Alistair Dunsmuir
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Dress codes are a hugely contentious issue in golf, but could they even be costing your club income?
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Six giant wind turbines are to be built overlooking the ‘home of golf’ at St Andrews, as several golf clubs are facing the issue of having turbines erected nearby.
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Bernard Gallacher, who nearly died at a golf club in August, is to lead a campaign that will urge golf clubs to purchase defibrillators
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AGCO is set to take legal proceedings against the UK government over the issue of VAT in golf, following an email from HMRC that has been overturned.
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A Yorkshire and Derbyshire club operator has introduced affordable golf coaching for women, for customers across the four venues it owns.
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What we learnt about golf club management this month.
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The Scottish Golf Union and Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association have launched a three-phased marketing campaign to encourage golfers to join their local golf club.
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The 1995 Ryder Cup-winning captain, Bernard Gallacher, has regained consciousness after suffering a suspected heart attack last week, Wentworth has revealed.
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Owners of Cherkley Court have said they are “appalled” with a high court judge’s decision to stop turning it into a highly exclusive golf club that would be antithetical to public ‘need’.
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The top 10 things we learnt about golf club management and the golf industry in the last few weeks.
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A new survey finds that just 12 percent of golf clubs have mobile-friendly websites and most managers do not seem to even know how their website performs on a smartphone.
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Your marketing strategy needs to adapt to the changes the game has experienced in recent years, writes Daniel Chidley, but that’s not as difficult as it may seem.
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Everton, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Southampton, West Bromwich Albion and Hull agree to work with local golf clubs and schools to provide golfing opportunities to children.
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David Mears is the managing director of Highspeed Group. Here, he analyses the plethora of legislation affecting greenkeepers today.
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Addington Court Golf Centre has built a ‘FootGolf’ course at its venue in a bid to attract a new type of paying customer.
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The golfer who caused national outrage by beating to death a defenceless turtle is now likely to have got away with his crime.
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Wigan Athletic Football Club suddenly closes down Charnock Richard Golf Club, despite assurances just days ago that it would remain open.
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The long-running chief executive of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA), Sandy Jones, has joined the board of England Golf.
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In the last few weeks I’ve been in three different golf clubs – all within a few miles of each other – and wanted to access the internet on my phone or tablet at all three.
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A charity that aims to get more women involved in sport has called for sponsors of the Open to pull out as the host golf club does not allow women to be members.
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Troon Golf, the world’s largest operator of golf clubs, has announced that it will be building par three courses within some of its 18-hole courses to attract new types of golfers.
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Council-owned golf courses were, for much of the 20th century, second only to private members’ golf clubs in terms of their use by the general populace.
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The secretary of Royal St George’s Golf Club in Kent has appeared live on BBC’s Newsnight, talking about ‘belly putting’ with Jeremy Paxman.
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A VAT expert has said that the government’s proposed amendments to CASC, which provides tax relief for golf clubs, are unworkable and the ‘politics of envy’.
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Royal Troon Golf Club has been granted planning permission to build a wall of sand to block out views of a nearby caravan site.
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has agreed to provide £20,000 of funding to golf professionals to teach food hygiene as part of their lessons to children.
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A new PGA survey has found that there are 4.2 million golfers in Great Britain and Ireland, but female participation remains very low.
