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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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Royal Dornoch asked to pay £2m for grazing rights
The historic Royal Dornoch Golf Club has been asked to pay £2 million to a crofter in exchange for him giving up his right to graze sheep and cattle on its land.
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Ethical funding body gives golf club £27k to aerate course
The not-for-profit ethical funding organisation and environmental body, SUEZ Communities Trust, has granted Ravensworth Golf Club in Gateshead £27,000 to spend on aerating its course.
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Number of golfers with a smartphone doubles in 4 years
A survey of how people use the internet has found that 90 per cent of golfers now have a smartphone, meaning the number has doubled in just four years.
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Endangered butterfly species now growing thanks to golf greenkeepers
A species of butterfly that had been in decline for a number of years is now growing in Ayrshire thanks to greenkeepers working at golf clubs.
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Golf event raises staggering amount for charity
A golf day at Stoke Park Country Club has raised more than £140,000 for charity – thought to be the highest amount ever raised in one day at a UK golf club.
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What does Brexit mean for the golf industry?
Adrian Houstoun, a partner and VAT specialist at top 20 accountancy firm Kingston Smith LLP, analyses what Britain’s decision to leave the European Union will mean for golf clubs – especially in relation to VAT on green fees
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Golf club has bizarre issue of tourists building sandcastles in its bunkers
A leading Scottish golf club has revealed that it has had to tackle the bizarre problem of tourists in the area walking onto its course and building sandcastles in its bunkers.
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Golf operator goes extra mile to get beginners golfing
Britain’s UK’s largest golf club operator, Crown Golf, which runs 22 venues, has taken a never-seen-before approach to get people who haven’t tried golf to take up the game.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing Golf Club Management in September
From TripAdvisor reviews to new evidence of the health benefits of the game, September was a month the industry can benefit from for years to come
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Four Cumbrian brothers achieve amazing golfing feat
Four brothers from Cumbria have all hit a hole-in-one in the last three years. It is thought this is the first time this has ever happened in the UK.
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Scottish club crowdfunds £8,000 for irrigation system
A junior-friendly Aberdeenshire golf club has raised nearly £8,000 for a new irrigation system after it crowdfunded the money.
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Our two biggest complaints with golf clubs are not what you might think
Research by a golf equipment superstore into what people talk about most when leaving a negative TripAdvisor review for a golf club has found that two areas stand out – and they’re not what you might think.
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Members go to local newspaper to complain about state of their golf club
Disgruntled members of Beacon Park Golf Centre in Lancashire have taken the extraordinary step of complaining about its state to their local newspaper in a bid to see improvements carried out.
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Golf is so good for you that doctors should prescribe it says public health agency
The health benefits of playing golf are so considerable that doctors should effectively start prescribing it, says a government organisation.
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G-Mac: Golf needs to be a quicker and more fun game to play
Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell has said golf needs to be quicker, sexier and less elitist as new data shows participation is still falling.