Seamus Rotherick
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With summer secondary spend now peaking at over £900 per member and climbing year on year, the clubs that plan their F&B operation around the season’s big sporting moments are the ones that turn temporary excitement into lasting revenue. Vanessa Machin, Sports and Leisure Managing Director of ClearCourse, explains how.
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Newark Golf Club celebrated its 125th anniversary with the Handigolf National Championship, school coaching sessions for more than 30 children and a first visit to the course from the local mayor – all played out in torrential rain.
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After a multi-million-pound renovation, Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire still offers classic Harry Colt parkland golf just 45 minutes from central London – with the history, atmosphere and conditioning to match its famous name.
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The Golf Course Association Europe (GCAE) has appointed former Burhill Group CEO Colin Mayes as president for a two-year term.
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The resort director at St. Mellion Estate in Cornwall talks about leading the venue he grew up playing at after 15 years of senior roles at Crown Golf clubs, and tells us what the resort has been investing in this decade, as it prepares for its 50th anniversary this summer.
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TaylorMade’s legendary Kingdom custom-fitting facility – home to some of the world’s best players – has arrived in the UK for the first time. Joel Westwell, director of golf at The Grove, explains why the partnership is a natural fit for one of Europe’s most premium golf resorts.
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From an eight-year-old junior champion in West Sussex to leading women’s tour professionals, golf clubs are rethinking what an ambassador looks like – and in doing so, sending a powerful message about who the game is for.
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Two golfing friends have both hit a hole-in-one on the same hole while playing together at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
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Paul Toyer has been the PGA professional at St Neots Golf Club in Cambridgeshire for more than 21 years. Here, he talks retail, how he benefits from being a TGI Partner, junior development and why the club pro’s role is busier than ever.
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CardsSafe has worked with golf courses for over two decades, providing a wireless card-retention system that secures bar tabs, deters dine-and-dash, and supports equipment hire – helping venues like the London Golf Club serve customers on and off the course.
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A record number of Scottish golf clubs have enrolled in Scottish Golf’s 2026 junior programmes, with GolfSixes participation rising to 169 clubs and new funding streams supporting women’s and girls’ activity across the country.
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Steve Bird, Business Development Consultant and Education Lead at Foremost, shares his expert knowledge on how to maximise loyalty from your customers.
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The career Grand Slam is the ultimate individual achievement in golf, a feat so rare that only six players in the history of the sport have managed it: Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Rory McIlroy, who completed the set at the 2025 Masters. With US Open golf odds beginning…
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Richard Johnstone MG, course manager at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, and John Clarke, courses manager at Woburn Golf Club talk about rolling, surface performance, turf health, usability and the long-term value of Tru-Turf rollers, which they use as part of their ongoing maintenance programmes.
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Tom Mead and Ben Hall claimed the Professionals’ and Assistant Professionals’ Championship titles respectively as Foremost Golf’s annual Championship Week delivered competition, networking and more than £4,000 raised for charity.
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A new survey has found that the modern golf traveller is increasingly choosing destinations on the strength of their wider lifestyle offering – with food, wellness and cultural experiences now rivalling course quality as key booking drivers.
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The TGI Golf partnership has launched the TGI Golf app, giving partners access to a wide range of business tools and insight while on the move.
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Kawana Hotel – Fuji Course is now available on the Toptracer platform at golf ranges around the world.
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Basingstoke Golf Club has unveiled the 1907 Academy, a pioneering facility built with hempcrete, English oak and living walls that sequesters an estimated 2,705kg of CO₂e at completion – setting a new benchmark for sustainable golf construction.
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Woodbrook Golf Club celebrates its centenary by hosting two major championships this year. General manager Marcus Doyle highlights the club’s recent investments and pays tribute to the enduring legacy of course architect Peter McEvoy.
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Orpington Golf Centre in Greater London, which is run by the Mytime Active charity, has invested in a state-of-the-art indoor golf simulator experience as part of a series of upgrades.
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The owner and director of Ramside Estates & Ramside Hall in County Durham, John Adamson, talks about the venue’s growth from a hotel in the 1960s to one of England’s leading golf resorts today.
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The largest golf course operator in Portugal, Details – Hospitality, Sports, Leisure, has taken over the running of Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa in Italy – the company’s first project outside of Portugal.
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Paul Cunningham, Business Development Consultant at Foremost Golf, shares insight on how to convert increased traffic into stronger, more profitable retail performance.
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Cabot Citrus Farms in Florida, which opened last year, marks a shift in resort design, moving beyond the traditional 18-hole formula. By offering flexible short-form courses alongside championship layouts, the group, which also runs golf courses in Scotland and France, is increasing on-site engagement.
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Moray Golf Club’s John Murray takes the top prize as Foremost Golf names its 2025 Member Awards winners – recognising outstanding performance across retail, marketing and business management at clubs across the UK.
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Since taking his first head professional role in 2022, Chris Wyatt has combined modern fitting technology, a structured coaching programme and the support of the TGI Golf Partnership to build a business at Tiverton Golf Club in Devon that’s growing the game from the ground up.
