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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 clubs and employment tribunals
In its latest article offering legal advice to golf clubs, the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association (NGCAA) explains how to handle matters correctly in order to avoid or reduce their exposure in potential claims.
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How to manage your micro manager
In his second of a two-part article on micro managers – bosses who excessively supervise their staff – golf sector trainer Frank Newberry provides tips on how to ‘manage’ your micro manager.
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Here are the finalists for next month’s Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year
The British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA), alongside Toro and Reesink Turfcare, has revealed the 11 finalists who will contest this year’s Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year Awards.
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A dreadful month for Scottish golf clubs – but there is hope
Here’s three ways the Scottish golf industry is coping with the difficulties it is currently facing according to The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir.
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Another historic Scottish golf course closes down
Mount Ellen Golf Club in Lanarkshire has become at least the fourth Scottish golf club to close in the last few months.
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Scotland’s first Topgolf centre to feature three-tiered driving range
Topgolf, the entertainment company which has been highly successful in England where there are three venues, is to open its first in Scotland.
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Meet the golf club managing director: Julie Wannop
The managing director of Eden Golf Club talks about the industry’s changing attitudes towards women and what the club has been doing to attract non-golfers to use its facilities.
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Major golf event will offer free sanitary products to all spectators
Next month’s Solheim Cup, the women’s version of the Ryder Cup in which Europe take on the USA, will be the first major golf competition to tackle period poverty and it will feature an all-female police command structure.
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England still dominates Europe’s golf course table
A new R&A report on golf around the world has found that more than three-quarters of all the golf courses in existence are located in just 10 countries.
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Here’s some gift ideas for golfers
The PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando is an excellent opportunity to look at new and innovative products that could form gifts for golfers.
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‘Financially unsustainable’ golf club sold to a charitable trust
A private members’ golf club in Lincolnshire has been sold to a charity that preserves land and buildings of national importance.
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Glasgow golf club hoping to build flats to generate revenue
A golf club in Glasgow has submitted a planning application to build 14 flats in a move to generate ‘much-needed revenue’.
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TYM Tractors launches two flexible finance offers
TYM Tractors, via Reesink Turfcare, has launched two finance options to help UK golf clubs get the tractor they need.
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Scottish Golf CEO calls for doctors to prescribe golf
The CEO of Scottish Golf, Andrew McKinlay, has called for the game to be prescribed on the NHS to help combat mental and physical health problems.
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£15 million investment for public golf course
A golf course in Liverpool is set to be transformed by a £15 million investment – which will almost certainly be the largest investment in a municipal golf facility in British history.