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Two Surrey golf clubs face closure under separate housing schemes that would between them put around 1,500 homes on land currently occupied by 36 holes.

Golf club operator Link Golf UK has appointed Andy King as its strategic advisor to support its next phase of growth.

Golf clubs across southern and eastern England could face the first restrictions on business water use in two decades, after two water companies moved towards non-essential use bans, as the 2026 drought deepens.

TGI Golf partner facilities across the UK and Ireland are to be given exclusive commercial access to an automatic teeing system that’s been installed at more than 400 venues worldwide, including St Andrews, The Belfry and Celtic Manor.

The new clubhouse at Royal Dornoch has been operating at unprecedented levels since opening in December, with bar sales quadrupling in May and the kitchen serving twice as many plates as during the same month last year.

Willingdon Golf Club in Eastbourne has raised more than £30,000 towards a borehole that will cut its reliance on mains water, after members hit a £15,000 Crowdfunder target in little over a fortnight and unlocked a matching £15,000 National Lottery grant from Sport England.

Matt Vigurs has achieved what England Golf is saying may be the longest hole-in-one in English history – a 411-yard hole-in-one at Great Barr Golf Club in the West Midlands this weekend, which, unsurprisingly, was also an albatross.

Members of the 135-year-old West Middlesex Golf Club have launched a petition, now past 4,800 signatures, after Ealing Council approved a settlement stripping the club of its 75-year lease and replacing it with a deal that expires next year – a move the club says would force it into insolvency and cost 27 jobs.

Rounds of golf played in Great Britain in the first half of 2026 were up on every year this decade except record-breaking 2025, according to new data, which shows that appetite for the game remains strong.

TGI Golf has returned over £1 million in profit distribution to its PGA professional partners for 2025, the first time the group’s annual payout has passed seven figures, taking total partner returns beyond £11 million over 20 years.

After three years of in-house operation, The R&A has appointed Northwind Leisure Golf as operating partner for its Golf It! community facility in Glasgow.

Tewkesbury Park has appointed former footballer Emma ‘Lev’ Levett as its first Golf Commercial Manager, tasked with a new three-year plan for golf as the resort shifts towards a whole-resort subscription model.

Scottish Golf and the Camanachd Association have secured Scottish Government funding to offer free golf and shinty sessions to young people in rural Scotland this summer, tapping into the two sports’ shared Highland heritage and similar skills.

New England Golf figures show 12.6 million adults played some form of golf in the last year, with junior membership up 34% in 2025, as the sport launches Get into Golf Week to build on the momentum.

Golf group Mytime Active says participation at its golf courses has never been stronger, with almost 700,000 rounds played across its sites between March 2025 and March 2026.

An operator of several golf clubs in England has launched a six-week summer pass that can be used at five of its venues, which is aimed at families.

Wentworth has rolled out 16 Kress Commercial RTKn autonomous mowers across its West Course and academy ranges, cutting emissions and ground compaction while improving rough and fairway consistency.

Derek Kingsbury, St Enodoc Golf Club’s longstanding member, marked his 100th birthday with a golf day on the Holywell Course, joined by 70 players, six-year-old member Louis Westlake, and a 100-guest clubhouse party with dancing to The Gershwin Gang.

HowDidiDo and intelligentgolf have partnered with Pin Vision to combine scoring and competition management with live GPS, course mapping and pace-of-play tools, giving golfers and clubs a single, joined-up digital platform.

Forest Hill Golf Club, a 140-acre course in Leicestershire’s National Forest, has entered administration. FRP Advisory will bring the 600-member club to market for sale, while it remains fully operational and open to new members in the meantime.

Hart Common Golf Club will install a height barrier after roughly a dozen caravans occupied the course for two days, damaging greens and forcing closure.

A former world champion boxer has called on a Nottinghamshire council to not close down a 120-year-old golf club in order to build hundreds of new homes.

Toptracer will trace every shot of The 154th Open’s global broadcast, offer fans live QR-code shot data on-site and power 20+ simulators across Royal Birkdale – including a new Global Challenge giving fans worldwide the chance to win tickets to The 155th Open at St Andrews.

Foremost Golf has become the Melanoma Fund’s official partner for golf, launching a UK-wide initiative to promote sun safety through education, CPD-accredited training and the Slip! Slap! Swing! campaign, helping protect golfers and PGA professionals from UV exposure.

TGI Golf Partnership has strengthened its retail support offering with the appointment of experienced industry professional Iain Wright to its Retail Consultancy team.

Toptracer has announced that Royal Birkdale, host venue of The 154th Open, is now available to play on virtual golf at Toptracer-powered facilities around the world.

A study testing four UK golf operators across AI platforms found the same club can rank strongly on one and vanish entirely on another – with operators having no visibility into how AI assistants are describing or recommending their venues to prospective golfers.