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Tom Phillips begins work as the new CEO of the Ladies European Tour (LET)
Tom Phillips has officially begun his new role as CEO of the Ladies European Tour (LET), marking the beginning of an exciting new era for the tour and for women’s professional golf globally.Â
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Meet the golf club manager: Elaine McBride
The general manager of The North Berwick GC talks about a career including the army and turning around a community golf club, the perception of golf within society and why she is a huge fan of NLP.
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Should your golf club streamline its committee?
Experienced golf club manager Adrian Cooper argues that having boards with too many people on them holds many golf clubs back.
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In their own words: Robert Maxfield
The CEO of The PGA talks exclusively to The Golf Business about the crucial work PGA professionals are doing to introduce the game to children.
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Leading golf resort sees rapid rise in women members
One of Europe’s leading golfing resorts is to host its first-ever women-only pro-am after seeing a rise in its female members by more than a third in the last 12 months.
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Another closed 18-hole golf course could reopen as a nine-hole venue
One of two golf clubs in Lincolnshire that closed down last November could be revived as a nine-hole course.
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Nottinghamshire golf club is not in trouble despite press reports
The owner of Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club has hit back at reports that the club is in financial trouble.
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Golfer avoids jail after throttling fellow player
A golfer who throttled and later punched a fellow player who had criticised his etiquette because he didn’t shout ‘fore’ has avoided jail.
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Acclaimed golf architect Mark Parsinen passes away
The co-designer of both Castle Stuart Golf Links and Kingsbarns Golf Links, Mark Parsinen, has died, aged just 70, after suffering a stroke.
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Chesfield Downs becomes The Club Company’s 14th golf club
Chesfield Downs Golf and Country Club in Hertfordshire has been bought by The Club Company from Crown Golf.
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Historic golf club appoints first ever female captain
Wenvoe Castle Golf Club in Wales has appointed a woman as its club captain for the first time in its 83-year history.
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Just 1.5% of American greenkeepers are women
More female golf club managers, greenkeepers and course architects would drive greater profitability in the golf industry, says an expert on inclusion in business.
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‘Playing golf at night is so much fun’
The Ladies European Tour ran its first-ever night golf event last month, in which participants commented on how much fun it was. Golf clubs, meanwhile, are also tapping into this entertaining and different format.
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Meet the course manager: Phil Helmn MG
We speak to Goodwood’s general manager of Sports Turf, Grounds & Gardens about maintaining a cricket pitch, an airfield and a horse racing track in addition to two 18-hole golf courses.
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How to win two tickets for the Solheim Cup
Ahead of the 2019 Solheim Cup at Gleneagles, Scottish Golf has unveiled a ‘Club Ambassador Programme’ in a bid to help clubs in Scotland benefit from the tournament.
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Nigel Church retires from Ransomes Jacobsen
After five decades in the greenkeeping industry, Nigel Church has retired from Ransomes Jacobsen. Here, former colleagues Ian Mitchell and Peter Driver look back on the career of an industry titan.