A member with a little knowledge about their lawn shouldn’t advise the course manager – and one with a little finance knowledge shouldn’t advise the club on major purchases, writes Golf Finance’s Malcolm Pennycott.
Kilspindie Golf Club has its hands on a new used Reelmaster 3550-D as part of Reesink’s ReeOwn scheme that refurbishes and rehomes preloved Toro equipment.
Featuring venues such as Apes Hill Barbados, Terras da Comporta, Quinta do Lago, La Hacienda Links Golf Resort and Costa Navarino, here are some of the winners at the World Golf Awards in Abu Dhabi.
Two prestigious golf clubs, which both counted Winston Churchill as a member, have experienced burglaries recently, with one of them seeing £90,000-worth of its trophies stolen.
A golf club in Essex has suffered tens of thousands of pounds-worth of damage after vandals broke in and smashed up its driving range technology.
Ian Melham, Head of Membership Services, Foremost Golf, offers advice on planning ahead for 2024.
SALTEX is Europe’s largest and leading sports turf, amenities and landscaping trade exhibition, and will be held at Birmingham NEC on 1-2 November 2023.
Visitors to SALTEX 2023 will be the first to see the latest in the electric offering from Kubota UK, as stand C070 provides the European launch platform for the next addition to the eco-friendly line-up.
Leading the way in the amenity and grounds management market, the OAS team will be available on stands G060 and G057, offering turf management solutions for all grounds managers and greenkeepers alike.
With a power source for the future, the Groundsmaster e3200 is Toro’s first all-electric outfront rotary mower – and it debuts at SALTEX 2023 on the Reesink UK stand.
A golf and country club in Durham that was struggling this time last year is now investing significantly in itself.
A golf club in Wales hopes to almost triple the size of its driving range and build a new building to contain a pro shop and refreshment facilities.
This year is set to break last year’s record for the highest number of rounds of golf played by members of clubs in the UK and Ireland in history.
Should your golf club risk alienating existing, older, members, by converting the driving range into an entertainment centre that would probably attract younger people? Or could there be a middle way?
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The head professional Dumfries & County Golf Club, James Erskine, talks about swing studios, introducing the game to thousands of children and how TGI Golf has helped his business for several years.
Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) has announced the expansion of the Origin Turf Science and Technology Centre team and the promotion of one of its key people.
The winner of the Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year Award has been named as Michael Russell, assistant greenkeeper at Ormskirk Golf Club in West Lancashire.
A golfing charity is to build the UK’s first disability-friendly putting green at Walmley Golf Club – thanks to support from Sutton Coldfield’s historic charitable trust.
A West Midlands golf course has been vandalised after a car crashed through gates and then drove onto a green and a fairway – but the greenkeeping team had the green back in play later the same morning.
A golf club in Yorkshire is to invest heavily in its facilities.
Two municipal Scottish golf courses that were told they would be closed down just one week ago have both been rescued.
At this year’s club championships at Royal Ascot Golf Club, 120 golfers enjoyed live scoring, PA announcements across the course and branding hubs on selected tees.
Wenvoe Castle in Wales relied on its volunteers during the pandemic – and they were so successful that a group of volunteers now plays a key role in improving the James Braid course and the listed clubhouse.
A US golf course that closed down at the start of the pandemic is to be revived – and the venue will, for the first time, realise the architectural ambitions that were put together for it in the 1930s.
CardsSafe remains one of the most affordable ways to help golf courses protect their rentals in the pro shop and up-sell on-site by offering a secure and trusted way to operate customers’ clubhouse tabs.
Phoenix Sports and Leisure Club has secured a huge £200,000 worth of new Toro equipment in the club’s first ever lease deal with local dealer Cheshire Turf Machinery.
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