Emma Williams
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The British Golf Industry Association (BGIA) is increasing awareness that buying or passing on counterfeit golf products is illegal.
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The 2017 Turkish Airlines Open trophy that Justin Rose has won was flown in by hoverboard.
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2018 dates for Reesink Turfcare’s industry-leading courses have been announced. For the first time the guide is accessible online only, with bookings taking place now.
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A master greenkeeper who is also the manager of a golf club has joined a synthetic golf bunker specialist that is expanding rapidly.
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A Lincolnshire golf club that says its revenue is outperforming its competitors says the growth is due to customer service and investing in itself.
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A finalist of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent is getting involved in a campaign to encourage more girls to take up golf.
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The body that runs amateur golf in Wales has decided to change its name as part of a major rebranding exercise.
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The world’s oldest golf course, Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course, could be partly owned by a Chinese businessman, according to newspaper reports.
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An Essex golf club is set to become an even more pivotal member of its local community because it will be the location for the local air ambulance’s landing base.
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A new study on physical, social and mental health has found that people who volunteer to help the golf industry can experience the sort of benefits expected from therapy and medication.
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The men’s and women’s Scottish Opens, both held at Dundonald Links in North Ayrshire this July, led to significant benefits for the local economy.
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A professional golfer has quit the Ladies European Tour (LET) citing concerns about gender pay gap issues and instead will study business at university.
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A proposal to change the way organisations in Scotland pay business rates could have a major impact on the golf industry.
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Roxburghe Hotel and Golf Course in the Scottish Borders is back on the market after its sale to a leisure group fell through.
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Four English counties have been selected to work on a project over the next two years to get more juniors involved in golf.
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The daughter of the former European Ryder Cup captain, Bernard Gallacher, Laura, has married the comedian and activist Russell Brand.
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A Spanish golf club has become the latest in Europe to open up an on-site vineyard.
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A 100-year-old man who plays golf twice a week has been profiled on ITV News – and he says the game has prolonged his life.
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A project that promotes golf tourism to Italy has said the country’s golf clubs have seen a stunning 25 per cent rise in green fee income from foreigners in just the last two years.
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A greenkeeper at a Southampton golf course is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a 40 foot tree fell on him during high winds.
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Arguably the world’s most famous golf commentator, Peter Alliss, has been given honorary membership of The Blairgowrie Golf Club in Scotland, which he designed one of the courses of.
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An event to support type 1 diabetes research has raised nearly £160,000 – thought to be the highest ever raised for charity from a golf event.
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This is what a golf green can look like in the summer if it hasn’t been irrigated properly for months.
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A couple have been accused of robbing two golf clubs in Northern Ireland in ‘opportunistic’ attacks.
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One of the oldest golf clubs in the world is set to crowdfund for £5 million to stop the course falling into the sea.
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Roxburghe Hotel and Golf Course in the Scottish Borders has become the latest golf club to be bought by a leisure group.
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The UK’s newest golf course, set against the background of Hampshire Cricket’s home, is opening – and it already has a full membership.
