Nearly all businesses have the need to borrow funds from time to time. In the case of golf clubs, the amount of finance required can be very significant (particularly if the club is considering a capital project such as redeveloping a clubhouse).
Loch Lomond Golf Club course superintendent David Cole and his greens’ staff use a range of green machinery on the course, which also boasts some enviable green credentials.
The Equality Act applies to all golf clubs in England, Scotland and Wales.
All the questions are taken from the 2009 GCMA Conference. The answers are still relevant today Question: The wording accompanying the draft Rateable Value for 2010 appears to indicate that the Valuation Office (VO) will be sympathetic to appeals, is
I’m afraid I can see no benefit for our clubs in golf becoming an Olympic sport.
Someone once referred to me as a ‘control freak’. Now whilst I readily admit to being the latter I dearly would like to claim to being in the former state!
Many reach positions of head greenkeeper / course manager through hard work, reliability and the ability to organise a team to carry out the required turf maintenance.
We cannot afford to pull up the drawbridge and hope the ‘enemy’ will withdraw.
Typically I am finding a wide range of profitability levels, mainly in bar sales.
The whole project at Dubai Sports City [the world’s first purpose-built sports city] is incredibly exciting – I mean, I think it’s fair to say there is nothing else like it in the world.
Designing a golf course, or redesigning an existing one in a renovation or improvement exercise, is a fascinating task.
Many clubs do not have a full membership and the many 2-for-1 schemes for casual golfers is blamed as a contributory factor. On the other hand most clubs need income from visitors.
For the vast majority of clubs in the UK, membership renewal falls between November and April.
All proprietary golf clubs in the UK have been urged to make a Capital Allowance Tax claim before next year’s April Budget, when the tax allowance is ended after 62 years.
An energy expert has said that golf clubs are overcharged by about £5 million per year by their energy suppliers and that 70 per cent of golf clubs will recover about £2,000 each, if they carry out an audit.
Clubs are increasingly looking for new members to help keep their finances fit, but, short of erecting signboards at the roadside blazing forth the fact, how can they tip the wink to their local catchment?
How do you work with owners to achieve the optimum golf course condition whilst catering to their desires?
John Scott, former serving secretary for several years has recently returned from military service, as a Royal Marine, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The course manager of Bearwood Lakes Golf Club has timed his selective herbicide treatments, targeting ryegrass and Yorkshire fog, to coincide with the natural fescues’ autumn senescence.
The lure of lavish golfing retreats in far-flung corners of the globe is just too irresistible for many enthusiasts, it seems.
The Club Company currently operates 10 golf clubs in England and all have been developed into the country club format that is a hallmark of the group.
In an age when golf club memberships are falling and the average age of golfers across the country is still in the 50s, the state of the game is often said by ‘experts’ to be parlous.
When it comes to irrigation, what do we need to understand about what goes on in that 2-4mm of turf on our greens?
Proposals for a £200k golf development in Perthshire have been approved by local councillors who are keen on attracting tourists to the area.
The Monte Rei Golf Club on the Algarve opened in 2007 and is already one of Iberia’s premier golf resorts.
Many golf clubs are choosing to focus on the ecology of their courses, not just to benefit the environment, but to enhance their members’ playing experience.
Many employers will simply employ the cheapest pair of hands available and will suffer the consequences of that action accordingly.
