Alistair Dunsmuir
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Last March Aaron Galbraith started his dream job as director of golf at Canterbury GC – just before the first lockdown. Here, he takes us through the last, incredible, 15 months of his career.
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The American Golf store at Liverpool Golf Centre has reopened following a £400,000 investment.The shop provides 14 jobs and state-of-the-art services for all types of golfers.
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Scottish Golf has launched a scheme that will allow golfers who aren’t members of clubs to obtain a handicap for the first time ever.
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A golf course that users feared had permanently shut because it remained closed from March 2020 to May 2021, has finally reopened.
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The property company, U+I, has agreed to hand over the lease of Arkley Golf Club in Hertfordshire to charity Get Golfing for the next 25 years.
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All the main trends in the industry at the moment are driven by the surge in participation, here is our pick of the main three from the last month.
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In his first interview since his car accident, Tiger Woods has said his primary focus is regaining strength in his injured right leg.
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Whitby Golf Club in Yorkshire has gained more than 100 members in the last year, thanks to the participation surge in golf due to the pandemic.
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New research from The R&A has found that the number of people in Great Britain who have played golf on a full-length course in the last year has surged to 5.2 million.
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Golfers in England who are not members of English golf clubs will be able to obtain official handicaps for the first time ever from early July, England Golf has confirmed.
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A golf club in Manchester is to host a Muslim golf day, in which only halal food will be served, no alcohol or gambling will be involved and prayer arrangements will be made for golfers.
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A golf ‘entertainment complex’ is set to open in Berkshire this July, boosted by the current demand to play the game and the recent growth of modern driving ranges.
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The oldest golf club in Oxfordshire has said it has been so busy since it reopened in late March that it is reintroducing a waiting list for memberships.
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The QHotels Group has become the latest owner of golf venues to announce that it will invest heavily in them, against the backdrop of increased participation.
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Congratulations to Hannah McAllister, who has been named as the new CEO of Wales Golf.
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A Yorkshire venue has become at least the sixth UK golf club in the last few days to be sold as one agent says: “[There is currently] strong ongoing demand for golf businesses.”
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Plans to convert a former farm into a major new golfing destination next to St Andrews are to be consulted on this week.
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A golf club that saw its clubhouse destroyed by a fire recently has submitted a planning application for a new building.
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UK golf clubs, particularly ones in Scotland, that rely on overseas visitors for business are facing an extremely challenging 2021, even despite the participation surge.
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A golf club captain has said he fears that youngsters could be deterred from playing golf due to the spate of cases of vandalism at venues in recent weeks.
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A golf club that hosted the Welsh PGA Championships twice during the 1990s is the latest golfing venue to be bought in the last few days.
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A popular municipal golf club that Luton Borough Council was considering closing down has been saved – for the time being at least.
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A new survey of female golfers finds they’re much more likely to have been introduced to the game later in life than men were.
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Greenkeepers are struggling to cope with an infestation of crane fly larvae on golf courses, following a ban on pesticides, according to a report.
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At least four UK golf clubs have suffered fires in the last two weeks – and all are believed to have been the work of arsonists.
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New data on the number of tee times booked at British golf clubs in March and April reveals significant growth compared with April before the pandemic started.
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Two major UK golf clubs have been sold in the last few days, meaning that four leading venues have been purchased in a little over a week.
