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Meet the golf club manager: Anthony Tarchetti
The general manager of Chart Hills Golf Club in Kent, Anthony Tarchetti, talks about the major transformations the venue has seen in the last six years, which means, for example, it now offers year-round golf on firm, consistent fairways.
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Meet the golf club manager: Darren Attwood
The club secretary of Royal Jersey GC talks about being in the unprecedented position of spending the last two decades managing a prestigious club where he has also been a member since the mid-1970s.
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How to make more from corporate golf
Corporate golf offerings are a way for a golf club to earn significant revenues. Here, we look at how two maximise this – including recruiting big name professionals to be on hand for lessons.
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The redesign of Prince’s Golf Club
The Kent golf club has three loops of nine holes, which are all being redesigned. The first has now been completed and the result is stunning.
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A look at the new Royal Norwich golf course
In September Royal Norwich GC moved to a new home a few miles away. We speak to its estates director about the course management work that went into this and his role as a member of the club’s board.
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Two of the world’s oldest golf clubs merge amid membership declines
The ninth oldest golf club in the world has merged with another historic club – founded in 1879 – to form a new golf club, in the hope that two struggling venues can cut clubhouse costs and thrive as one entity.
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Four Merseyside golf clubs have their futures secured
Plans to privatise two golf clubs in Merseyside have been dropped by Wirral Council, which has said it will instead invest in both the venues and another two courses.
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Ireland now has more members of golf clubs than Scotland
Ireland has more members of golf clubs than Scotland for the first time since KPMG started comparing the figures of the two golfing unions.
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The extraordinary story of Alison Johns
In 2009, the PGA professional was given five days to live. In 2019 she’s been nominated as the first-ever woman captain of the PGA Midlands region.
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Appointments: Gary Beves named as general manager of Golf at Goodwood
Golf At Goodwood has announced the appointment of Gary Beves, the club’s assistant manager, as its new general manager.
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Why so many clubs are investing in their driving ranges
Several golf clubs have been investing in technology in their driving ranges in recent months as this is now a proven way to attract more customers to their venues.
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HowDidiDo raises £30,000 for Prostate Cancer UK
Hampshire’s Ryan Reece showed how to beat the opposition when he emerged victorious from more than 4,000 golfers to win HowDidiDo’s 2019 How Do We Beat It competition, which raised £30,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.
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The rules of golf: What constitutes a teeing area?
Shona McRae, The R&A’s Assistant Rules Director, details what a teeing area constitutes and advises on the location of tee-markers.
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Golf club bought for more than £40 million
A Canadian hotel operator has bought an Irish golf club for about £43 million in what is one of the biggest golf transactions for several years.
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New governance guide for UK golf clubs launched
A new governance guide for UK golf clubs has been issued as part of a drive to modernise and grow the game.
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‘Last men-only UK golf club to admit women’
One of the oldest golf clubs in the world has announced it is to end its male-only membership policy and will allow female members for the first time in 232 years.