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A Yorkshire and Derbyshire club operator has introduced affordable golf coaching for women, for customers across the four venues it owns.

An historic golf club is closed down and another fears for its future as golf clubs in Scotland continue to suffer amid the tough financial climate.

A unique golf course designed specifically for people with disabilities has opened in Middlesbrough.

A survey of nearly 500 UK golf clubs has found that just six percent reveal their dress code rules to golfers when they book their rounds.

Golf clubs continue to be placed up for sale as the market shows signs of recovery.

Walton Heath Golf Club has applied to the secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to deregister ‘common land’ so that it can be converted into a practice facility.

The Scottish Golf Union and Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association have launched a three-phased marketing campaign to encourage golfers to join their local golf club.

Several golf clubs are spending heavily on improving their facilities in a sign that the worst may be over for the industry. However, most of the money is being spent on non-golf offerings.

The PGA pro at Styal Golf Club in Cheshire has raised nearly £250,000 for children’s charity Child Flight, following the death of his daughter.

The UK now has fewer female golfers as members of clubs than Germany, despite having four times as many golf courses and being known as the ‘home of golf’.

The 1995 Ryder Cup-winning captain, Bernard Gallacher, has regained consciousness after suffering a suspected heart attack last week, Wentworth has revealed.

A golf club in Leicestershire could be waiting for months until customers can use two £250,000 simulators it has bought – because bats were found in the building housing them.

Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, has said he is ‘extremely encouraged’ by new data that shows that the government-funded programme, ClubGolf, introduced more than half of clubs’ new junior members to the game in 2011 and 2012.

Owners of Cherkley Court have said they are “appalled” with a high court judge’s decision to stop turning it into a highly exclusive golf club that would be antithetical to public ‘need’.

Several golf clubs have been hit by thieves this summer – with their trophies remaining the prize asset for burglars.

The European Golf Course Owners’ Association (EGCOA) has issued guidelines to all European golf clubs for dealing with third party tee time resellers such as Groupon and AmazonLocal.

A new survey finds that just 12 percent of golf clubs have mobile-friendly websites and most managers do not seem to even know how their website performs on a smartphone.

Everton, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Southampton, West Bromwich Albion and Hull agree to work with local golf clubs and schools to provide golfing opportunities to children.

From a suitcase full of lingerie to a live shark, a retailer of golf equipment has compiled the top 10 strangest things to be found on a golf course.

The president elect of Sleaford Golf Club, who has ‘made enemies’ with some of the members during his 45 years at the club, has given up golf after receiving a three-year club ban for an alleged cheating incident.

Addington Court Golf Centre has built a ‘FootGolf’ course at its venue in a bid to attract a new type of paying customer.

At least five UK golf clubs have tried to sell off part of their land to housing developers in order to fund other aspects of the golf club in the last 18 months, Golf Club Management can reveal.