Noel Mackenzie: The winter diseases clubs need to be wary of 0
Late December and early January are not very nice times of year for grass.
Club Profile: Goodwood’s innovative membership subscription scheme 2
The Goodwood House is currently home to Lord March, who took over the management of the Goodwood Estate Company, and chairmanship of Goodwood’s main golf course, from his father.
Loughgall Golf Club uses compost to improve drainage 0
To keep turf healthy and maintain continuity of service, greenkeepers need to do everything possible to ensure that their courses can cope with prolonged wet weather and sudden influxes of water.
Should clubs be worried about terrorism at golf tournaments? 0
“For the Open championships, enormous security measures are always put into operation.”
Noel Mackenzie: Too little ecology goes into golf course design 0
Leading agronomist Noel Mackenzie has said that too little topography and ecology goes into golf course design.
Welsh council bails out loss-making club 0
Parc Garnant, a council-owned golf club in Carmarthenshire which was costing its county council £150,000 per year to run, has been handed over to a private firm to run, under a 25-year lease.
Steven Brown: How to calculate profit and loss in the bar and restaurant 1
There are essentially two areas of finance that need to be reviewed regarding your F&B operation.
Essex club keeps greens green due to composting 0
There are a number of reasons why compost, produced from garden waste such as grass cuttings, prunings and leaves, has such good water retention properties and can be of considerable benefit.
Renovate tees, greens and fairways now, says top agronomist 0
One of Britain’s top agronomists has said that golf clubs should renovate their tees, greens and fairways as far ahead of winter as possible.
The Open to return to St Andrews in 2015 0
The R&A has announced that the Old Course at St Andrews, officially the oldest golf course in the world, will host the 2015 Open Championship.
Ramsdale Park GC wins £2k lottery grant 0
A National Lottery programme has given a grant of £2,000 to a Nottinghamshire golf club to help it work more with juniors.
Golfer who lost an eye sues club for £750k 1
A golfer who lost an eye at Niddry Castle Golf Club in Scotland is suing the club over a lack of signage, and the golfer who hit the ball.
Stephen Fry given lifetime membership at Connemara Golf Club 0
The actor, author and television presenter, Stephen Fry, has been granted honorary life membership at Connemara Golf Club in Ireland.
Northumberland club uses its own woodchip to heat clubhouse 1
Matfen Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa has begun using its own woodchip to heat its clubhouse and hotel, ensuring the club is both carbon neutral and is saving thousands of pounds.
Legal threat forces club to install £40k fence 0
City of Belfast Golf Club is being forced to erect a £40,000 fence following legal action from a neighbouring resident concerned about the risk of flying golf balls.
Abbey Hill GC’s £775k ‘pirate island’ opens 2
A mini-golf ‘Pirate Island Adventure Golf’ activity centre has been opened at Abbey Hill Golf Centre in Milton Keynes.
‘Europe’s first’ golf club to use no pesticides or fertilisers 2
A Cambridgeshire golf club, which sprays its course with natural sugars and carbohydrates instead of fertilisers and pesticides, has claimed it is the first in Europe in which the greenkeepers use no chemicals.
Praise for The Wisley following course renovation 0
The Wisley has received significant praise after its nine-hole Church course was reconstructed under the project management of course manager Stephen Byrne.
What is the role of a course manager? 4
A good course manager runs his / her business as if it’s their own, while ensuring that the golfers have an enjoyable experience.
Are online tee times for your club? 0
It seems that every week another golf club revamps its website for one main purpose: to make it possible for members, and increasingly visitors, to book tee times on the facility.
How to use clubhouse space more efficiently 3
Refurbishing the clubhouse is ambitious, expensive and can be risky – even for the wealthier clubs.
Rules of Golf: Artificial objects obstructing golf balls 1
Rule 24-1a does not require the player to mark the position of the ball but it is considered good practice to do so as if the ball does move, the player can be certain that the ball is returned to its original position.
Why defibrillators are saving lives at golf clubs 3
‘The chances of the golfer surviving an attack increases ‘greatly’ from less than five per cent without one.’
Scores of people join Bramshaw Golf Club after it provided free coaching lessons 0
We all know there is no such thing as a free lunch, and this mantra, when it refers to coaching, has proven, and is proving, to be true and particularly beneficial to golf clubs.
EWGA grants bring women and girls into golf 1
Over 3,000 women and girls were encouraged to take up golf in 2010 thanks to a grant from the English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA).
Roseberry Grange Golf Club is saved 0
A municipal golf club that doubles up as the only local pub for two villages, which was on the verge of being closed down earlier this year, has had its future secured.
Independent body rejects merging exhibitions 0
“We analysed the demographics both of exhibitors and visitors. This indicated that there are significant differences between the events and that they are not directly comparable.”
