Alistair Dunsmuir
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England Golf has reported that golf participation in 2023 was up compared with 2022’s high numbers, and nine-hole golf has seen a sharp rise.
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A golf course operator that was established in 2019 has taken over its third golf club.
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A Scottish golf club has become the third UK venue in a few days to reveal that more than 100 people joined it in the last 12 months, while a Portuguese venue has stated 2023 was its best year ever.
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The boom in golf participation in the last four years has resulted in some golf clubs reintroducing joining fees, a new survey has found.
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From a royal club wanting to be treated by its community as a flexible working location to some salient points made about saving a nine-hole course, 2023 ended with an idea of trends we might expect to see in 2024.
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An Ayrshire charity that runs three golf courses has carried out a series of redundancies – and has been accused of not realising that at least one of the managers it was letting go also worked as a greenkeeper.
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A Scottish golf resort that fell into administration a few months ago has been rescued and major expansion plans for it ‘to rival Gleneagles’ have been revealed.
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A Scottish golf club’s bid to build a family home, which would have been “essential to the daily operations”, has been rejected.
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A London council is facing criticism for its proposal to close down a popular golf course.
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Vandals have caused damage that is believed to be in excess of £100,000 to a golf course in Essex.
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A Scottish golf club has revealed a wealthy American businessman has made a surprise offer to buy it.
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A historic Cumbrian golf club that saw a membership slump a decade ago has found that 2023 has been its most successful year in modern history.
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A golf club with stunning views overlooking Falmouth Bay has been sold to a local husband and wife team.
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The biggest golf operator in the Netherlands, BurgGolf, which operates six courses, has formed a partnership with Europe’s largest golf course management company, UGolf International, which runs 100+ venues.
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A Yorkshire golf club that opened in 1911 has closed down.
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Lundin Golf Club in Fife has announced extensive plans to enhance its course, originally designed by Old Tom Morris in the 1860s and later extended by James Braid.
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A Berkshire golf club has said its young adult section has grown exponentially in the last three years.
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Shorter versions of golf, driving range entertainment and midweek golf have all seen huge growth this decade, according to evidence from the last month.
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After what will be 37 years of employment with The R&A as a rules official and referee, David Rickman has announced he will be retiring in 2024.
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A golf club in Lancashire has seen a surge in memberships in just the last few weeks and it believes it is down to having a link with one of the stars of the Ryder Cup.
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A car has been found burnt out on a Scottish golf course after the vehicle was ignited in the middle of the night.
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The CEO of golfing charity Get Golfing, Edward Richardson, has passed away.
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A new survey has found the surge in participation in the last few years has been disproportionally spread out across the times people play, as midweek afternoon golf has seen the biggest rise.
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A new survey of UK golfers has found 18 percent of non-members of clubs are planning to join a club within the next year.
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The first update to the World Handicap System (WHS) has received praise from golf course designers for helping ‘move away’ from the belief that golf has to be played over 18 holes.
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A man known as ‘The Iron Golfer’, because he has carried out several extraordinary golfing feats, has broken the word record for the fastest nine-hole round of golf in history.
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New golf participation data for the third quarter of 2023 in Great Britain has found more rounds were played for most of July to September than in any previous year bar 2020.
