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Meet the golf club manager: Anthony Tarchetti
The general manager of Chart Hills Golf Club in Kent, Anthony Tarchetti, talks about the major transformations the venue has seen in the last six years, which means, for example, it now offers year-round golf on firm, consistent fairways.
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Kingsbarns and St Andrews to reopen on the same day
Kingsbarns Golf Links and St Andrews Old Course Hotel, Resort and Spa have announced they will both reopen on the same day – August 1.
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How to practice golf at home
To keep your game sharp, here, The Belfry’s Director of Golf, Chris Reeve, shares his top tips on golf training at home.
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Golf club proposes to build 800 homes
A golf club near Watford is planning to build hundreds of homes on land it owns.
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Golf club owner calls for courses to remain open if there’s a second wave
The owner of a golf club that nearly closed down for good because of the coronavirus lockdown has asked England Golf to help ensure golf courses remain open if there is a second wave of infections.
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Golf club ‘booming’ 4 months after fearing it would close
Another Scottish golf club has said it is experiencing a boom – just a few months after fearing it would close down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Berkshire venue stops being a membership golf club due to Covid-19
A golf club in Berkshire has been so badly hit by Covid-19 that it cannot afford to have members anymore – and will become a pay-and-play venue instead.
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Second UK golf club closes down amid Covid-19
One month after Magnolia Park Hotel and Golf Club in Buckinghamshire closed down, a second UK golf club since golf courses reopened – this time in the Midlands – has gone into liquidation.
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Golf clubs can now collect membership fees via direct debit AND be FCA compliant
A new and automated online system has been launched that allows golf clubs to collect annual membership fees using direct debit while ensuring the club is FCA compliant.
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‘We’ve cut plastic bottles by 120,000 per year’
Lumine Golf Club has an ambition to be the most sustainable golf course in Spain. Here we detail what the venue is doing to bring that about.
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Scottish club expected to post large financial loss
A major Scottish golf club is set to post a six-figure financial loss due to Covid-19.
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Meet the golf club manager: Anders Mankert
Last year PGA Advanced Fellow Mankert opened The Leicester Golf Centre – a nine-hole venue located where an 18-hole course had permanently closed eight years earlier. Here he talks about what happened next – both in 2019 and amid this year’s pandemic.
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Golfers and golf club employees urged to wear sun protection
A campaign has been launched to get 500 golf clubs in the UK and Ireland ‘Sun Protection Accredited’ in 2020.
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Surge in sales of golf clubs since courses reopened
At least 12 golf clubs have either been sold or come onto the UK market in the last two months as the growth in demand for golf seems to have led to renewed confidence among buyers.
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Every English golf club can now apply for a £10k grant
Every golf club affiliated to England Golf can now apply for a Covid-19 grant of up to £10,000.
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The Club Company becomes the UK’s biggest golf club operator
Crown Golf is no longer the UK’s biggest golf club operator, as it has sold six of its 15 golf clubs.