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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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£120,000 course redesign was egg-stremely unnecessary
A golf course owner has said he nearly had to spend thousands of pounds redesigning his course to make it safer – but discovered that nearby ‘wayward balls’ had actually been dropped by birds.
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Three tips for marketing to younger golfers
Marketing expert Martyn Gill provides three simple tips to make promoting your golf club to younger people more easy
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Golf participation in England has risen for first time in years
After more than a decade of year-on-year steep falls, golf participation and club membership in England has risen in the last year.
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‘More Vardy than Vardon’ – football used to get kids into golf
Charity the Golf Foundation has teamed up with 16 football clubs to host the ‘StreetGolf Championship’ in a bid to take advantage of the current excitement about Euro 2016 and get more children playing golf.
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Mackenzie ‘trail’ shows benefits of golf clubs working together
A UK golf club designed by Augusta National architect Alister MacKenzie, which teamed up with eight other venues to form a ‘golf trail’, has said every club can benefit by partnering with its competition.
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This man has been a member of his golf club for more than 82 years
A nonagenarian Norfolk golfer has broken the world record for the longest running golf club membership ever – and claims the health benefits from golf has kept him living so long.
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Lockerbie Golf Club NOT ‘on the brink of closure’
Lockerbie Golf Club has said that, contrary to reports in the Scottish press, it is not on the brink of closure, although it has had its rent slashed for the next two years.
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Royal Troon calls urgent meeting to change men-only constitution
The host of this year’s Open Championship, Royal Troon, has unexpectedly announced that it proposes to allow women to become members just two weeks before the event takes place this July.
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Golf used to warn kids about the dangers of fires
Firefighters in Wales have come up with an innovative way to teach children about the dangers of fires – by creating a unique and fun golf course in which every hole has a fire-related theme.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt about the industry while editing Golf Club Management in May
From the contentious issue of concessions for elderly golfers to that Muirfield vote, here’s the top three things Alistair Dunsmuir learnt about the industry while editing Golf Club Management in May.
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#GetintoGolf extended to Scotland this summer
The #GetintoGolf campaign, which England Golf believes led to 3,900 people joining golf clubs last year, is being extended to Scotland for this summer.
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Scenic golf course down to just 15 members
One of the most picturesque golf clubs in the UK, Isle of Barra GC in Scotland, could close as it is down to just 15 members, even though membership costs just £75 per year.
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Call for legal action against golf clubs if they breach Equality Act
A golf club administrator who says that some golf clubs are failing to comply with the Equality Act has called for an awareness campaign to be started and even for legal action to be taken against some venues.
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Golf clubs are growing their memberships by offering 9-hole golf
At least two golf clubs in Scotland have said their memberships have grown because they have been offering 9-hole competitions.
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Dogs blamed for causing damage to Dundee’s golf courses
Two golf clubs in Dundee have made a plea to local dog owners to do more to stop their animals causing damage to their greens.