Alistair Dunsmuir
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A new report has found that 117 golf clubs in England, about six percent of the total number, are at high risk of serious flooding.
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St Andrews Links Trust, Prestwick Golf Club and Kirkby Valley Golf Course have become the latest venues to announce major clubhouse projects in the last few days.
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Hendon Golf Club, which is in an area of London that has a large Jewish population, has been the victim of shocking antisemitic vandalism.
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Two historic and prestigious golf clubs in Scotland have agreed to significant financial changes in order to safeguard their futures.
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BGL, which runs 10 golf venues in the UK, has appointed the managing director of Warner Hotels, Simon Thompson, as its new chief executive officer, replacing Colin Mayes.
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The biggest golf club operator in the UK could be up for sale before the end of this year.
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More golf clubs, particularly in Scotland, could close down after three fell in the same week last month, an industry leader has warned.
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Bolton Council has granted planning permission for Bolton Old Links Golf Club to demolish its 19th century clubhouse.
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As we review the last month in the UK golf industry, we conclude that there is much to be optimistic about even though we did lose three UK golf clubs.
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New figures measuring golf participation show there was a huge increase around the world between 2022 and 2023.
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A new survey of golfers in the UK and Ireland has found only 22 percent of regular golfers are satisfied with the year-round condition of their home golf course.
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A third UK golf club – and the second in Scotland – has announced it is closing down in less than one week.
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A golf club that was fully operational just days after it was hit by a large fire has thanked a neighbouring club for loaning it course machinery after its equipment had been destroyed in the blaze.
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A second UK golf club has announced it is closing down in the space of two days.
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A Scottish golf club has closed with immediate effect following its annual general meeting.
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A US company that develops golf clubs around the world has unveiled plans for a significant resort expansion to The Village at Machrihanish Dunes in Argyll, Scotland, including a new 18-hole golf course.
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Three major English golf clubs have opened their new-look clubhouses this week.
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Data on 200 golf clubs in the UK and Ireland has shown they averaged over £25,000 of green fee income in August 2024, the third best-performing month ever, after June and July 2020.
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The Cabot Collection has strategically invested in a second European golf resort in the space of two weeks.
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Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland is set to spend more than £5 million on a clubhouse redevelopment project.
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The Blairgowrie Golf Club’s ladies’ section has celebrated 100 years since female golfers gained equal status to male golfers at the club.
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The 22 golf courses at six golf centres and four golf clubs that Burhill Group Limited (BGL) Golf operate saw a sharp year-on-year increase in rounds played in April, May and June, bucking the national trend.
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One of the world’s greatest golf venues has received £5 million in funding to build an energy efficient clubhouse that will open in 2025.
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From venues investing in revenue streams in addition to golf to clubs battling coastal erosion, it’s been a month in which challenges have been highlighted.
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The owner of a major golf resort in Scotland has said it will make “announcements regarding UK and European acquisitions” in the future, after investing in its first French resort.
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Nexxchange GmbH has successfully acquired all shares of Sysgolf SRL, Italy’s leading golf software company, which serves more than 200 golf courses.
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A golf course in Buckinghamshire is to be redesigned after balls reportedly hit nearby cars, smashing one window and cracking the windscreen of another.
