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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.
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Two clubs gain approval to build housing
Two golf clubs have both received planning permission to build homes which could secure their futures.
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BRS Golf and Golf Genius: Success Stories
This year the number of new customers adopting the joint ‘Competitions & Handicapping’ solution has increased by 85 percent year-on-year.
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Warm welcome awaits for Royal Lytham visitors
Championship golf venue Royal Lytham & St Annes has further boosted its visitor offering with completion of upgraded changing facilities in the clubhouse.
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Portugal announces restrictions on irrigation at golf clubs
As a survey reveals golf courses are using far less water than they used to, drought-hit Portugal has announced that irrigation of them in the Algarve will be restricted.
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18 Welsh clubs benefit from sustainability grants
Nearly 20 golf clubs in Wales have benefitted from grants totalling just under £40,000 to help them foster nature, improve water efficiency and reduce emissions.
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Fires ‘deliberately’ started at golf course
A golf course that has its future up in the air has suffered a spate of seemingly deliberately-started fires during the recent heatwave in the UK.
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Nearly 400 golf clubs now offer GolfSixes
The R&A has revealed that 386 golf clubs in Great Britain and Ireland now offer the junior tournament GolfSixes, which will be rolled out to six new countries.
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Golf club managers are working in kitchens due to vacancies
A survey has found that there are widespread vacancies for staff at the moment, so much so that golf club managers are increasingly on rotas to work in kitchens.
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Campaign launched in Wales to get people playing golf
An animated campaign has been launched in Wales to encourage people to play golf to improve their health and lifestyle.
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Profile: The London Golf Performance Academy
The London Golf Performance Academy, based at two golf clubs, is only five years old but plans to go from strength-to-strength as soon as this year.
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Legal advice: General meetings (part two)
This is the second part of a guidance note covering information and advice on the conduct of general meetings for incorporated golf clubs.
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Review of Club Management World Conference 2022
At this year’s conference one of the main topics was how to address the staffing crisis in the global golf club industry that has arisen in the last two years. Chris Duffy reports.
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Golf club profile: Kirkby Lonsdale
The Cumbrian club has seen a large increase in members in the last year – and many of them are younger and female golfers.
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Victoria Falls could lose heritage status if golf course is built
The United Nations has informed the governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia that Victoria Falls could lose its unique heritage status if a golf course is built at the site.
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Golf club in Kent to close due to proposed road crossing
A golf club in Kent has said it will close at the end of August as its directors have agreed to sell the land to make way for a proposed road crossing to link Kent and Essex.