Alistair Dunsmuir
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Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa has become the latest golf resort to become a Fairmont Hotels & Resorts branded property.
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A housing developer has applied to build 72 homes around Calcot Park Golf Club in Berkshire.
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A golf course that has been repeatedly vandalised since it closed 15 months ago could now reopen.
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A Northamptonshire golf club hopes to knock down its hotel and build a series of new buildings, including a new hub, a leisure building and 60 holiday huts.
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New figures from Tourism NI show that the number of tee times booked by visitors to Northern Ireland in 2022 was 30 percent higher than pre-Covid levels.
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Weymouth Golf Club has become the latest golf club to remove its men’s and ladies’ tees to ensure its course is more accessible to more people.
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A man has claimed the tattoo he has of a skull on the back of his head is the reason why he has been unsuccessful at joining a golf club.
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The chief operating officer of Scottish Golf, and the woman who ran the organisation for more than two and a half years, Karin Sharp, has announced she is stepping down with almost immediate effect.
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Golf Ireland is launching a campaign showcasing three female celebrities as they prepare to take part in a pro-am, which is aimed at inspiring women and girls to consider golf as a social and fun activity.
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The Elmwood College campus in Fife, part of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), which is well-known for its focus on golf education, is reportedly considering closing its 18-hole golf course.
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The self-styled ‘golfing disruptor’ European Players Tour, which sees amateurs competing against pros, has signed up former Ryder Cup captain Mark James – the fifth Ryder Cup player to join its ranks.
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Some major names from Martin Slumbers to Donald Trump have been reacting to the stunning announcement that LIV Golf, the PGA Tour and DP World Tour are merging.
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South Ayrshire Council, which owns eight golf courses, has been urged to pursue partnerships with all of them.
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Clydeway Golf Performance Centre in Glasgow has opened a Srixon Centre of Excellence – the first in Scotland.
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3 Hammers Golf Complex in Wolverhampton has opened a dinosaur-themed adventure golf course.
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From one golf club reporting its best ever financial results to another club going ‘gender free’ on its tees, we look at what’s been happening in the industry in the last month.
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A Wirral golf course that has been closed for 14 months, while waiting to hear if it will be saved, has been repeatedly vandalised.
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The owner of Stanedge Golf Club in Derbyshire has been awarded PGA Advanced Fellow Professional status.
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The Mere Golf Resort & Spa, one of the highest rated golf venues in Cheshire, is to be rebranded as a Fairmont venue.
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A golf club in Ireland has applied for planning permission to redevelop its clubhouse to cater for more young golfers and those with additional needs.
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A large sinkhole has formed on the 14th hole of a golf course in Utah.
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A fire at Royal Jersey Golf Club has destroyed the majority of the club’s greenkeeping sheds, offices, machinery, computer systems, safety clothing and tools.
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A community golf club in Stirling, Scotland has opened its new clubhouse to the public.
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Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp’s 2023 Q1 earnings report suggests its driving range and entertainment business is soaring while golf equipment sales are slowing.
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A golf club in Suffolk has said it has plans to become the first in the UK to be run entirely on renewable energy.
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The two leading players in the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability (WR4GD), Brendan Lawlor and Kipp Popert, fought a close contest at the inaugural G4D Open at Woburn.
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Two major golf clubs, one in the US and one in Australia, have found themselves in a legal dispute over allegations that they have discriminated against women.


























