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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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Can Rahm and Hovland provide European golf boost?
Out of the last 23 majors, only five have been won by European players, notably Jon Rahm, who was the only European to emerge with credit from the Ryder Cup, winning the US Open in 2021.
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Council plans to convert 27-hole golf club into housing
North Somerset Council has stated that a 27-hole golf and country club could be converted into a housing estate under its plans to build more homes.
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How to improve golfers’ feedback of your venue
A neuroscientist has written a paper that states that there are seven pillars of golf venue design that underpin the psychological experience of the user.
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Two more golf clubs report vandalism
The police have issued statements surrounding two English golf clubs after reports of vandalism in recent days.
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Greenkeepers find 95-year-old buried message
Greenkeepers at Golf House Club, Elie in Scotland have found a 95-year-old packet of cigarettes in a bottle, which contained a message written by greenkeepers in the 1920s, hidden on the course.
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Club ferries golfers from the airport in battery-powered vehicle
A Scottish golf club is chauffeuring guests both to and from the local airport and from its clubhouse to its lodges in a fully electric van.
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Meet the PGA professional: Craig Haugh
The head professional at Fereneze Golf Club in Glasgow, Craig Haugh, talks about catering for an increase of 150 members, stock control amid supply issues and growing the junior section.
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Devastation to golf clubs as storms wreak havoc
Golf clubs across Scotland and northern England have been posting shocking pictures of the devastation to their courses after they were hit by recent storms.
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Woman named first ever female captain of a golf club in Ireland
Dungannon Golf Club in Northern Ireland has become the first golf club in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to appoint a woman as its overall captain.
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Here’s three of the most significant developments from January for the golf industry
From pandemic year two golf participation data showing even better results than year one, to this publication getting a new publisher, we look at important developments in the golf industry in January 2022.
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Gareth Bale becomes R&A ambassador
Footballer Gareth Bale has been named as a global ambassador for The R&A – a role that will see him inspire new audiences around the world into playing golf.
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£240k municipal driving range in Merseyside opens
A new 10-bay driving range, located at Bootle Golf Course in Merseyside, has opened.
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Golf club to end memberships
A golf club has applied for planning permission to build lodges that will reduce the length of its course – a move that may result in it only allowing guests staying at the lodges to use the venue.
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Scottish course set to undergo major development
A golf club in Argyll and Bute in Scotland is set to partner with one of Britain’s largest housebuilding companies in order to undertake a major renovation project.
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“A tremendous privilege”
Anders Mankert’s ‘Golf Scholarship’ programme has now been running for more than two decades. Here he talks about some of its notable successes and his plans for it in 2022.