From golf courses being the location of air ambulances to world record attempts for par five holes, the editor of The Golf Business, Alistair Dunsmuir, charts his monthly top three trends.
Rob Wiles is a bit different to most course managers: he’s also a director of the company that owns Cottingham Parks Golf Club and Leisure Club in Yorkshire, which makes him his boss’ boss.
Here is the message Stapleford Park in Leicestershire tells its local community about why playing golf is good for them.
AEL Outdoor Solutions is the UK’s leading provider of outdoor furniture and solutions for golf club patios, terraces and garden areas. Golf clubs of any size can choose from a wide selection of tables, chairs, umbrellas, awnings, screens, planters, decking
The chief executive of the British and International Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) talks exclusively to The Golf Business about the role greenskeepers play at major tournaments
The Scottish golf club’s managing secretary talks about how he became manager of a prestigious and traditional private members’ club, the work being done to recruit more junior golfers and the five-year plan the club has
Most female golfers enjoy playing with men, but that doesn’t mean every male golfer gets everything right. Here, Sarah Forrest details the nine bugbears she has experienced when playing with men
This guidance from the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association looks at the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), which will take effect on May 25, 2018. What do they mean for golf clubs?
A look at how Acumen Waste Services can help golf clubs now it has acquired Highspeed Group
He was the first British PGA member to referee a major championship in the USA, has been the head professional at Blairgowrie Golf Club for 20 years. He explains how a club make the game more appealing
A shopping benefits provider has tailored a package to golf clubs to offer their members and staff huge discounts on services like eye tests and gym membership
An anonymous member of the golf industry explains that adult golf club members who advise juniors on how to behave and what to wear can turn those children off the game
From the growing trend of sprinting around the golf course to the best marketing news the game could have hoped for, The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir reveals his top three industry stories this month
Simon is the course manager of Skylark Golf & Country Club in Hampshire. He talks about the major bunker refurbishment his team carried out, plus his attitude to tree management
As the pace of software innovation is changing more rapidly than ever, the need to guide and support golf club customers through all the changes is reinforced.
Matt is a PGA Performance Coach who works with England Golf and Surrey Golf, and delivers the Hugh Marr Performance Systems for the Surrey Golf Lab, which he launched, at Reigate Hill GC
The Northamptonshire club discovered that old statues it acquired were made for the tomb of Cardinal Wolsey – and has since sold them for millions
This guidance from the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association looks at the financial and legal ramifications of allowing a fracking company to mine for energy on land the golf club owns.
The same company that launched the HowDidiDo app for golfers, which has already had over 100,000 downloads, is launching an app for members of golf clubs, which should dramatically reduce managers’ admin time
Scottish Golf CEO Blane Dodds is urging members to support changes to the governing body’s financial structure that he believes will create significant investment to the grassroots game in Scotland
Clubs are working hard to attract more juniors. Steve Jackson, who works with organisations that boost junior participation, details what is particularly successful at getting youngsters on the course
The chief executive of the Golf Union of Wales writes about the work that went on behind the scenes to help grown the game at the Seniors Open Championship
The Golf Business talks to her about her career and her plans for Mannings Heath Golf Club and Wine Estate
Names like Dr Alister MacKenzie and Nick Faldo are written in the club’s history and, thanks to a clubhouse investment programme, its future looks just as exciting, details Andy Waple
From a radically different type of course to attract families to the differences clubs are paying on their business rates, golf in July was much more than just the Open Championship
Earlier this year ICSA: The Governance Institute published guidance on board effectiveness for sports boards in order to improve governance in the sector. Why is good governance vital in golf clubs – and how do you achieve it?
A look at the measures the Yorkshire club has brought in to be green.
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