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From the continuance of the participation boom to a successful Open Championship, we look at three sets of stories in the last month in the UK golf industry.

From Monifieth Golf Links just outside Dundee to The Lambourne Golf Club in Buckinghamshire, and across the water to Ireland, this year’s TGI Golf Foundation Days covered plenty of ground.

Steve White is the head professional at Thurlestone Golf Club in Devon and Foremost Member of the Year for 2024. He talks about his extensive career in golf and offers some retail tips and tricks for the next generation.

This year’s AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl will see a series of new digital features aimed at offering fans a more immersive and informed experience.

Rita Jordão, director of marketing for Sotogrande, a private residential development in Andalusia, Spain, which includes world-famous golf clubs, explains how its golf offering is being developed even further.

A great gift for eco-loving golf players – a pencil gift pack from SproutWorld – pencils that can be planted after use. Play golf, score the round, then be even more circular by using the pencil to grow flowers, herbs and plants.

David Murch, Business Development Consultant for the South West at Foremost Golf, discusses what a good professional shop can offer in terms of service whilst remaining price competitive.

The Algarve has been a favourite destination for UK golfers for many years but, as Ben Firth has found, some of its best facilities have moved up to an even higher level since his last visit seven years ago.

Cabot has unveiled the first images of Old Petty, its eagerly awaited new golf course at Cabot Highlands in Scotland, following the successful completion of seeding and establishment of the turf.

Aaron Hodkin, the director of golf at Wheatley Golf Club in Yorkshire, talks about how TGI Golf has helped him raise professional standards, growing junior golf and the importance of technology to his business.

Thanks to England Golf’s Fore Your Mind initiative, Cainhoe Wood Golf Club in Bedfordshire is able to provide mental health support for its golfers. The club’s general manager, Stephanie Andrews, who is one of just a few trained ‘mental health first aiders’ in golf, explains more here.

Alasdair Rae, head of data at Custodian Golf, says some struggling golf clubs might benefit from a new postcode, but many just need to modernise.

Here, from Carolyne Wahlen of Golf HR, is what you need to know to deal with staff grievances confidently and legally — whether the complaint is about another employee or a club member.

A new short game junior academy has been launched at Coombe Wood Golf Club in Surrey. Here, the club’s general manager, Sean O’Brien, speaks to Dean Jeeves, the head of Junior Golf Academy (JGA) London, which is based at the club, to find out more about the facility.

Michael Major, director of golf at Dubai Creek, offers insight into what sets the Dubai Creek International Pairs, on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates, apart.

Topgolf is flexing its fantastic powers from today until September 15 with a new, in-venue experience inspired by Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” in cinemas July 24.

June was another month of new data showing a boom in participation mixed with the difficulties of rising costs.

The 2025 Foremost Championships were met with record participation at The Oxfordshire Golf Hotel & Spa on a sunny day in June, with a thrilling six-man playoff to decide the eventual winner, Derek Watters of Gourock Golf Club, the first ever Scottish winner of the event.

George Stead reviews extraordinary golf courses, and the experience, in Hambantota in Sri Lanka and Anahita in Mauritius.

Paul Cunningham, Business Development Consultant for the North at Foremost Golf, offers advice on optimising your apparel and footwear business.

Ben Lomond Scottish Gin, the official Gin of The Open, is proud to announce the launch of its Open Special Edition 2025 – a bold and adventurous gin crafted in celebration of this year’s 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club.

Some of the most recognisable names in golf are throwing their support behind Prostate Cancer UK this June by taking on their own Big Golf Race challenges to help raise funds to help save men’s lives.

Shaun Goswami is TGI Partner and Head Professional at Low Laithes Golf Club in Yorkshire, which celebrates its centenary this year.

Following the death of his six-year-old son Hugh in 2021, PGA professional and golf club co-owner Ceri Menai-Davis is hoping to change employment law so that parents are offered more protection if their child becomes critically ill.

It feels like only yesterday that Shane Lowry was completing an emotional Open Championship victory on home soil at Royal Portrush.

Maja Stark’s victory at the 2025 US Women’s Open has turned heads far beyond the fairways of Erin Hills.