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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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Club dealing with media storm as greenkeeper is suspended for giving water to animal sanctuary
A golf club is dealing with a negative publicity storm after it suspended one of its greenkeepers, after he allowed a neighbouring animal sanctuary to take some of its irrigation water in an emergency.
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‘The worst is over for most golf clubs’
The director of an organisation that markets golf clubs to potential buyers has said that the worst of the financial problems that has beset the industry has come to an end.
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This golf club’s bunkers are made of recycled beer bottles
The sand in the bunkers of Beauchief Golf Course in Sheffield is now made of recycled glass from beer bottles from the club’s bar.
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Giant holes ‘would save golf’ says master greenkeeper
One of the most respected golf course consultants in the world has become the latest high profile figure to state that increasing the size of hole cups in golf would be hugely beneficial to the game.
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Is your in-house monthly direct debit subscription scheme now exempt from the Consumer Credit Act?
Does the recent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) change allowing some 0% instalment schemes to be unregulated mean your in-house monthly scheme is exempt from the Consumer Credit Act?
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Vivien Saunders: Why I’m standing against David Cameron
Golf club owner and tax campaigner Vivien Saunders has announced that she is standing for parliament at the forthcoming election – against prime minister David Cameron in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney.
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Shock as Brocket Hall enters administration
One of England’s premier golf clubs, Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, has entered administration.
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Why Peter Alliss is wrong about gender equality
Peter Alliss has said that gender equality has led to thousands of women giving up golf. We look at the evidence – and find a very different conclusion.
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Only 25% of men want to play golf with women
A new survey has found that men play a huge role in tapping into the massive potential of women golfers – but they need to change their attitudes first.
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Should a golf club remove a picture of a former captain if he is a paedophile?
It might not be a question every golf club committee has to debate, but it is one that is vexing a club in Lancashire after it emerged a former captain is a paedophile.
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Golf’s biggest sponsor: The game has to change
The head of sponsorship for HSBC, probably the biggest sponsor of golf in the world, has said that the game is at a crossroads and must now change.
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Greenkeeper sues club after slicing foot with chainsaw
A greenkeeper is suing Downfield Golf Club for a five-figure sum of money after slicing his foot with a chainsaw while working there.
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History made as HMRC agrees to pay VAT back to private golf clubs
After several years of legal wrangling, HMRC has agreed to make substantial payments to hundreds of private members’ golf clubs for overpaid VAT by April.
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Golf club managers vent fury over loss of Open coverage
Several golf clubs and their managers have expressed their anger that the Open Championship will not be shown live on terrestrial television from 2017.
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Middle-aged men are swapping golf for cycling
A new report has found that middle-aged men are increasingly swapping golf for cycling, because cycling is seen as a more welcoming and fun activity.