Alistair Dunsmuir
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New data shows that member and visitor golf participation in the UK and Ireland in the first half of 2023 was very strong and showed little sign of a post-pandemic fall.
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A group of eight girls from Nefyn and North Wales golf clubs have just gained their first handicaps under the World Handicap System.
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The community-based golf and entertainment facility, Golf It!, has opened its doors to the press ahead of officially opening on the south bank of Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow.
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Golf has seen a stunning rise in adult participation across the world – by 34 percent in the last seven years.
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Stratford Park Hotel & Golf Club in Stratford-upon-Avon is forecasting back-to-back years of record turnover thanks to the growth in participation in recent years.
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The last month has seen trends from golf clubs forming partnerships with luxury hotel brands to environmental activists vandalising golf courses across Europe.
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A charity that runs golf clubs has taken over its 11th venue – the third in just over a year and the first of what could be many in northern England.
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A golf course that was closed down 16 months ago has been saved and will reopen following what has been described as an emotional council meeting.
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The head PGA pro at Coventry GC since 2014, Martin Sutliff, discusses the benefits he’s seen from a new indoor swing studio, managing stock in the pro shop and why TGI Golf is such a benefit to him.
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In one of the most extraordinary stories to have ever happened in golf, three senior golfers hit four holes-in-one in the same competition.
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Hockley Golf Club in Hampshire has submitted a planning application to develop a sustainable irrigation system.
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A prolific criminal who broke into a golf club and threatened at least one greenkeeper with a knife has been jailed.
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Heritage Golf Club in Mauritius, which features two DP World Tour hosting courses, has said its new clubhouse at La Réserve Golf Links, the Indian Ocean’s only links, will have a green roof.
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The Unison union has called for the Old Course at St Andrews to withdraw what it claims is a ‘fire and rehire’ pensions threat to workers.
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Vandals have run riot at a golf course in Sussex, including stealing buggies and driving one of them into one of the club’s lakes.
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Royal Ascot has become the third major UK golf club to form a partnership with global luxury hotel chain Fairmont in the last two months.
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A golf and country club in Hampshire has fallen into administration and been put up for sale.
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A golf club in Surrey has reported a huge boost in food and beverage revenue in the last 12 months after marketing more to families.
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“Those on our waiting list are given real time notifications and access to tee times via an app that integrates with our tee booking system.”
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A golf club in Dorset has released viral CCTV footage of two men stealing clubs from its pro shop.
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Royal Birkdale has been named as the host of the 154th Open, in 2026.
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Hong Kong Golf Club has applied for a UNESCO heritage conservation award.
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Picture a serene golf course – the immaculate green fields, the open blue skies and the whisper of the wind. Who could’ve thought that this simple and traditional sport would one day get intertwined with high-end technology?
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A municipal golf course in Hertfordshire is set to be reconfigured so that 1,250 new homes can be built.
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Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have claimed responsibility for carrying out attacks on 10 golf courses in Spain and have said they are ‘targeting the rich through their golf courses’.
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From holiday huts proving to be more lucrative than hotels to new data showing significant increases to green fee income in the winter months, we look at some trends from the last month.
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Environmental activists have vandalised another golf course in France, stating that they are engaged in a ‘class struggle’.
