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Meet the professional: Martin Heggie
As he prepares to step away from Moortown Golf Club, PGA professional Martin Heggie reflects on four decades of evolving with the industry – and on handing a modern, thriving business to his son-in-law and successor, Eddie Hammond.
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Link Golf UK names co-founder Andrew Terry as its first CEO
Link Golf UK has appointed co-founder and PGA professional Andrew Terry as its first chief executive, as the mostly municipal club operator recently launched its new Link Club arm for private members’ clubs.
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Three Cornish golf courses launch combined ‘Links Experience’
St Enodoc, Trevose and Perranporth have joined forces with The Headland Hotel and Spa in Newquay to launch the Cornwall Links Experience, a single booking for golf, itinerary and accommodation that aims to bring international golfers to Cornwall’s links courses.
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TGI Golf Foundation passes £100,000 raised for good causes
The TGI Golf Foundation has raised more than £100,000 since launching in 2018, helping charities including Make-A-Wish UK and supporting TGI Golf partners and their families in difficult times. Its latest milestone follows a £12,000 donation to Make-A-Wish.
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Northumberland golf club to drop to 12 holes after holiday lodge appeal win
A Northumberland golf and holiday park will be cut from 18 holes to 12 after a developer won a planning appeal for up to 180 holiday lodges and a leisure hub, the latest of several clubs to downsize their courses.
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Salgados Golf Club launches Europe’s first on-course drone delivery service
Golfers at a resort in Portugal’s Algarve region can now order food and drinks via WhatsApp, with an AI concierge processing orders before drones deliver them directly to players on the course.
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Foremost Golf marks five years of Titleist and FootJoy Experience Days
Foremost Golf, Titleist and FootJoy have marked the fifth anniversary of their Experience Days with three events at Hillside, North Hants and Royal Porthcawl, offering Foremost members and their guests product education, fitting sessions and a round of golf.
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How speedgolf can bring new golfers into your club
A round of golf takes four to five hours. Plenty of people would love to play but can’t give up half a day. PGA professional and speedgolf world number two James Hardy explains how speedgolf can bring them into your club, along with new revenue.
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Royal County Down lodges course upgrade plans amid Open bid speculation
Royal County Down in Northern Ireland has submitted a planning application for major changes to its championship course, from the team behind Royal Portrush’s Open preparations, as talk grows of a future bid for the Open.
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Apes Hill Barbados appoints Killian Cullen as director of golf
Apes Hill Barbados has named Killian Cullen, formerly of Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin, as its new director of golf, to lead the Caribbean resort’s golf operation.
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UK golf club operator brings in neuroscientist to review customer experience
Maple Leaf Golf has asked experience neuroscientist Stephen Smith to review the customer offering at its Horton Park venue in Surrey, as it looks to apply brain science to the design of golf venues.
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Ex-Everton striker Victor Anichebe’s firm lodges plans for hotel and clubhouse at Bootle Golf Club
Former Everton player Victor Anichebe’s Lumira Group has submitted plans for a new clubhouse, hotel, padel courts and five-a-side pitches on land next to Bootle Golf Club, as part of a partnership with Sefton Council to bring about £20m of private investment to the area.
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Foremost Golf expands POS support team with three new appointments
Foremost Golf has appointed Richard Osborne as team leader, along with Rohan Martin and Daniel Viney, to its Point of Sale support team as the number of Foremost POS users nears 400. Members will also get a regional support structure, seven-day support and free training.
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Burnt-out stolen car dumped in bunker on Overtoun Golf Club’s second hole
These incredible images posted by Overtoun Golf Club in Clydebank show a stolen car that was set on fire and left in a bunker, hours before a charity Texas Scramble. A 34-year-old man has been arrested.
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Meet the director of operations: Peio Tomasena
A decade after joining what was then Golf du Médoc, director of operations Peio Tomasena talks through the resort’s transformation into Cabot Bordeaux – and why pairing world-class golf with the region’s wine and gastronomy is what sets it apart in Europe’s crowded golf travel market.
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Pin Vision GPS data now available through the Golfmanager app
Clubs using Golfmanager can now give golfers live GPS distances, up-to-date pin positions and pace-of-play tracking in their club app, thanks to a new integration with Pin Vision.