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Meet the golf club owner: John Adamson
The owner and director of Ramside Estates & Ramside Hall in County Durham, John Adamson, talks about the venue’s growth from a hotel in the 1960s to one of England’s leading golf resorts today.
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Second UK golf club closes down amid Covid-19
One month after Magnolia Park Hotel and Golf Club in Buckinghamshire closed down, a second UK golf club since golf courses reopened – this time in the Midlands – has gone into liquidation.
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Golf clubs can now collect membership fees via direct debit AND be FCA compliant
A new and automated online system has been launched that allows golf clubs to collect annual membership fees using direct debit while ensuring the club is FCA compliant.
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‘We’ve cut plastic bottles by 120,000 per year’
Lumine Golf Club has an ambition to be the most sustainable golf course in Spain. Here we detail what the venue is doing to bring that about.
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Scottish club expected to post large financial loss
A major Scottish golf club is set to post a six-figure financial loss due to Covid-19.
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Meet the golf club manager: Anders Mankert
Last year PGA Advanced Fellow Mankert opened The Leicester Golf Centre – a nine-hole venue located where an 18-hole course had permanently closed eight years earlier. Here he talks about what happened next – both in 2019 and amid this year’s pandemic.
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Golfers and golf club employees urged to wear sun protection
A campaign has been launched to get 500 golf clubs in the UK and Ireland ‘Sun Protection Accredited’ in 2020.
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Surge in sales of golf clubs since courses reopened
At least 12 golf clubs have either been sold or come onto the UK market in the last two months as the growth in demand for golf seems to have led to renewed confidence among buyers.
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Every English golf club can now apply for a £10k grant
Every golf club affiliated to England Golf can now apply for a Covid-19 grant of up to £10,000.
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The Club Company becomes the UK’s biggest golf club operator
Crown Golf is no longer the UK’s biggest golf club operator, as it has sold six of its 15 golf clubs.
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Golf club ‘may have to close down’ due to vandals
A golf club in Bolton has said it may have to close down because it has been repeatedly targeted by vandals who have caused thousands of pounds-worth of damage and intimidated members.
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Golf course reopens just six months after it closed down
A Scottish golf club has reemployed its head greenkeeper and partially reopened, just six months after it closed down.
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Essex golf club to have unique dual-operation model
A golf club in Essex has, unprecedentedly, been bought by two organisations – one a company that will run its clubhouse, the other a charity that will operate the golf course.
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A golf club in Bristol has signed up 140 new members in the last two months
One of Somerset’s leading golf clubs says it has brought in 140 new members since the lockdown ended – which it views partly as a reward for investing in the course in recent years.
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Golf project finds mental and physical benefits for children
A project carried out between one of the world’s greatest golf clubs and one of Scotland’s leading universities has found that golf can have a positive impact on children’s behaviour and wellbeing.
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Historic Yorkshire golf club sold – and its future is secured
A 19th century golf club in Yorkshire that had experienced financial struggles in recent years has been bought by a new company, securing its future.