Features
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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.
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For the vast majority of clubs in the UK, membership renewal falls between November and April.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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How do you work with owners to achieve the optimum golf course condition whilst catering to their desires?
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John Scott, former serving secretary for several years has recently returned from military service, as a Royal Marine, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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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.
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The lure of lavish golfing retreats in far-flung corners of the globe is just too irresistible for many enthusiasts, it seems.
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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.
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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.
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When it comes to irrigation, what do we need to understand about what goes on in that 2-4mm of turf on our greens?
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Proposals for a £200k golf development in Perthshire have been approved by local councillors who are keen on attracting tourists to the area.
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The Monte Rei Golf Club on the Algarve opened in 2007 and is already one of Iberia’s premier golf resorts.
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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.
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Many employers will simply employ the cheapest pair of hands available and will suffer the consequences of that action accordingly.
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Have you offered an alternative area to facilitate smoking?
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Quality compost can help tackle the effects of changing weather patterns and protect our natural environment.
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The quality of any course is a delicate balance between the level of play and the surface standards that are desirable and achievable on the budget, equipment and wherewithal of the staff involved.
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David Williams is leading a campaign to explain the link between three of the most famous images of golf known throughout the world and their origin at his home club of Conwy (Caernarvonshire) in north Wales.
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“My problem is that the committee is requiring a 60 per cent margin, which I believe to be excessive, as our chief source of income is the faithful bar snack.”
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Managing water is crucial to the successful management of a golf course. It seems we either have too much of it or not enough of it!
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Greg Norman is the CEO of the course design company Great White Shark Enterprises and a recent project, at Westin’s Le Paradis Beach and Golf Resort in Praslin Bay, St. Lucia, opened in 2008.
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Seed purchases need to be carefully thought through.
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Planning for summer is a means by which the goals for the course are reached.
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The popularity of golf is on the increase and a whole new generation of golfers, including women and children, are queuing up to tee off.
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Europe’s largest ever survey of sport and active recreation rates golf the seventh most popular sport in England.
