Police called to golf club over slow play brawl 1
A brawl allegedly involving eight men broke out at a golf club last month over slow play – and even resulted in the police driving on buggies to the fourth hole to break it up.
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Golf Environment Organisation revamps its digital offering 0
The online program, OnCourse, which helps golf clubs manage their facility in the most sustainable way possible, has been significantly upgraded.
BTME has sold out 0
The BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) in January 2018 has completely sold out, its organiser has revealed.
This man saw his handicap drop from 15 to five in half a season 0
A 20-year-old golfer from Salford has knocked 10 points off his handicap in half a playing season – from early in the year until July.
Machin and Roberts win student greenkeeper awards 0
Nick Machin and Angus Roberts have been named as winners of the 2017 Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year Awards.
Visitors can now register to visit SALTEX for free 0
Visitors can now register to attend the turf management event SALTEX 2017 for free.
South Essex Golf Centre is not closing down 1
The chief executive of the golf group that owns South Essex Golf Centre has said the club is not going to close down – contrary to rumours that it would.
Nine-hole feeder course could open in Hampshire 1
A nine-hole par three golf course aimed at elderly golfers and beginners could open in Liss, Hampshire, now a planning application has been submitted.
Less than 3% of golf clubs made a loss in 2016 0
A new survey of golf clubs has found a huge turnaround in their financial fortunes between 2013 and 2016.
This golf club saw 150 new members in 2016 0
Wycombe Heights Golf Centre in Buckinghamshire has said the flexible membership policy it introduced last year led to 150 people joining the club.
Celtic Manor considering legal action against ‘Celtic Minor’ 0
A Welsh golf club that last year changed its name to Celtic Minor could face legal action from Celtic Manor, which believes the club is exploiting its reputation.
Goodwood closes its flexible membership category because it is too popular 1
One of the first golf clubs in the UK to set up a flexible membership policy has announced it is going to close it at the end of this year because it is now too popular.
43% of leisure industry staff have been injured at work 0
A study of people who work in Britain’s leisure and hospitality industry has found that nearly half have suffered an injury at work and more than two thirds claim their working environment to be a health and safety hazard.
Endangered butterfly species now growing thanks to golf greenkeepers 0
A species of butterfly that had been in decline for a number of years is now growing in Ayrshire thanks to greenkeepers working at golf clubs.
Golf club launches a devilish 666 yard hole 0
A Wiltshire golf club has launched a hole that measures 666 yards and is calling it ‘The Beast’.
A third of a Scottish island’s population work on a golf course 0
A third of the entire population of the Scottish island of Jura work on a golf course that hasn’t even been built yet.
Golf and golf club praised for helping people with Parkinson’s 0
Rudding Park Hotel, Spa and Golf in Yorkshire has been praised for helping people with Parkinson’s – the latest of several clubs in the last few weeks that has helped people with physical ailments.
Izaak Walton Golf Club has entered liquidation 0
Izaak Walton Golf Club in Stoke, a popular 18-hole venue, has entered liquidation. The club has shut its clubhouse and boarded up its doors and windows.
HMRC paves the way for golf clubs to claim millions back in green fee VAT 0
HMRC has said it ‘accepts that supplies of sporting services made to both members and non-members by non-profit making members’ sports clubs can be treated as exempt from VAT’ and is offering guidance on how money can be claimed back.
Disabled golfer: Anchor putter ban discriminates against me 0
A one-armed golfer has said that the controversial ban on anchor putters, which came in at the start of this year, is discriminatory and has effectively ruled him out of all club competitions.
Another club launches nine-hole event to attract juniors 0
Reigate Heath Golf Club in Surrey has become the latest golf club to launch a nine-hole golf event to attract youngsters.
Royal Troon set to remain men-only by time of Open Championship 8
Royal Troon Golf Club is set to remain men-only by the time it hosts this year’s Open Championship, despite efforts by The R&A to make the game more attractive to women, according to reports.
Golf club launches discount deal for emergency services 0
A Scottish golf club has launched an innovative green fee deal with local emergency services that should result in a number of public sector workers playing more of the game at the venue.
454-year-old Scottish golf course is ‘sinking into the sea’ 0
The board of Montrose Golf Links has come up with an action plan to stop the world’s fifth oldest links course from sinking into the sea due to coastal erosion.
US businessman donates millions to Scotland’s charities because he loved the country’s golf courses 0
An American businessman who was a member of five Scottish golf clubs has given £2 million to the country’s charities because he fell in love with its golf courses.
At least 6 golf clubs report vandalism to their courses 1
At least six golf clubs have experienced extreme vandalism to their courses in the last few weeks.
New golf course to be twice as big as previously thought 0
A new golf course that’s being built near Wolverhampton is set to be twice the size it was originally planned to be.
