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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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Golf club launches a devilish 666 yard hole
A Wiltshire golf club has launched a hole that measures 666 yards and is calling it ‘The Beast’.
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More than 1 in 2 non-golfers are put off the game by dress codes
More than 50 per cent of people who do not play golf would consider playing the game if they were subjected to a relaxed dress code.
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Golf clubs are using mystery shoppers to boost standards
Golf Development Wales has been sending ‘mystery shoppers’ to golf clubs all over the country in a bid to raise standards at the venues.
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3 in 4 golfers pick their course based on online reviews
A survey of 4,000 golfers has found that a huge three in four of them will read online reviews before deciding which new course to play.
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England Golf asks for ideas to grow participation
England Golf is embarking on a listening exercise to get as many ideas as possible to grow golf, its new chief executive has announced.
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A third of a Scottish island’s population work on a golf course
A third of the entire population of the Scottish island of Jura work on a golf course that hasn’t even been built yet.
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Another golf club is victim of huge fraud scam
Waterlooville Golf Club in Hampshire has also been swindled out of scores of thousands of pounds, it has been revealed.
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What will Justin Rose’s gold medal mean for golf
England Golf believes Justin Rose’s spectacular gold medal at the Rio Olympics will inspire people in the UK to try golf for the first time – and participation could even rise rapidly.
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Riddlesden lost half its membership in just three years
An 89-year-old Yorkshire golf club that closed down earlier this year lost half of its membership between 2012 and 2015.
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Golf and golf club praised for helping people with Parkinson’s
Rudding Park Hotel, Spa and Golf in Yorkshire has been praised for helping people with Parkinson’s – the latest of several clubs in the last few weeks that has helped people with physical ailments.
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7 jailed for planned heist on Old Course Hotel
Seven men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for planning a unique raid on the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews which would have had ‘huge implications’ for golf if they had been successful.
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Golf club gets an undertaker to sponsor hole called ‘The Coffin’
West Lothian Golf Club has been praised for getting a local funeral director to sponsor a hole that is called ‘The Coffin’.
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Nike’s decision to partially leave golf came on same day Adidas reported huge recovery
The decision by Nike Golf, one of the biggest sponsors of the game in the world, to partially exit the industry, came on the same day that Adidas reported a recovery in its golf business.
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Two golf clubs receive £150k grant from Sport England
Two Hertfordshire golf clubs are receiving nearly £150,000 between them to spend on refurbishments and improvements thanks to grants from Sport England.
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Toro distributor Lely sold to Royal Reesink
The turfcare activities of one of the biggest companies in the UK golf club industry, Lely, have been sold to major Dutch company Royal Reesink.