Features
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Two of the world’s greatest golfers and two of the game’s lead administrators have all warned that golf is in jeopardy because it can take too long to play.
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The manager of West Essex Golf Club once created the ‘Alphabet Golf’ programme, which teaches young children how to hold a golf club through dance.
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The world’s top 25 social media and social network websites and apps
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What were the biggest trends of 2013?
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It’s been a tough few years for golf clubs, and it’s been even worse for suppliers to golf clubs, as the venues have been reluctant to spend.
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What we learnt about golf club management in October.
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Dress codes are a hugely contentious issue in golf, but could they even be costing your club income?
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Several clubs introduced flexible membership schemes this year – and they have brought in large numbers of new members seemingly everywhere.
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Golf clubs that are installing ‘adventure golf’ courses aimed at children are seeing huge direct and indirect financial benefits.
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What we learnt about golf club management this month.
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The top 10 things we learnt about golf club management and the golf industry in the last few weeks.
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Your marketing strategy needs to adapt to the changes the game has experienced in recent years, writes Daniel Chidley, but that’s not as difficult as it may seem.
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David Mears is the managing director of Highspeed Group. Here, he analyses the plethora of legislation affecting greenkeepers today.
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In the last few weeks I’ve been in three different golf clubs – all within a few miles of each other – and wanted to access the internet on my phone or tablet at all three.
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Council-owned golf courses were, for much of the 20th century, second only to private members’ golf clubs in terms of their use by the general populace.
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As recent comments have proven, leading figures can still cause offence.
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There’s an informative article on dress codes in the June issue of Golf Monthly, which includes a poll of golfers that has some interesting results.
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Rob Pointon is the general manager of Mid Yorkshire Golf Club.
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Dave Carlisle is the golf club manager of Garforth Golf Club in Yorkshire.
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Gordon Forster is the general manager of Abbey Hill Golf Centre in Milton Keynes.
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Golf pro and marketing expert Sean Mysel explains how his venue partnered with a major sporting team in the USA, and the benefits that this has brought both parties.
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The manager of an English golf club has said that a recent county golf meeting that he attended showed golf “at its worst”.
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One club that does now offer flexible memberships is Crowlands Golf Centre in Essex.
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Golf pro and marketing expert Sean Mysel discusses what can be learnt from a club in California that managed to reduce the average length of a round of golf by nearly an hour by its members and visitors.
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How effective is social media for your golf venue?
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One way a golf club can potentially increase income without spending any significant sums of money is via free marketing.
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The chairman of the Ogro has said that the sale of green fees by internet companies such as Groupon is so damaging to golf clubs that it could strip them of any power they have to control prices and tee time availability.
