Alistair Dunsmuir
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A golf course in Staffordshire could be reconfigured to accommodate the construction of a padel centre.
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From new data that shows participation is still growing to large golf groups investing in more facilities, the year has got off to a promising start.
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One of the oldest golf clubs in Scotland has elected the first woman to hold its most senior management position in its 130-year history.
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Buckinghamshire Council is looking for a tenant to run an established golf course.
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The R&A has announced that The 155th Open will be played at St Andrews from 11-18 July 2027.
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Lexden Wood Golf Club in Essex has said it “is set for a significant transformation that promises to benefit both golfers and the local community” following its sale.
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An adventure golf facility that operates out of two sites in Scotland has become the first ever non-golf club to be affiliated with Scottish Golf.
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St Andrews Links Trust is in “advanced discussions” to add an eighth course to its world-famous portfolio.
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Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa in Merseyside has been sold to Lisbon-based Harland & Poston Group for an undisclosed sum.
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A Leicestershire golf course that closed down in 2016 is to be reopened with a new clubhouse and hotel, and potentially more than 130 lodges and a spa.
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A 36-hole golf venue, including a hotel, in Gloucestershire, is set to be converted into a private estate.
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Golf in Wales is to receive a £1 million financial boost from the Welsh government.
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A nine-hole golf club in Stockport is to be converted into 278 new homes even though local planners rejected the proposal.
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The UK’s biggest golf club operator, The Club Company, has acquired its 18th club, The Nottinghamshire Golf & Country Club, and its third in less than a year.
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The municipal Uxbridge Golf Course in Middlesex is to close ‘temporarily’, and staff will move to a nearby venue, following a decline in player numbers.
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A review of more than 200 golf clubs in the UK and Ireland has found that visitor income hit a record high in 2024.
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Work to build a state-of-the-art new golf clubhouse and five luxury villas has begun at Felixstowe Ferry in Suffolk, the fifth oldest golf club in England.
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Wales Golf has put a new management team in place, saying that changes to its development department will capitalise on modern demands.
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More rounds of golf were played in England in 2024 than in any year since the World Handicap System (WHS) was launched at the end of 2020.
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The former deputy course manager at one of the UK’s greatest golf clubs has won an unfair dismissal case after he was sacked for failing to report that his digger fell into a hole.
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One of England’s greatest Senior players, Trevor Foster, has passed away at the age of 64.
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A US golf club has said every tee time it had available for 2025 sold out in just 50 minutes.
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A poll by YouGov has found that playing golf is seen by the public as the second most middle class activity people can do out of 12 that were selected.
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The year ended with clubs relocating and others revealing they are experiencing mixed post-pandemic fortunes.
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David Rickman has been appointed an MBE in the New Year Honour’s List for services to golf.
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An Essex council has said it is considering introducing birds of prey to a golf course where crows have been making the greens unplayable.
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The surge in golf participation since 2020 has meant that two hotels in Devon, which both employed a new PGA manager last year, have both now opened a new practice range to signify the importance of their golf offerings.
