Alistair Dunsmuir
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Sir Alex Ferguson has been named as the new captain of De Vere Mottram Hall. The news comes just one week after he retired as the manager of Manchester United.
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Four British golf clubs have all been saved from being closed down in the last few days.
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There’s an informative article on dress codes in the June issue of Golf Monthly, which includes a poll of golfers that has some interesting results.
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One of Britain’s leading golf club managers has said ‘whinging and negative’ committee members are threatening the futures of their own golf clubs.
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The chief executive of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) has warned golf clubs against offering non-golf services that could raise income.
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Appeal court judges in Scotland have stunned the golf industry by announcing that a golf club must pay a substantially higher proportion of damages than had been previously ruled, after a golfer lost his eye when he was hit by a ball.
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A liquidated Scottish resort has been partially saved after a deal was struck with a landowning family that has an association with the club’s villas.
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The head of the world’s largest operator of golf clubs has said that golf needs to get its ‘head out of the sand’ and start offering much quicker rounds.
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Rob Pointon is the general manager of Mid Yorkshire Golf Club.
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Dave Carlisle is the golf club manager of Garforth Golf Club in Yorkshire.
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Gordon Forster is the general manager of Abbey Hill Golf Centre in Milton Keynes.
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Golf pro and marketing expert Sean Mysel explains how his venue partnered with a major sporting team in the USA, and the benefits that this has brought both parties.
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A Surrey club has come up with an innovative way to attract visitors – by offering an event that requires competitors to excel at both golf and poker.
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One club that does now offer flexible memberships is Crowlands Golf Centre in Essex.
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The authority that runs golf in the USA is to dramatically address the pace of play issue that it says is hurting the health of golf venues.
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The Scottish government is funding a £20 discount off most first-time golf club memberships for children between now and the end of April.
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An English golf venue is calling for members of smaller golf clubs to be charged reduced annual subscriptions via a deduction in their affiliation fees to England Golf and their local county golf union.
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Golf pro and marketing expert Sean Mysel discusses what can be learnt from a club in California that managed to reduce the average length of a round of golf by nearly an hour by its members and visitors.
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The chief executive of The R&A has urged golf clubs to offer something shorter than 18 holes of golf in order to attract new players.
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The owner of one of the biggest new golf courses in London has announced he intends to build another three in the city within the next seven years.
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Bob Williams has been appointed as the chief executive of the Golf Club Managers’ Association (GCMA).
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A new survey has found that golfers are taking longer than they would like to complete a round of golf and that some are even put off playing the game because of it.
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One way a golf club can potentially increase income without spending any significant sums of money is via free marketing.
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The manager of a London golf club has said that venues are struggling more now than ever before, and that those that don’t offer free coaching are likely to go under.
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The chief executive of the Golf Club Managers’ Association (GCMA) has announced he is leaving his post.
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Being an active member of a golf club could add three and a half years to an elderly person’s life, a new survey has found.
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A major new survey of the golf industry has found that 70 per cent of British golf clubs reported a profit last year – up from 56 per cent in 2010.
