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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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‘How we’ve uplifted the presentation of the estate’
Peter Pattenden, golf courses and estates manager at Carden Park, looks at how the versatility of turf maintenance equipment he first purchased in 2017 has helped him overcome winter challenges.
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Which bookmakers offer the best golf betting odds?
Different bookies offer different odds on golf tournaments – but is any one better than the others?
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Small business ideas to start at university
A lot of students come up with the most creative ways to get a steady income.
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7% pay rise recommended for golf club staff
The Committee for Golf Club Salaries (CGCS) has recommended a seven percent increase in the salaries of golf club staff for 2024, and nine percent for assistant greenkeepers.
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Historic club offers lifetime memberships to fund coastal erosion work
One of the world’s oldest links venues, Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club, is offering a lifetime overseas golf membership to help pay for protection against storms.
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Centurion Club plans to build 10 more holes
An 18-hole Hertfordshire golf club has submitted a plan to build 10 additional holes.
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Golf strategy: How to make smart decisions on the course for lower scores
Golf, well known as a game of precision and patience, can simultaneously be a source of immense joy and utter, devastating frustration.
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Thieves stole 10,000 golf balls from club
Thieves stole more than 10,000 golf balls from a golf club in Kent that had just reopened after years of closure in an overnight raid shortly before Christmas.
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The history of golf attire in the UK
From Mary, Queen of Scots to the present day, a dress code, for reasons ranging from performance to decorum, has been used and can make sense, writes Kiran Kanwar, but, ideally, a balance should be struck.
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Dorset venue to entirely close down
A golf club, hotel and spa in Dorset that said it would close its golf operation down this year has now announced that the entire venue will permanently close.
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BTME preview
A number of companies and products will be exhibiting at BTME this month, from January 23 to 25, at Harrogate Convention Centre. Here we look at some of the main exhibitions.
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CardsSafe helps golf clubs securely retain customers’ bank and ID cards
“With CardsSafe, we can safely store customers’ cards whilst they enjoy their round of golf.”
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CEO of The R&A, Martin Slumbers, to step down
Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A and secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, is to step down by the end of 2024 after what will be nine years in the role.
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The average UK golf club generated £164k in green fee income in 2023
New research of nearly 200 golf clubs has found that the average club in the UK and Ireland generated £163,952 in casual green fee income in 2023 – eight percent higher than the previous record year of 2022.
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Rolls of Monmouth to build driving range
An historic Welsh site, which became a golf club in 1982, with a Grade II-listed manor house for a clubhouse, is to build a driving range.