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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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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.
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Simulator golf is going mainstream, but venues are missing out on software, says new report
Simulator golf is growing fast, with 43% of venues opening since 2020, but new research of more than 2,600 venues finds only 11% run a league or competition platform and just 0.5% have a CRM system or app.
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Former Grove general manager Anna Darnell joins Emirates Golf Club
Congratulations to Anna Darnell, who moves to Emirates Golf Club in Dubai after 21 years at The Grove in Hertfordshire, where she rose from corporate golf co-ordinator to general manager.
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Tim Cowley takes over as head professional at St Enodoc
Former Royal Ashdown Forest head pro Tim Cowley succeeds Nick Williams after 45 years at St Enodoc and will lead the shop’s move in-house for the first time since 1890.
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“Almost every club that closes could have stayed open”
The co-founder of Link Golf UK, Andrew Terry, which operates seven golf clubs, argues that club closures are rarely caused by one big disaster, but by years of deferred decisions and volunteer committees left to run a business they never signed up for, and sets out how his company’s model aims to change that.
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“Golf is a fantastic way to meet new people”
As Oxford Ladies Golf Club marks its 125th anniversary, members Nesta Jones and Carol Whittle reflect on a combined 94 years at the club – a hole-in-one, a closed clubhouse bar and thousands of rounds later.
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Meet the head professional: Craig Lewis
Bray Golf Club’s head professional, Craig Lewis, talks junior golf, his 12-year partnership with TGI and how his club’s busy coaching programme sits alongside a thriving ladies’ scheme and a well-stocked retail shop.
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Spey Bay Golf Club put up for sale for offers over £1.5m
Spey Bay Golf Club has been put up for sale for offers in excess of £1.5m, just three years after it was acquired by US-based LinksDAO, the golf organisation founded around cryptocurrency, NFTs and Web3 technology.
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The secret to stronger sales? A stronger team
Paul Cunningham, Business Development Consultant for North West England, the Midlands and North Wales at Foremost Golf, shares insight on why stronger teams deliver better sales and a more consistent customer experience.
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Pádraig Harrington to design first 18-hole course
Pádraig Harrington is to carry out a major redesign project at Seapoint Golf Links in Ireland, with the course set to close from January 2027 before reopening in spring 2028 with four new holes, seven new green complexes and an upgraded irrigation system.