Alistair Dunsmuir
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Two historic Scottish golf clubs have agreed to merge with each other in response to their respective dwindling memberships.
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A mental health charity that provides horticultural training has helped to create an environmentally-friendly flood defence to protect Rothbury Golf Club in Northumberland.
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Gordon is the head PGA professional at Middlesbrough Golf Club. He talks about his approach to controlling stock in the pro shop and why more pros are investing in high-end technology.
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The Welsh venue has invested in a new irrigation system, enhanced its practice facilities and improved its men’s and ladies’ changing rooms, and is reaching out to women, children and people with disabilities.
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Golf clubs have been warned that they should take seriously the health and safety of their staff after a Kent venue was ordered to pay more than £10,000 after an employee suffered burns.
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The club secretary at Silloth on Solway Golf Club in Cumbria says selling television rights to tournaments to certain broadcasters may make financial sense – but at what cost to the game?
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There has been a spate of major hotel brands buying UK golf resorts in the last few weeks – possibly fuelled by an increase in tourists visiting some parts of the UK in the last two years due to the weakness of the pound.
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Aged 14 Tom dreamt of owning a golf course. Now, aged just 36, he owns a spectacular facility in Lincolnshire. In the interim, he managed golf clubs. Here, he details his surprising journey.
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Shona McRae, Assistant Director – Rules, The R&A, details a new resource for committees for 2019.
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An inquest has heard that a greenkeeper at Wentworth Golf Club died after deliberately driving his van into the River Thames, following a night of drinking.
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The manager of Carus Green GC in Cumbria has married her childhood friend at the golf club she works at.
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The commercial wing of the St Andrews Links Trust has lost its appeal to register the town’s name as an EU trademark for services relating to golf.
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As we are now in the festive season, the NGCAA takes a look at some of the key issues relating to venue hire and the unfortunate situation of possible damages to your function room.
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The business development manager of a company that provides funding to golf clubs has said there is an alternative to offering 0% finance to members to pay their subscriptions.
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An historic golf club has had its future secured after East Riding of Yorkshire Council agreed to sell the 118 acres of land that the golf course resides on to it.
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An historic golf club in Hertfordshire, which has been open since 1923, has ceased trading – at least the sixth golf club to do so in the last six weeks.
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A Supreme Court ruling that visitors to a timeshare complex in Kent have a legal right to play golf on the golf course next door could have major consequences for the industry, an expert has warned.
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A survey of more than 200 golf clubs throughout England and Scotland has found that three in every four venues do not offer a corporate membership package, even though most businesses would welcome one.
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An historic golf club in Lancashire has become at least the fifth golf club in the UK to cease trading with immediate effect in the last month.
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A PLC that specialises in property trading and investment, which had recently expressed concerns about Brexit, has invested in a golf club.
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An Edinburgh golf club that was over 100 years old has closed down – with reports suggesting that its membership had fallen to just 20 people.
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A new survey of 154 greenkeepers has found that many do not use sufficient protection against sunburn and skin cancer.
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A survey of 686 golf enthusiasts has found the words or phrases which most fans of the sport have no idea what they mean.
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New figures from The R&A have revealed that the GolfSixes format of fast, team golf is encouraging more youngsters to play the game.
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The UK’s first ever podcast for golf club managers has been launched.
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The directors of an historic golf club in Lincolnshire say it is ‘staring closure in the face’ as it is now running at a loss.
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The outstanding Buckinghamshire venue Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Resort is back on the market as its owners have decided to focus on “other business interests”.
