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Former DP World Tour player Stuart Manley has joined the staff of Wales Golf, helping to organise amateur events around Wales.

Forfar Golf Club has formalised a partnership with The Ancient Links Golf Company (TALGC) to secure the 155-year-old course’s future. The deal brings vital investment to the Old Tom Morris layout, protecting its heritage while upgrading club facilities.

A new survey from the Golf Highland co-operative, which represents 34 Scottish clubs, finds that 2025 green fees totalled more than £12 million – double the figure recorded in the first research project commissioned in 2018. 

Golf club membership in England grew again in 2025 to 750,071 people.

Ten golf clubs in Scotland have been named ‘golf health hubs’ that provide physical activity, rehabilitation and respite opportunities for their local community as part of a new golf and health project. 

A National Survey of Wales report, along with Wales Golf figures, show that golf is the biggest adult participation sport in Wales, with almost two percent of the nation’s population playing some form of it over a surveyed four-week period.

Hertfordshire-based Redbourn Golf Club has been crowned Sustainability Project of the Year at the 2026 England Golf Awards, after achieving a net-positive carbon position.

GolfPod, the world’s most compact technology-led driving range, has opened its first facility at Cranham Golf Course in Upminster.

The Club at Mill Green has secured two victories at two separate award ceremonies. Operated by Get Golfing CIO, the Hertfordshire venue was celebrated for its radical approach to accessibility – including free junior memberships and the removal of joining fees – and its role as a vital community hub providing school meals and charity…

The 19th century Royal Eastbourne Golf Club in East Sussex has posted shocking images online after 12 of its greens were damaged by suspected vandals.

TaylorMade’s new world-class testing and fitting golf facility, The Kingdom at The Grove, will feature performance turf systems from SYNLawn UK, an industry leader renowned for its bio-based innovations and advanced synthetic turf technology.

Bernardus has appointed GMS Agency as its international PR and communications partner, as the Dutch championship venue prepares for the 2026 Solheim Cup.

Burhill Golf and Leisure Limited, which owns several golf clubs in the UK, has acquired GolfPlex, a modern, entertainment-led golf venue based in Berkshire.

A Scottish golf course has posted images of shocking damage to its greens after vandals rode on them with dirt bikes for the second time in two weeks.

The 116-year-old golf club, Dinsdale Spa Golf Club in Darlington, is set to close down at the beginning of April.

A record number of rounds of golf were played in Great Britain in 2025. The year-end total is the highest since comparable records began in 2005 and up double-digits in percentage points against every post-pandemic year.

TGI Golf Partnership has announced the appointment of Alex Keighley of Huddersfield Golf Club as its new chair, becoming the first female chair in the group’s history.

County Durham’s Ramside Hall Hotel, Golf & Spa is developing a new multifunctional short-game area – a teaching and practice facility that will further establish its position as the ‘North East’s No.1 Golf Resort’.

Membership at Scottish golf clubs has grown by 5.4 percent in the last year, with the number of boys taking up golf soaring.

Peter Jones and his investment group have acquired American Golf, the UK’s largest golf retailer, from private equity investor Endless LLP.

A 30 foot shaft has incredibly appeared by a golf course in Cornwall, following a period of extremely heavy rainfall.

A Durham golf club has secured £400,000 in funding to invest in the club, provide new services to its community and strengthen its financial position.

Just under two years after facing potential closure, Hollandbush Golf Club in Lanarkshire has formally transitioned into member ownership, marking a significant milestone for community-led golf course management in the UK.

A specialist turf and groundcare contractor has confirmed it will assume full operational control of Ardeer Golf Club, outlining a long-term development strategy designed to stabilise and significantly enhance the Ayrshire venue.

Wrexham Golf Club has unveiled its new indoor putting and short game improvement area, and renovated women’s locker room, to the Welsh minister for sport, Jack Sargeant, and Wales Golf officials.

A golf consultancy has warned that English golf clubs are set for a huge rise in business rates in April.

High Post Golf Club in Wiltshire is entering a major new phase of investment, combining cutting-edge course maintenance technology with significant upgrades to its practice facilities.