golf Club on the Algarve opened in 2007 and is already one of Iberia’s premier golf resorts.
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Posts From Seamus Rotherick
Attracting birds and insects to your golf course via native wild flowers 1
Many golf clubs are choosing to focus on the ecology of their courses, not just to benefit the environment, but to enhance their members’ playing experience.
Reader’s Q&A: How to train food and beverage staff 0
Many employers will simply employ the cheapest pair of hands available and will suffer the consequences of that action accordingly.
Q&A with Steven Brown: How restaurants have used the smoking ban to benefit customers 0
Have you offered an alternative area to facilitate smoking?
How garden waste can conserve the levels of carbon in the soil and reduce water usage 0
Quality compost can help tackle the effects of changing weather patterns and protect our natural environment.
Youngsters inspired by McIlroy to play golf 1
A new poll has found that 39 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds were inspired to try golf for the first time following Rory McIlroy’s success at the US Open Championship in June.
Future secured for Disabled Open 2
The future of the Disabled British Open has been secured as Tourism South East has revealed it has set up a company to run, manage and grow both the Disabled British Open and the Junior Disabled British Open.
Noel Mackenzie: Why it is pivotal that greenkeepers are well informed about course machinery 0
The quality of any course is a delicate balance between the level of play and the surface standards that are desirable and achievable on the budget, equipment and wherewithal of the staff involved.
Readers’ Q&A with Steven Brown on F&B pricing 0
“My problem is that the committee is requiring a 60 per cent margin, which I believe to be excessive, as our chief source of income is the faithful bar snack.”
Noel Mackenzie: The common problems and solutions with irrigation 0
Managing water is crucial to the successful management of a golf course. It seems we either have too much of it or not enough of it!
Greg Norman reveals the principles of the design of his St Lucia golf resort 0
Greg Norman is the CEO of the course design company Great White Shark Enterprises and a recent project, at Westin’s Le Paradis Beach and Golf Resort in Praslin Bay, St. Lucia, opened in 2008.
Noel Mackenzie: How to get value for money on seeds and fertilisers 0
Seed purchases need to be carefully thought through.
EGU worried that Yorkshire will stop merger 0
The English Golf Union (EGU) is concerned that the Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs will block its attempts to merge with the English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) next month.
Noel Mackenzie: How technology – and Ronan Rafferty – can help greenkeepers 0
Planning for summer is a means by which the goals for the course are reached.
Club given £10k to teach golf to disabled kids 0
Wharton Park Golf and Country Club in Worcestershire has been awarded £10,000 from the National Lottery to promote golf to juniors – particularly disabled children.
How to make your membership categories more attractive 0
The popularity of golf is on the increase and a whole new generation of golfers, including women and children, are queuing up to tee off.
Tips for attracting women to join your golf club 2
Europe’s largest ever survey of sport and active recreation rates golf the seventh most popular sport in England.
Noel Mackenzie: The growing season is lasting longer – costing your club more money 0
The current, longer, growing season has begun to have some very important implications in relation to machinery, budgeting and purchasing.
Steven Brown: How the backfitting of your bar is your greatest drinks’ marketing asset 0
Merchandising is the art of silent selling, it is the ability to display your most profitable products to their best advantage and it is about making money.
Steven Brown: How to make your food and beverage operation stand out 0
It really doesn’t matter that you know how to read a profit and loss account, a balance sheet and a break-even point if you haven’t generated any profitable income in the first place.
Three golf clubs praised for their environmental work 0
Hankley Common, Beaconsfield and Royal St George’s golf clubs have been praised for their quality of ecological stewardship.
Cowglen GC receives £11k following water audit 0
Cowglen Golf Club in Scotland has received £11,000 after it examined its water costs and usage in detail to ensure best value.
Noel Mackenzie: Why club captains should not dictate changes to a golf course 0
The landscape of a golf course should be unique; every course has its own character and charm.
Club Profile: Broughton Heath – a thriving par three golf course 0
Broughton Heath, in the Derbyshire countryside not far from Dovedale in the tiny village of Church Broughton, is an 18-hole golf course with 18 par three holes.
Stuart Phipps: How to convert ‘nomads’ into golf club members 0
It is no use existing clubs fighting each other for members: unattached golfers – ‘nomads’ – have to be converted into members – and that means clubs must provide what they want.
The key to successful marketing is your club’s database 0
As winter draws closer, the number of visiting parties decrease and the frequency of member visits to the course start to decline, it is a time of year when thoughts should be turning to winter work.
Noel Mackenzie: Prepare the course now for winter, so it can be prepared for next summer 0
As the sun gets lower in the sky and daylight hours shorten so the plants on the golf green receive less light and heat reducing the ability of the grass to maintain condition under low cutting heights.
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