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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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New municipal golf club opens
A council-run golf club has opened in Ayrshire – and it already has more than 180 members.
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Get Golfing acquires another golf club
The rapidly growing charity Get Golfing has taken on its eighth golf club in just the last year to bring its total portfolio to nine venues.
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Tottenham set to take over golf club
Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur are set to take over the lease of a North London golf club which has controversially not reopened.
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A rough guide to dismissing employees
A golf club may find it necessary to consider the dismissal of an employee. This factsheet from the NGCAA sets out the broad legal position and procedure to be aware of.
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Hitachi announce £60 million profit
Hitachi Capital Consumer Finance, one of the UK’s leading retail point of sale providers, has announced profits of £60.2m and a growth in market share, illustrating resilience despite volatility in the lending landscape in the last year.Â
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Spectator who was hit by a golf ball loses court case
A spectator at a golf event who was hit on the head by a golf ball has failed to win his claim against the golfer, the golf club and The Golfing Union of Ireland.
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Golf course that closed in April 2020 is now set to reopen
A Scottish golf club that controversially closed down just before the surge in golf participation that has been driven by the pandemic started, and has since become run-down, is set to reopen.
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UK Golf Federation launches free handicaps for non-members
The UK Golf Federation, an association of several golf clubs, has launched software that gives golfers who aren’t members of clubs official handicaps for free ‘for life’.
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Police place a dispersal order ring around an entire golf course
Police in London have become the latest to tackle antisocial behaviour on golf courses – by authorising dispersal powers around an entire golf course for 48 hours.
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‘It’s finally looking very positive’
Last March Aaron Galbraith started his dream job as director of golf at Canterbury GC – just before the first lockdown. Here, he takes us through the last, incredible, 15 months of his career.
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Increase spend and the bottom line with CardsSafe
With CardsSafe, golf courses can safely retain bank and ID cards, offering the opportunity to up-sell in the clubhouse and protect rental equipment from becoming ‘lost’.
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Here’s what Liverpool Golf Centre’s new store looks like
The American Golf store at Liverpool Golf Centre has reopened following a £400,000 investment.The shop provides 14 jobs and state-of-the-art services for all types of golfers.
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Scottish Golf launches non-member handicap scheme
Scottish Golf has launched a scheme that will allow golfers who aren’t members of clubs to obtain a handicap for the first time ever.
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Saved! Golf course finally reopens after March 2020 lockdown
A golf course that users feared had permanently shut because it remained closed from March 2020 to May 2021, has finally reopened.
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Get Golfing charity takes over the running of Arkley Golf Club
The property company, U+I, has agreed to hand over the lease of Arkley Golf Club in Hertfordshire to charity Get Golfing for the next 25 years.