Alistair Dunsmuir
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From the effect the cost of living crisis is having on golf clubs to the launch of some of the biggest golfing projects in UK history, the last month has demonstrated two financial extremes within the industry.
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South West Water, which operates in Devon and Cornwall and in parts of Dorset and Somerset, is reportedly considering introducing restrictions on golf courses, despite recent downpours.
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A 19th century golf club that feared for its future due to soaring inflation, and crowdfunded for vital funding, has said it is now in a ‘far more solid financial footing’.
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A golf resort in Oxfordshire has opened its new driving range and unveiled major course improvements.
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The possibility of a golf club in Bolton hosting the 2031 Ryder Cup is alive again after an independent planning inspector decided that Bolton Council should not have rejected plans for the venue to be built.
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A golf course in Dundee that has suffered significant vandalism in recent years has now been hit by what its captain and a local councillor have said is the worst damage they’ve seen in decades.
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Craigie Hill Golf Club in Perth, Scotland has unveiled ambitious plans including a new course, for it to grow.
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New golf participation data for the UK and Ireland is showing that rounds of golf by members of clubs is still rising, nearly two and a half years after the first post-lockdown resumption in play.
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A Northumberland golf club is seeking planning permission for a major £11 million upgrade.
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Another golf club is reported to be fearing for its future, and is therefore urging more members of its local community to use it, due to soaring inflation.
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An Indian restaurant that resides at a golf club has been named ‘Restaurant of the Year: Wales’ at the Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards.
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A driving range in Essex has announced it is to close down due to ‘skyrocketing costs’ and the issue of balls hitting neighbouring properties, and will be converted into 18 houses.
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Biotechnology giant Bayer has agreed to sell its Environmental Science Professional business, which is behind several golf course maintenance products, to a private equity firm for just under £2.3 billion.
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A public inquiry into plans to convert the historic Hulton Park estate in Bolton into a golf club that could host the 2031 Ryder Cup has begun.
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One of the oldest golf clubs in the world has received planning permission to build 78 new homes, a brand-new clubhouse, a nine-hole short course, golf academy, driving range and new greenkeeper facilities.
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Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus has launched the first Jack Nicklaus-branded residential golf community in Europe at Stonehaven, Scotland.
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A golf club in Surrey has said building commercial properties on nearby green belt land is a threat to its future.
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The last month was a showcase of how the battle between the threat of inflation and the opportunity of increased participation is playing out in the golf industry.
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The PGA EuroPro Tour has announced that this season will be its last season.
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A man who owns a holiday home overlooking Woodbridge Park Golf Club in Wiltshire has been told he can not live there permanently.
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Dundonald Links in North Ayrshire has announced a partnership with one of Britain’s biggest football teams.
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A nine-hole golf club in Bolton is to close down to make way for a housing project.
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Golf golf club operator Troon has announced a raft of promotions and new appointments at many of its facilities.
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A 19th century golf club that closed down in 2019 due to dwindling membership figures could reopen following the participation surge since 2020.
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A Leicestershire golf club that was nearly bought by a Premier League football club and converted into a training facility is, just five years later, hoping to expand.
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Ines Laklalech has become the first Moroccan, first Arab and first North African woman to win a Ladies European Tour (LET) title at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France in Deauville.
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The best-preserved medieval monastery in Devon and Cornwall, Torre Abbey, has spent £20,000 on repairs due to being hit by golf balls from a neighbouring nine-hole golf course.
