Features

The West Midlands club’s head professional won the Pro Shop of the Year award at the TGI Golf Awards. He tells us what his shop has done to be considered one of the best in the business.

Modern equipment is increasing driving distances at alarming rates – and this is in turn threatening the futures of some golf clubs. William Swan details what clubs can do to accommodate this trend without making their courses bigger.

The Sussex club’s general manager talks to The Golf Business about the branding exercise the club has undertaken, which includes a new logo.

Less than four years ago the historic Manchester club suffered a fire so devastating that the clubhouse had to be pulled down. Today it has a magnificent new building that symbolises how outstanding the club is.

This guidance from the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association (NGCAA) looks at the legal issues golf clubs need to consider regarding underperforming employees.

Cowglen GC has launched a new membership category, in which for just £100 per year, a youngster can play almost unlimited golf at the club – with up to two nominated adults. 

Shona McRae, Assistant Director – Rules, The R&A, explains what advice players in competitions are allowed to give their fellow competitors if there is confusion over a rule.

Next month Gullane GC is hosting two top competitions, including The Scottish Open. It’s thought about 850 will volunteer to help. The Golf Business speaks to the club about what this process entails.

A major manufacturer of holiday homes in the UK has launched a lodge designed for golf clubs to sell or rent out. The stunning building is LABC approved. 

Writing exclusively for The Golf Business, the chief executive of the Professional Golfers’ Association explains why PGA members play such a pivotal role in the health of a golf club.

Despite their enormous financial potential, women remain under-represented in UK golf clubs. This week saw Women’s Golf Day, and we look to see what golf’s governing bodies are offering female golfers for the rest of 2018. 

The chief executive of Wales Golf, Richard Dixon, writes exclusively for The Golf Business about the work his organisation is doing to encourage more women and girls into the game. 

Yelverton Golf Club in Devon’s course manager explains how his team maintains a moorland course designed by the legendary Herbert Fowler, which sometimes suffers from 2,400mm of rainfall per year.

The golf industry’s trend towards nine-hole golf, lodges and programmes to get more women playing golf became apparent in May, according to The Golf Business editor, Alistair Dunsmuir.

Using soil excavated for a major London rail project, this spectacular golf club opened last summer and already has 1,400 members.

Oliver is the head professional at Headingley GC in Leeds and has just been crowned Partner of the Year at the TGI Golf Awards. He talks about the award and how he has increased profits via the club’s golf shop.

Aldeburgh Golf Club in Suffolk has commissioned a company that provides aerial flyovers of golf holes to market its spectacular 4th hole.

Is added value and innovation needed at your club? How do you decide?

The general manager of Burford GC in Oxfordshire talks about improving a club that already has a full membership and a joining fee and what it’s like to be an Australian managing a British golf club.

This guidance from the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association (NGCAA) looks at the legal issues golf clubs need to consider if they own or lease land.

The chief executive of the World Golf Foundation talks about the political and financial inroads golf is making throughout the world.

The PGA professional is often one of the most prominent figures at a golf club, yet there are some who question the importance of the position.

The PGA Merchandise Show, featuring more than 40,000 golf retailers and thousands of products, this year took place in Florida again. Reporting for The Golf Business was Sarah Forrest.

They might be about 400 miles apart on opposing ends of England, but The Point at Polzeath and Carus Green GC share at least one thing in common: Both had an extraordinary 2017.

From changing driving distances to a participation rate slump, The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir explores three issues that have emerged from some of our stories this month.

Burford GC in Oxfordshire still has a waiting list and charges a joining fee. We speak to Stuart Richens, the head greenkeeper, to find out what his team has done to the course

About four years ago Canterbury Golf Club in Kent bought the land on which the course resides. It then began a programme of improvements that have been so successful that the club has closed its membership