More than 50 golf clubs to take part in female recruitment drive 2
More than 50 golf clubs in eight English counties are to take part in an initiative involving alcohol and a new way of scoring, which, it is hoped, will attract more women to golf.
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Frilford Heath Golf Club donates £23k to charity 0
Frilford Heath Golf Club in Oxfordshire has donated more than £23,000 to charity – the highest amount ever raised by the club.
Winter course work enhanced St Enodoc Golf Club 0
A rolling programme of work at St Enodoc over the winter has enhanced the playability of the championship links as well as the appearance of one of England’s most highly-regarded courses.
GDPR: Golf clubs probably don’t need to delete old website images 0
A golf course photographer has been told that golf clubs probably do not need to delete images featuring people from their websites by May 25, provided they gave verbal consent.
‘Moaning members barred from golf club’ story goes viral 5
A story about five septuagenarian golfers who have been thrown out of their golf club for complaining about its modernisation has gone viral.
PGA CEO Robert Maxfield to write for The Golf Business 0
One of the most powerful people in golf in Europe, the chief executive of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA), Robert Maxfield, is to provide regular editorial contributions to The Golf Business.
Half of all couples would marry at a golf course 0
A survey of wedding preferences conducted on 3,928 newlyweds has found that 49 per cent would have been happy to have the ceremony at a golf club in summer.
BGIA donates £10,000 to Golf Foundation charity 0
National golf charity the Golf Foundation has thanked the British Golf Industry Association (BGIA) for raising £10,000, which will help more young people to enjoy the benefits of golf in the years ahead.
Greenkeeper Bill Mitchell retires – after 58 years at the same golf club 0
A 58-year career is not in itself remarkable, what is remarkable, as in the case of Bill Mitchell, is a 58-year career at the same club.
Yorkshire golf club rejects four-figure approach by fracking firm 0
A Yorkshire golf club has turned down a request by a fracking firm to carry out seismic testing on its land.
David Leadbetter to open European headquarters in July 0
One of the world’s most famous golf coaches, David Leadbetter, will open the ‘Leadbetter Golf Academy European Headquarters’in Buckinghamshire next month.
Two Kent golf clubs close down 3
Two golf clubs in Kent have closed down in the space of a few days of each other – and just a few weeks after another venue in the county closed.
New data on holiday preferences is opportunity for Scottish golf clubs 0
A poll of 10,000 people on their holiday preferences could prove to be valuable to Scottish golf clubs.
Should we be concerned about the latest participation slump data? 8
New research for golf participation over the last six months compared with previous years has found an unprecedented and stunning drop.
Jobs portal for the entire golf industry is launched 1
The Golf Business has launched what is set to be the biggest recruitment portal in the golf industry, featuring hundreds of jobs such as club managers, PGA professionals and greenkeepers.
Pioneering golf project to stop coastal erosion 0
Royal Dornoch Golf Club is supporting a pioneering project that should help prevent part of its course succumbing to coastal erosion.
Has the shine come off flexible memberships? 5
A new survey has found that the number of golf clubs offering flexible memberships has fallen sharply following years of record growth.
German firm snaps up Scottish golf course 0
A German company has bought The Roxburghe Hotel and Golf Course in Scotland off a guide price of £3.25 million and will rename it SCHLOSS Roxburghe.
Wales Golf launches new scheme to attract families 1
The body that runs amateur golf in Wales has launched a new scheme to promote golf to women, girls, families and people with disabilities.
Golf club closed suddenly amid Premier League interest 0
A Leicestershire golf club closed suddenly in January amid reports that members were owed thousands of pounds, following interest from a Premier League football club.
Rapid increase in driving distance is ‘concerning’ 1
An annual review of the driving distances by The R&A and the USGA has found that the average drive in 2017 was three yards longer than in 2016 – when usually there is a growth of just 0.2 yards per year.
Major changes proposed for another Yorkshire golf club 0
A Yorkshire golf club has secured planning permission to carry out major changes including the development of housing and the construction of a hotel and leisure facilities.
The ‘Get into Golf’ campaign has been rebranded 3
The Get into Golf campaign, which has proved to be a successful way to increase participation over the last few years, has been rebranded.
Golf club wants to build 152 retirement properties 0
Cottingham Parks Golf and Leisure Club in Yorkshire has submitted a planning application to build 152 retirement properties.
All UK golf clubs must accept bitcoin by July 3
Every golf club in the UK must accept the digital currency bitcoin by the time of the Open Championship this July, according to a new ruling from golf’s governing body, The R&A.
Bryn Meadows is ‘Welsh Golf Club of the Year’ 0
Bryn Meadows has been named as the ‘Welsh Golf Club of the Year’ at the Wales Golf Awards ceremony held at Celtic Manor.
Keith Pelley calls on golf clubs to share ideas 6
The chief executive of the European Tour, Keith Pelley, has encouraged venues to share ideas and innovate to grow the game.
