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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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Wentworth to charge £125,000 joining fee
Wentworth Club in Surrey is to raise its joining fee from £15,000 to £125,000 amid reports that it wants to get rid of its high net worth members because they are not rich enough.
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Carin Koch: Dress codes put women off golf
European Solheim Cup captain Carin Koch has said that several golf clubs are missing out on thousands of female customers by having restrictive dress codes.
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These clubs are abandoning ladies’ tees and here’s why
More than 30 UK golf clubs have abandoned ladies’ tees in an effort to encourage improving golfers, retain ageing players and promote social golf.
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These are the golf clubs that have been put up for sale in the last few months
A raft of golf clubs have been put up for sale in the last few months, carrying on from 2014, in which more UK golf clubs were put on the market than in any other year in history.
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BBC TV presenter Naga Munchetty: Golf is an amazing game for women
BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty has said that finding golf has changed her life and that the sport is fantastic for women.
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Lee Westwood: Golf needs larger holes, a two-hour format and an image overhaul
Leading golfer Lee Westwood has said that the game of golf needs an urgent image revamp amid worrying data about participation trends.
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Participation in golf: The shocking facts over the last seven years
Golf in England has lost more than 200,000 weekly, and well over 400,000 monthly, players in just the last seven years, according to new data.
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‘Golf club committees are killing golf clubs’
A pioneering student who has been given a four-figure business grant to develop a product that could benefit golf clubs has said that their backward-looking committees are destroying their own venues.
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Ian Poulter praises Sky Sports over British Masters
Leading British golfer Ian Poulter has thanked Sky Sports for helping get the British Masters back on the European Tour schedule.
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US golf club has golfers ‘surfing’ fairways between shots
An American golf venue has introduced a radical new way to get golfers to quickly play the course and in a fun way – golfers can hire carts that allow them to surf fairways.
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Rory McIlroy has an innovative way to get kids into golf
World number one golfer Rory McIlory has said that more children will play golf if the world’s best golfers have more athletic bodies.
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Golfer plays an amazing 18 different courses in one day for charity
The captain of Pleasington Golf Club in Blackburn has played an incredible 18 holes at 18 different golf courses – on the same day – for charity.
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Nairn loses £185k green fee VAT repayment case
A private members’ golf club has lost a VAT repayment claim case about in which it called for the government to pay it back £185,000 in taxes.
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Debt-ridden club to lose its clubhouse
A Yorkshire golf club that became mired in debt is to lose its clubhouse, which will be converted into a luxury property.
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Four historic golf clubs could merge into one due to loss of members
Four of the world’s most historic golf clubs, which are all located in the same Scottish town, could merge into one venue because all four have suffered significant drops in members in the last few years.