Premier League chairman may build golf hotel 0
The former chairman of a Premier League football club has said he may build a hotel next to a golf club, which should benefit both parties.
Meet the golf club manager: James Fuller 2
The Golf Business speaks to the general manager of The Gog Magog Golf Club in Cambridge about running a club with more than 1,300 members
‘This is the worst vandalism I’ve ever seen’ 3
The owner of a Cambridgeshire golf club has said an attack to 14 of the course’s greens is the worst case of golf vandalism she has ever seen.
Golf group launches alternative to flexible memberships 0
A group that runs seven golf clubs in the UK has launched a flexible membership option which is different to the traditional offerings that have been a major industry trend in the last few years.
Half of Mytime Active’s golf clubs to offer footgolf 0
One of Britain’s largest golf club operators has said at least half of its venues will offer footgolf, the sport that’s a hybrid of football and golf.
Fraud at Yorkshire golf clubs on the rise 0
The secretary of the Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs (YUGC) has said that at least two of its member clubs were victims of fraud in 2016.
Legal matters: Advertising issues clubs need to consider 0
NGCAA chief executive Jackie Howe comments on issues clubs may have to deal with when marketing themselves
This club is offering free golf to youngsters 0
A Kent golf club is offering free membership to juniors as part of a drive to encourage more youngsters to play the game.
Police searching for golf club deer hunter 0
Poachers have used snares and crossbows on a Scottish golf course to kill at least three deer, according to police.
American golf clubs using fitness to attract women 0
A report in the Wall Street Journal has found that there has been a large trend in which golf clubs are expanding their fitness offerings in order to attract women to their venues.
Scottish Golf to work with European Tour winner 0
The two-time European Tour winner, Stephen McAllister, is to work with Scottish Golf to increase business opportunities that will benefit Scottish golf clubs.
Major new golf publication to launch 0
A golf magazine for people who run golf clubs is to be launched this month. The Golf Business is to be sent to approximately 97 percent of all golf venues in the UK and Ireland.
Club aims to sell alcohol on the course 3
One of the leading golf clubs in the UK has applied to its local council for permission to sell alcohol to golfers – while they are playing on the course.
Here’s the top 3 things I learnt while editing the magazine in March 0
The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir looks at how, from Wimbledon to fireworks, the game is working together to boost participation.
Top Welsh golf club closes down 1
A club described in the Welsh press as ‘one of Monmouthshire’s premier golf clubs’ is closing down after 30 years of trading.
This club appoints first female captain in 230 years 0
One of the world’s oldest golf clubs has appointed a woman to be its captain for the first time in its 230-year history.
Another golf club to build holiday lodges 0
Rothbury Golf Club in Northumberland has become the latest golf club to hope to build holiday lodges in order to boost income streams.
Golf supplier Highspeed Group bought by Acumen 0
One of the biggest suppliers to the golf industry, Highspeed Group, probably best known for its ClearWater recycling systems, has been acquired by major waste management firm Acumen.
PGA withdraws from England Golf Partnership 1
The body that represents professional golfers in England, the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA), has said it is amicably withdrawing from the England Golf Partnership (EGP), the lead funding body for golf in England.
Four Norfolk clubs hit by buggy thefts in three weeks 1
Four golf clubs in Norfolk have reported that thieves have attempted to steal batteries from their golf cars in the last three weeks.
Midlands golf club to be converted into a housing estate 1
A Warwickshire golf course is to be closed down and converted into 300 homes – just a few weeks after its council rejected an identical proposal.
Scottish Golf makes more business-led appointments 0
Scottish Golf has recruited two more highly qualified individuals to its board of directors.
The Point at Polzeath is England’s ‘Club of the Year’ 0
The Point at Polzeath in Cornwall has been named England Golf’s ‘GolfMark Club of the Year’ at an award ceremony that also honoured Olympic champion Justin Rose, Masters champion Danny Willett and Solheim Cup player Charley Hull. GolfMark is an
R&A to market the Open more to golf clubs 2
The R&A has said it will market the Open Championship more to golf clubs and general sports fans in an attempt to broaden the game’s appeal.
Closed down golf course is now a ‘dumping ground’ 0
A Lancashire golf club that closed down last year has now become a dumping ground in which waste is higher than the roof of the former clubhouse.
Golf group buys The Buckinghamshire for undisclosed sum 0
A growing golf group, which bought Chart Hills Golf Club in Kent just five months ago, has now purchased The Buckinghamshire, the home of the Ladies European Tour for the last nine years.
Irish membership decline slows but “more pain to come” 1
The large fall in membership numbers of golf clubs in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has come to a halt, but the Golfing Union of Ireland’s (GUI) treasurer warns that there is “more pain to come”.
