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Foxhills’ director of golf Sean Graham on managing 6,000 members and £2m course upgrades
Foxhills’ director of golf Sean Graham discusses the club’s landmark 50th anniversary, the £2 million renovation of the Longcross Course and how a relentless focus on family-centric investment has built a thriving community of nearly 6,000 members in Surrey.
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Club profile: Astbury Golf Club
The Cheshire club, celebrating its 100th birthday this year, has been featured on local television in which a ‘bard of the bunkers’ read out poetry describing the venue’s beauty.
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Will LIV Golf be picked up by an international sports broadcaster?
The likes of Sky and CBS Sports have paid huge amounts to secure the rights to broadcast the PGA Tour, which is threatened by LIV Golf, which means much will depend on the clamour from the public to air the LIV Series.
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6 popular golf apps to improve your game
Are you a newbie or an amateur golfer willing to improve your performance in the sport? These six apps can help you achieve your goals.
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Dunbar Golf Club to build 78 new homes
One of the oldest golf clubs in the world has received planning permission to build 78 new homes, a brand-new clubhouse, a nine-hole short course, golf academy, driving range and new greenkeeper facilities.
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Jack Nicklaus launches golf development in Scotland
Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus has launched the first Jack Nicklaus-branded residential golf community in Europe at Stonehaven, Scotland.
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Building on the green belt is a ‘threat to golf clubs’
A golf club in Surrey has said building commercial properties on nearby green belt land is a threat to its future.
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Job alert: Amenity sales representative in Ireland
Germinal is looking for a new amenity technical sales representative, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, offering excellent product management advice to all sectors of the amenity industry.
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Here’s three major developments from the golf industry in September 2022
The last month was a showcase of how the battle between the threat of inflation and the opportunity of increased participation is playing out in the golf industry.
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Reesink to showcase lithium-powered transport options
The latest lithium-powered transport options for the UK’s holiday resorts will be on display in November as Reesink e-Vehicles showcases STAR EV buggies and utility vehicles, and a KAASPEED scooter.
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Legal advice from the NGCAA: tree legislation
A golf club was recently fined for carrying out work that ultimately led to several trees being felled. However, it could have been avoided with a better understanding of legislation.
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Cost of membership: How clubs can help members in 2023
Energy prices are due to spike this winter and members will be further hit by the cost of living crisis in 2023, so how can clubs help to ease the cost of membership?
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PGA EuroPro Tour to end after 20 years
The PGA EuroPro Tour has announced that this season will be its last season.
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Strokes-gained: Golf’s most sustainable scoring metric?
There is a new metric in town that’s attempting to take GIR to another dimension – ‘strokes-gained’.
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‘Holiday’ resident can not live permanently by Wiltshire golf course
A man who owns a holiday home overlooking Woodbridge Park Golf Club in Wiltshire has been told he can not live there permanently.
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Scottish golf club forms partnership with Glasgow Rangers
Dundonald Links in North Ayrshire has announced a partnership with one of Britain’s biggest football teams.




