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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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Meet the courses manager: Sam Rhodes
Sam, who looks after Woodhall Spa GC in Lincolnshire, talks about what his role entails and the major refurbishment of the world-famous Hotchkin Course
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Andrew Minty to contribute for The Golf Business
The winner of the 2015 ‘Golf Club Manager of the Year’, Andrew Minty, director of golf at Langland Bay Golf Club, is to write a regular column for The Golf Business.
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Here’s three issues I discovered while editing the magazine in the last month
From clubs cashing in on their land values to an academic study on 70 English golf clubs, November was a month of new trends for the industry, writes Alistair Dunsmuir
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England Golf to reduce the number of people on its board
The body that runs amateur golf in England is to modernise how it is governed and will reduce its board members from 15 to 12.
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Interior design tips for your clubhouse
A clubhouse has the potential to be a huge revenue generator from events, but interior design is key. Three interior clubhouse design experts detail what is proving attractive in 2017
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Wales Golf to create gender neutral junior competitions
A number of junior Welsh golf competitions in 2018 will be gender neutral for the first time ever, Wales Golf has announced.
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Welsh golf club saved days after entering administration
A Welsh golf club has been bought out of administration just a few days after entering it – saving 12 jobs.
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Meet the manager: Oxford GC’s Stephen Nicholson
He talks about how he became one of the youngest golf club managers in the country – of one of the oldest clubs, plus the club’s plans to improve its finances
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New drive to recruit more BAME golfers
A project to encourage more people from diverse ethnic communities to get involved golf is to result in support for English clubs.
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Royal Dornoch forms reciprocal deal with American golf club
One of the UK’s leading golf clubs, Royal Dornoch in Scotland, has formed a reciprocal deal with The Country Club of North Carolina.
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Can my employees be disciplined for committing a criminal offence?
This guidance from the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association (NGCAA) looks at the legal standing of employers if their employees have committed a criminal act
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Pilot project to get women golfing has been huge success
A pilot project involving golfing challenges and a novel scoring system on short courses led to a large number of women joining golf clubs in 2017, its organiser has said.
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UK golfers are ditching foreign holidays to golf in Britain
The chief operations officer at Redefine|BDL Hotels has said that many British people who previously travelled abroad to play golf are now choosing to visit UK clubs.
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What does the British Golf Industry Association do?
The British Golf Industry Association (BGIA) is one of the most important organisations in the industry but do you know what it actually does?
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Club pro saves rare owl after chasing it through people’s gardens
The head professional at Thorpeness Golf Club in Suffolk has saved a rare Ural owl following a bizarre and almost literal wild-goose chase through several people’s gardens.