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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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Increase revenue with CardsSafe
The CardsSafe system is a cost-effective technology specifically designed to securely retain customer credit, debit and ID cards while customers run tabs or hire a product or service.
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Second Ayrshire club in a year closes
A golf club has closed down in Ayrshire – the second to do so in just over a year.
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Adele McLean named as new managing director of TGI
Adele McLean takes over from Eddie Reid as managing director of major golf retail services group, TGI Golf Partnership.
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Two golf clubs in Bournemouth report shocking vandalism
Two golf clubs in Bournemouth have reported that vandals have attacked parts of their courses.
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Food for thought (part two)
Here’s a look at the advice F&B expert Steven Brown provides to golf clubs on all areas of their operations, to make their bars and restaurants more profitable.
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Meet Your Golf Travel’s product and contracting manager: Tony Roche
Two years ago we profiled Tony Roche, then manager of The Warwickshire, about his job. Today he’s the product manager at Your Golf Travel. We asked him about his change in career and what his new job entails.
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Melanoma Fund launches scheme for golf clubs
As part of the Slip! Slap! Swing! campaign, the Melanoma Fund in launching a sponsored sunboard scheme to get free sunscreen dispensers into 100 golf clubs to benefit the wellbeing of members and greenkeepers.
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Walmley Golf Academy builds facility for people with disabilities
Walmley Golf Academy & Foundation CIC called on Huxley Golf to help the team realise an industry first: a fully inclusive teaching facility that could equally support people with disabilities and able-bodied players.
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Entries now open for Toro Student Awards
Entries for the Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year Awards 2024, the industry’s most recognisable and longest standing awards for student greenkeepers, are now open.
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Forthview Golf Range sees 600% increase in five years
Forthview Golf Range in Falkirk has said it has experienced a colossal 600 percent growth since the implementation of Toptracer technology five years ago.
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Online casinos offering golf betting options report 17% revenue increase following integration of more bonus codes
Golf betting is on the up partly thanks to bonus codes – but what are they?
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More clubs entering into reciprocal partnerships with each other
Four golf clubs in Ireland have renewed a reciprocal partnership to offer more advantages and value to their club members, while three clubs in Kent have created a joint marketing initiative.
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Clubs closed more for than twice as normal due to winter weather
Record rainfall and high winds over the last six months has seen ‘unprecedented’ course closures and one club even fearing for its future.
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Here’s three leading talking points from stories from the last month in the UK golf industry
From a club marketing itself to parents of babies to more clubs reporting strong results, the golf industry appears to be in a very healthy position as it heads into the start of the golfing season.
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Meet the PGA professional: Peter Hammond
The PGA professional at Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club on the Isle of Wight for the last 34 years, and new TGI Golf Partner of the Year, Peter Hammond, explains how the club has continued to grow in recent years.