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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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You do not need a credit licence to allow members to pay on an instalment plan
Articles regarding the regulation of golf membership finance are causing golf clubs unnecessary concern.
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Hannah McAllister named as new CEO of Wales Golf
Congratulations to Hannah McAllister, who has been named as the new CEO of Wales Golf.
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“There is strong demand” as another UK golf club is bought
A Yorkshire venue has become at least the sixth UK golf club in the last few days to be sold as one agent says: “[There is currently] strong ongoing demand for golf businesses.”
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Consultation to begin on new multi-million pound Scottish golf resort
Plans to convert a former farm into a major new golfing destination next to St Andrews are to be consulted on this week.
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Golf club plans to fund new clubhouse via housing
A golf club that saw its clubhouse destroyed by a fire recently has submitted a planning application for a new building.
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How Clandeboye Golf Club romances the stone
Clandeboye Golf Club is home to several miles of dry stone walls, parts of which have collapsed. A group of members meet every Monday to restore this beautiful part of the landscape.
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Golf clubs that rely on overseas visitors still severely disrupted
UK golf clubs, particularly ones in Scotland, that rely on overseas visitors for business are facing an extremely challenging 2021, even despite the participation surge.
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Spate of golf course vandalism ‘could put juniors off playing golf’
A golf club captain has said he fears that youngsters could be deterred from playing golf due to the spate of cases of vandalism at venues in recent weeks.
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Visiting San Diego’s golf tournament
There are many immigration choices available to golfers to compete professionally in any golf tournament in the USA.
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Ways to be certain that online slot sites are fair
The snag with online slots is that you may begin to wonder whether the slots you want to play are fair or not.
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Welsh golf club is latest to be bought
A golf club that hosted the Welsh PGA Championships twice during the 1990s is the latest golfing venue to be bought in the last few days.
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Municipal course that was earmarked for closure is saved
A popular municipal golf club that Luton Borough Council was considering closing down has been saved – for the time being at least.
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Survey finds women typically introduced to golf at an older age than men, and by a partner
A new survey of female golfers finds they’re much more likely to have been introduced to the game later in life than men were.
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‘Do not rest on your laurels’
Participation had been falling for years prior to the pandemic, and it may do so again. Here, Sam Thompson takes us through research that details why there was a decline.
