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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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Man who lost his business during Covid lands dream greenkeeping job
A man who worked in finance until the pandemic has launched a new dream career as a greenkeeper after a large corporation gifted apprenticeship funding to a local golf club.
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‘We provide free lessons to 30,000 beginners every year’
Antoine Nizan from UGolf Bluegreen talks about working for one of the biggest golf club operators on the planet and how the biggest academy in the world, featuring 200 pros, is introducing the game to people.
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“I’m six foot four and some of these bunkers are above my head”
London’s newest golf course, The Inspiration Club, has invested more than £700,000 in more than 65 bunkers and over 600 square metres of bunker face.
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Northenden Golf Club invests in AIR-EZE FAIRWAY Shoe Cleaner
Nestled amidst the verdant landscapes of Northenden Golf Club, a new era of fairway excellence has begun with the introduction of the AIR-EZE FAIRWAY Shoe Cleaner.
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Ladybank invests in Ventrac equipment
Ladybank Golf Club, situated in wooded heathland in Fife, is the latest Scottish golf club to purchase Ventrac equipment to assist in the maintenance of its challenging heathland championship course.
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Another golf club to install padel courts
An Essex golf club has become the latest to say it will install padel courts at its venue.
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London Golf Club plans for major expansion
London Golf Club is planning on a major expansion that will include a new hotel and spa, to make it a ‘health and wellbeing-focused leisure destination’ in Kent.
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“If we didn’t have the American golfers, we probably wouldn’t be here”
A senior director at one of Scotland’s top golf clubs has said that Americans account for more than half of business at top-end golf courses and hotels in Scotland during the summer season.
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Golfing glasses the pros use to their advantage
Some pro golfers, such as Cameron Smith, can be seen wearing designer sunglasses because of an eye condition, in his case, pterygium.
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Meet the new club ambassadors
In the last few months a number of golf clubs have looked to the women’s professional game to appoint ambassadors to practice at the club, and promote themselves, golf and their venues to female golfers.
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How many members are shopping at your club?
Charlie Hartley from Foremost Golf discusses the percentage of club members that are spending their time and money at their golf club’s pro shop and outlines how to prevent members looking elsewhere.
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Toptracer install at Gloucester Golf Club brings business back from the brink
A 350 percent increase in balls hit at Gloucester Golf Club’s driving range in 2023 results in a dramatic change of fortune for the venue.
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Aquatrols registers six wetting agents
Aquatrols has fully registered six of its premium wetting agents, Revolution, Aqueduct, Dispatch Sprayable, Fifty90, Primer Select and Firmway, under the latest EU Fertilising Product Regulations (FPR) 1009/2019.
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“The Toro Grandstand means more efficient mowing”
The GrandStand is a stand-on mower, meaning it’s smaller and more compact, allowing greater access to smaller areas than a ride-on.
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Club introduces dementia-friendly golf lessons
Bromley Golf Centre in London is teaching dementia-friendly golf sessions to support local people living with dementia, and their carers.