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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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Club profile: Gullane Golf Club
The world-famous Scottish club has three courses, two clubhouses and one vision to see that it never falls behind – ensuring continued investment in its facilities.
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Meet Scottish Golf’s performance director, Clare Queen
Clare talks about how her role is helping golfers transition from talented amateurs into professionals – and why young people, especially girls, should give golf a try.
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Historic Scottish golf club permanently closes
An Edinburgh golf club that was over 100 years old has closed down – with reports suggesting that its membership had fallen to just 20 people.
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Derision follows call for golfers to wear hard hats
A number of golfers and people who work in the golf industry have derided a recent call for golfers to wear hard hats in a bid to reduce golfing-related injuries.
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Suffolk golf club wins VAT ruling against HMRC
A tribunal has ruled in favour of a golf club that it was exempt from paying VAT on its green fees and against Her Majesty’s Revenue and Custom (HMRC), which had said this was tax avoidance.
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Are all the Mack Golf clubs still closed down?
Half of the eight UK Mack Golf clubs that closed down last month have reopened and only one will definitely remain closed, according to research by The Golf Business.
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Andrew Minty on membership retention
Langland Bay GC’s director of golf details the secrets behind successful golf club membership retention.
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Alan Oliver on membership retention
Alan Oliver, the club secretary at Silloth on Solway Golf Club in Cumbria, believes a golf club manager should adopt five ‘things to consider’ when it comes to retaining members.
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Meet the PGA pro: Andrew Agnoli
The Head of Academy at Topgolf UK, who is an AA PGA Advanced Professional, explains how the Topgolf model is being used this month to attract more women to the game.
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Scottish Golf to set up Young Person’s Golf Panel
Youngsters who are passionate about golf are being urged to apply to become a member of a pioneering new programme to help drive the future of the sport.
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Registration has opened for largest-ever BTME
Registration has opened for the British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association’s (BIGGA) largest-ever BTME and Continue to Learn event, which will take place in January 2019.
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Greenkeepers are risking sunburn and cancer
A new survey of 154 greenkeepers has found that many do not use sufficient protection against sunburn and skin cancer.
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All of these golfing words or phrases are real
A survey of 686 golf enthusiasts has found the words or phrases which most fans of the sport have no idea what they mean.
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One golf club closes, another enters liquidation
As an example that some facilities are still struggling, one UK golf club has closed and another has entered liquidation in the last week.
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Major changes for Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa
Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa in Merseyside is to undertake major improvements to its non-golf offerings.