Alistair Dunsmuir
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The co-founder and chief executive officer of The Cabot Collection, a luxury golf course developer, discusses the company and its recent expansion into Europe, some challenges faced while building a global brand, and what lies ahead.
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Slievenamon Golf Club in Ireland has announced it will close down next month, citing inflation and Golf Ireland’s Independent Golfer scheme as key reasons why.
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A golf club in North Wales changed its piping so that it could supply water to 300 people in its local community when a pipe in the area broke and local water ran dry.
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Great Britain saw a surge in golf participation in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to new data.
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A golf club and hotel in Durham is investing more than £6 million in creating what it hopes will be one of the UK’s top golf facilities.
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Four of the most prestigious golf courses in Portugal have been rebranded from Dom Pedro to Vilamoura Golf.
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Toptracer celebrated the successes of its partners at the 2024 “Tracie Range Awards” event hosted by Don Rea, president of the PGA of America, at Topgolf Orlando last month.
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Bovey Castle in Devon has unveiled the ‘Get into Golf’ academy and revealed that golf club membership has risen by two-thirds in just the last year.
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North Manchester Golf Club has become the latest golf club to build a new clubhouse.
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A golf course in Staffordshire could be reconfigured to accommodate the construction of a padel centre.
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From new data that shows participation is still growing to large golf groups investing in more facilities, the year has got off to a promising start.
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One of the oldest golf clubs in Scotland has elected the first woman to hold its most senior management position in its 130-year history.
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Buckinghamshire Council is looking for a tenant to run an established golf course.
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The R&A has announced that The 155th Open will be played at St Andrews from 11-18 July 2027.
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Lexden Wood Golf Club in Essex has said it “is set for a significant transformation that promises to benefit both golfers and the local community” following its sale.
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An adventure golf facility that operates out of two sites in Scotland has become the first ever non-golf club to be affiliated with Scottish Golf.
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St Andrews Links Trust is in “advanced discussions” to add an eighth course to its world-famous portfolio.
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Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa in Merseyside has been sold to Lisbon-based Harland & Poston Group for an undisclosed sum.
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A Leicestershire golf course that closed down in 2016 is to be reopened with a new clubhouse and hotel, and potentially more than 130 lodges and a spa.
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A 36-hole golf venue, including a hotel, in Gloucestershire, is set to be converted into a private estate.
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Golf in Wales is to receive a £1 million financial boost from the Welsh government.
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A nine-hole golf club in Stockport is to be converted into 278 new homes even though local planners rejected the proposal.
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The UK’s biggest golf club operator, The Club Company, has acquired its 18th club, The Nottinghamshire Golf & Country Club, and its third in less than a year.
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The municipal Uxbridge Golf Course in Middlesex is to close ‘temporarily’, and staff will move to a nearby venue, following a decline in player numbers.
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A review of more than 200 golf clubs in the UK and Ireland has found that visitor income hit a record high in 2024.
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Work to build a state-of-the-art new golf clubhouse and five luxury villas has begun at Felixstowe Ferry in Suffolk, the fifth oldest golf club in England.
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Wales Golf has put a new management team in place, saying that changes to its development department will capitalise on modern demands.
