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London-based Hanover Investors has become principal shareholder in Caddies Europe, the group behind GolfStar, which runs 30 courses across 25 facilities in Sweden, Finland and Spain. It is putting in more than £7.8 million to bring in new facilities.

Electric golf trolley brand Motocaddy has been acquired by US private equity firm Corbel Capital Partners, which plans to accelerate its growth in North America, Australia and other international markets. The management team stays in place.

Conwy Golf Club in Wales, founded in 1890 and a Curtis Cup venue, has closed its course and facilities after a fire badly damaged its clubhouse. No one was hurt, and the cause is not yet known.

Water levels have begun to fall at Dumbarton Golf Club following the worst flooding in its 138-year history, but the club faces an uncertain recovery, with extensive course repairs expected and the collapsed River Leven embankment continuing to cause problems.

GolfPod has opened its third UK site, a 10-bay Toptracer range at Rickmansworth Golf Course in partnership with Everyone Active, and says construction of a fourth will begin before the end of 2026.

Bury Golf Club has agreed to join Link Golf UK, with the operator taking over day-to-day running and committing £500,000 of initial investment, after 97 percent of members voted in favour.

Frilford Heath Golf Club has appointed PGA professional and CCM Simon Fowler as its new head of operations, bringing more than 30 years’ experience in golf and hospitality to the Oxfordshire club.

Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire has opened The Penn, a 48-cover restaurant created by two-Michelin-starred chef Tom Sellers, the first of several new dining venues across the golfing estate.

Golf Ireland’s second National Club Survey, based on responses from 261 clubs, found that 72 percent increased their membership over the previous year, 63 percent grew women’s membership and 81 percent are financially stable or profitable.

Newquay Golf Club’s eighth hole usually plays 518 yards, but after Storm Austen it looks like a sandy beach and is playing as a 147-yard par-three.

Elmwood Golf Course in Fife, which was built to train greenkeepers, could close permanently on March 31 after its owner failed to find another operator and gave members until November 6 to express interest in taking over.

From 1 January, David Tuscarny, founder of ChippedIn, will attempt to play 1,000 different courses across mainland Great Britain in 1,000 days, aiming to raise £500,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK and the Golf Foundation in memory of his mother.