News
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A Shropshire golf club is to employ someone who will live at the club in a bid to prevent possible break-ins.
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Toro turf machinery distributor Lely (UK) has acquired the turfcare equipment dealership, John Shaw (Machinery) (JSM).
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A host of golf clubs have closed down, or entered administration, in recent weeks, or are in the process of closing down, despite the economic recovery.
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A settlement has finally been reached in the case of the golfer who lost his eye on the golf course and sued both the golfer and the club for hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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A BBC programme has mocked single sex golf clubs – especially ones that refuse to allow women to be their members.
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Brocket Hall Golf Club has appointed model Jodie Kidd to develop its ladies’ and girls’ golf sections.
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The average golf club in England has less than 3 girls as members, according to new research. However, there is potentially huge demand to increase this.
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Ruislip Golf Club says it’s lost half its members and 85 percent of its junior section because the high speed rail line, HS2, is due to be built next to it.
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Exeter Golf and Country Club is set to be saved by a giant net. It feared closure because balls might hit nearby houses – that haven’t actually been built yet.
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Another popular American sport that that can be played at golf clubs is growing rapidly in the UK – in this case ‘disc golf’.
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The chief executive of England Golf, David Joy, has said some golf clubs are putting people off from being members by displaying an unprofessional attitude.
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One of the UK’s most eminent university professors, and a president of a golf club, has said that some of the traditions golf clubs have are “out of touch, a complete nonsense and a turn off to diversity and gender equality”.
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An investment banker has given up a highly lucrative career in the City of London in order to become a greenkeeper.
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Two of the greatest golf clubs in Australia are to merge with each other.
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Hertfordshire golf club Brocket Hall has agreed a corporate partnership with Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur.
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Crown Golf is trialing pace of play software to root out slow golfers and a flexible membership programme to attract golfers who do not want to pay for unlimited access to a course.
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Three more golf clubs have announced plans to build holiday lodges on their courses.
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Six giant wind turbines are to be built overlooking the ‘home of golf’ at St Andrews, as several golf clubs are facing the issue of having turbines erected nearby.
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A Kent golf club has introduced an innovative marketing hook – golfers receive a free round if it is their birthday.
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Three south west golf clubs have created a unique golf club partnership in which members of one venue receive full membership of the other two for free.
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Bernard Gallacher, who nearly died at a golf club in August, is to lead a campaign that will urge golf clubs to purchase defibrillators
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The legal advisor to the NGCAA has said that litigation over social media has reached such an extent that it has become essential that golf clubs implement a social media policy.
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The head greenkeeper of a leading golf club has said clubs will continue to struggle as long as their committees fail to employ younger staff as managers.
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AGCO is set to take legal proceedings against the UK government over the issue of VAT in golf, following an email from HMRC that has been overturned.
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An exclusive golf club with £200,000 joining fees aimed at super-rich foreigners is set to open at St Andrews in less than three years’ time. It will be the only private members’ golf club at the ‘home of golf’.
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A golf partnership between three clubs has generated nearly half a million pounds in spending in just the last two years – even though it only operates in three off-season months every year.
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A new funding scheme has been launched for Scottish golf clubs that don’t have qualified professionals but want to teach the game to local youngsters.
