Durham club wins grant to attract juniors to golf 0
South Moor Golf Club in Durham has won the backing of a community trust to help bring new players into the game.
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Posts From Alistair Dunsmuir
Meet the club secretary: Neil Statham 0
Neil is at Knole Park GC. He talks about marketing the club and the challenges involved in running an SSSI where the land is leased from a Lord’s estate and the country house is owned by the National Trust.
Mitigating health and safety risks in golf clubs 1
Three of the biggest risks to your customers and employees, and ultimately you, come via legionella, electrical equipment and fire hazards. Here’s advice on minimising the risk of all three.
Meet the head greenkeeper: Allan Black 0
Royal Jersey has mild winters ensuring it experiences more than 50,000 rounds per year. Allan talks about the course’s grass exchange programme and integrating water management with nutrition conservation.
What the government’s ‘Good Work Plan’ means for golf clubs 0
The National Golf Clubs Advisory Association (NGCAA) explains what the government’s ‘Good Work Plan’ is and how it might be relevant to golf clubs.
Golf resort forms partnership with ice hockey team 1
A Shropshire golf club has agreed a partnership with a local ice hockey club that has two teams.
Golf club offers £1,000 reward after attack by vandals 1
A Kent golf club is offering a £1,000 reward for any information that leads to a prosecution of vandals who caused extensive damage to its course.
What will Tiger Woods’ astonishing comeback mean for golf participation? 7
Tiger Woods’ incredible Masters victory could lead to more people playing the game in the UK – not least because images of him winning were broadcast on the front pages of newspapers the following day.
Merseyside golf club to undergo major redevelopment 1
A Merseyside golf club hopes to embark on a major redevelopment project that will include a new clubhouse, changes to the course and the building of more than 20 homes.
Housing project ‘will fund golf course redesign’ 0
A plan to build nearly 200 homes on a part of a Scottish golf course will create funding for the course to be redesigned so it can remain an 18-hole venue.
GolfClubSubs offers direct debits to UK golf club members 0
A financial technology company is offering the opportunity for UK golf clubs’ members to pay their annual subscriptions via direct debit online.
Meet the course manager: Chris Smith 1
Just 10 years ago Chris Smith was working as an electrician. Today he’s the course manager of Cranleigh Golf & Country Club in Surrey. He talks about the work he’s set to do in his new role.
Why offering free golf to children works 4
There are two proven ways to benefit a golf club and children – offer free golf to them and raise awareness that you’re offering them free golf. James Bargeron reports.
Meet the PGA pro: Stuart Disney 0
The Mendip GC’s pro talks about the programmes he’s introduced to benefit non-traditional golfing profiles such as disability groups, and how his pro shop won a ‘Most Improved Business of the Year’ award.
Stony Holme Golf Club is latest former Mack Golf venue to be rescued 1
A golf club in Carlisle that closed down last year when its operator went into liquidation has been rescued.
In their own words: Craig Tracey MP 1
The co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Golf Group, and MP for North Warwickshire & Bedworth, exclusively discusses the work that the group does to support the sport.
in their own words: Andrew McKinlay 0
Writing exclusively for The Golf Business, the CEO of Scottish Golf previews the inaugural Golf and Health Week, which takes place as soon as The Masters ends.
How Westmanstown Golf Club delivered lessons to women over winter 1
Its PGA professional, Bernard Fitzgerald, details how, over one five-week period this winter, he delivered lessons to a huge number of women, which has improved their golf.
Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year awards is launched 0
BIGGA, Toro and Reesink Turfcare have launched their annual competition that seeks to uncover the brightest emerging talent in the greenkeeping industry.
Another former Tour player saves a struggling golf club 2
A Cheshire golf club that closed down when its owner went into liquidation is reopening thanks to a company set up by former Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam.
In their own words: Keith Pelley 0
The chief executive of the European Tour explores the rapidly growing popularity of the Staysure Tour.
The non-golf revenue streams golf clubs are exploiting 0
One way several golf clubs are earning increased income is from marketing themselves as health centres that provide gyms, yoga and pilates in addition to golf.
Should our golf club go for adventure golf? 0
Adventure golf is becoming big business. Here we speak to the operations director of Adventure Leisure, Andrew Scholey, to find out what’s causing this growth and how it can benefit existing facilities.
The manager’s office: Alan Oliver 1
The secretary at Silloth on Solway GC in Cumbria says clubs will be better suited to recruiting new customers if they market their unique selling points instead of trying to attract all golfers.
Former LET player Fame Tate buys Stanedge Golf Club 2
The former Ladies European Tour golfer Fame Tate has acquired Stanedge Golf Club in Derbyshire and opened it to the public.
Hazlemere Golf Club converts from private members’ to proprietary club 1
A private members’ golf club in Buckinghamshire has been sold off of a guide price of £1.75 million and converted back to being a proprietary club, which it was in the 1980s and 1990s.
Meet the overseas director of operations: Chris White 2
Chris is the director of operations at Ayla Oasis, the host venue for the Jordan Mixed Open. He talks about this and his career to date.
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