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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. It will be the 29th time the course has staged the British Open – viewed
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. Ramsdale Park Golf Centre, which has liaised with the Nottinghamshire Schools Partnership to introduce golf into schools and
Golfer who lost an eye sues club for £750k 0
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. Anthony Phee, 44, has launched a case for £750,000 at the
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. The host of QI was filming the BBC programme, Fry’s Planet Word, in which he explored language, in December 2010,
Rothbury Golf Club awarded GolfMark status 0
Rothbury Golf Club in Northumberland has been awarded GolfMark status by the English Golf Union (EGU) and English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA). The award is recognition for the club’s ability to attract juniors and beginners to the game of golf.
Northumberland club uses its own woodchip to heat clubhouse 1
Matfen Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa in Northumberland 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 which it previously spent on oil. The
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. Belfast County Council was asked to contribute £20,000, following the threat of
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. The facility boasts an array of features, including a huge signature ship, waterfalls, lakes, streams and islands, with rafts, treasure chests,
More than 500 UK golf clubs are on Twitter 1
Two lists have been set up detailing all of the UK golf clubs that have Twitter accounts. As of late February 2012, it features more than 500 venues, including many of the biggest in golf, such as Celtic Manor, St
Philip Hesketh is The Golf Show’s keynote speaker 0
The closing keynote speaker at the GCMA’s conference in November 2011, Philip Hesketh, has been announced as the headline presenter at The Golf Show in Harrogate in October 2011. Hesketh will be looking at how golf clubs can get customers
‘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 at all on its course. New Malton Golf
Finance deals offered to concerned clubs 0
Two of the biggest suppliers of golf course machinery have responded to economic concerns by launching finance deals for golf clubs. Toro turf maintenance machinery distributor Lely UK has announced a trio of new finance deals that enable customers to
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. The redevelopment used a new strain of pure bent grass, improved the drainage, irrigation, thatch and bunkers and
UK’s David Withers becomes president of Jacobsen 1
David Withers has been promoted to president of Jacobsen. David has been serving as managing director of the UK-based Ransomes Jacobsen division of the US turf maintenance equipment manufacturer, since January 2005, overseeing international operations for all Jacobsen brands as
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. Easier said than done perhaps, since the course manager has the delicate task of balancing sound agronomics
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. Recently Kingsbarns Golf Links in Scotland launched a new
How to use clubhouse space more efficiently 3
As can be seen in Stuart Phipps’ article in the May 2011 issue of Golf Club Management, refurbishing the clubhouse is ambitious, expensive and can be risky – even for the wealthier clubs that Stuart advised to take advantage of
Rules of Golf: Artificial objects obstructing golf balls 1
A total of 96 rulings were given during the first round of the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George’s with an average of 82 rulings per day throughout the tournament. Many of these involved relief from the grandstands and
Equality Act forcing clubs to change 2
Windlesham Golf Club has become the latest golf club to vote on changing club rules due to the Equality Act 2010. In relation to the membership of its committee and the selection of the club captain, the current rules imply
Why defibrillators are saving lives at golf clubs 3
While there are very few studies in this country about the relationship between golf and heart attacks, many managers may not be surprised to know that the American Heart Association believes that, due to a range of reasons including the
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. During March and April Crown Golf
How one golf club’s finances are healthy because it has installed a wind turbine 2
For several years, almost unnoticed, golf course landscapes in this country have changed as several clubs have built wind turbines by their holes, as they have benefited from, so to speak, the huge windfalls they can bring in. However, this
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