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Golf Ireland celebrates Rory McIlroy’s Masters win
Golf Ireland has extended its congratulations to Rory McIlroy following a sensational back-to-back victory at the Masters in Augusta.
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Golf club forms deal with Tottenham Hotspur
Hertfordshire golf club Brocket Hall has agreed a corporate partnership with Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur.
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Crown Golf to tackle slow golfers
Crown Golf is trialing pace of play software to root out slow golfers and a flexible membership programme to attract golfers who do not want to pay for unlimited access to a course.
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What we learnt about golf club management in October
What we learnt about golf club management in October.
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More golf clubs to build lodges
Three more golf clubs have announced plans to build holiday lodges on their courses.
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Strict dress codes ‘can be bad for a golf club’s business’
Dress codes are a hugely contentious issue in golf, but could they even be costing your club income?
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Six giant wind turbines for St Andrews
Six giant wind turbines are to be built overlooking the ‘home of golf’ at St Andrews, as several golf clubs are facing the issue of having turbines erected nearby.
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Kent club offers free birthday rounds
A Kent golf club has introduced an innovative marketing hook – golfers receive a free round if it is their birthday.
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Unique golf club partnership launched
Three south west golf clubs have created a unique golf club partnership in which members of one venue receive full membership of the other two for free.
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Flexible membership schemes have been a success
Several clubs introduced flexible membership schemes this year – and they have brought in large numbers of new members seemingly everywhere.
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Bernard Gallacher to lead heart campaign
Bernard Gallacher, who nearly died at a golf club in August, is to lead a campaign that will urge golf clubs to purchase defibrillators
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‘Adventure Golf’ being used to attract women and children to the game
Golf clubs that are installing ‘adventure golf’ courses aimed at children are seeing huge direct and indirect financial benefits.
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Clubs urged to adopt social media policy
The legal advisor to the NGCAA has said that litigation over social media has reached such an extent that it has become essential that golf clubs implement a social media policy.
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Call for clubs to employ younger staff
The head greenkeeper of a leading golf club has said clubs will continue to struggle as long as their committees fail to employ younger staff as managers.
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AGCO to take government to court
AGCO is set to take legal proceedings against the UK government over the issue of VAT in golf, following an email from HMRC that has been overturned.
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Britain’s most exclusive golf club to open
An exclusive golf club with £200,000 joining fees aimed at super-rich foreigners is set to open at St Andrews in less than three years’ time. It will be the only private members’ golf club at the ‘home of golf’.