News
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Wimbledon champion Andy Murray’s mother, Judy, and golfing legend Colin Montgomerie, jointly announce that a purpose-built tennis and golf centre is to be built in Scotland.
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Several golf clubs, England Golf and the UKGCOA have responded to the CASC consultation exercise, which shows little agreement in the golf industry over the best way forward.
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The golfer who caused national outrage by beating to death a defenceless turtle is now likely to have got away with his crime.
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Wigan Athletic Football Club suddenly closes down Charnock Richard Golf Club, despite assurances just days ago that it would remain open.
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An online course to help golfers and golf clubs improve their knowledge of the rules of golf has been set up by The R&A.
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The Golf Club Managers’ Association’s 2013/4 ‘Manager of the Year’ competition has started.
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The long-running chief executive of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA), Sandy Jones, has joined the board of England Golf.
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The United States Golf Association (USGA) and Troon Golf, the world’s largest owner of golf clubs, have both launched separate educational programmes to tackle slow play in golf.
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Richmond Park Golf Club, in London’s largest royal park, has opened a new £2.5 million clubhouse.
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A Scottish golf club is offering what is thought to be the biggest prize to amateur golfers – who score a hole-in-one – in British history.
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A charity that aims to get more women involved in sport has called for sponsors of the Open to pull out as the host golf club does not allow women to be members.
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Troon Golf, the world’s largest operator of golf clubs, has announced that it will be building par three courses within some of its 18-hole courses to attract new types of golfers.
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The founder of the Association of Golf Course Owners (AGCO) has called on the prime minister, David Cameron, to review the tax affairs of a golf club he is a member of.
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The secretary of Royal St George’s Golf Club in Kent has appeared live on BBC’s Newsnight, talking about ‘belly putting’ with Jeremy Paxman.
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A VAT expert has said that the government’s proposed amendments to CASC, which provides tax relief for golf clubs, are unworkable and the ‘politics of envy’.
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Royal Troon Golf Club has been granted planning permission to build a wall of sand to block out views of a nearby caravan site.
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A set of historic golf clubs made by the world’s oldest golf manufacturer has been found during the building of a Scottish restaurant.
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A golf club has said it is in a state of shock after 91 trees were stolen from its course.
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A national charity has said a record number of golf greenkeepers are coming to it needing help with debt problems.
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has agreed to provide £20,000 of funding to golf professionals to teach food hygiene as part of their lessons to children.
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A new PGA survey has found that there are 4.2 million golfers in Great Britain and Ireland, but female participation remains very low.
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A golf club has taken an unusual marketing step to attract more people to its venue – it is sponsoring a professional golfer.
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A major survey of golfers who work in golf clubs has found that they feel they get little recognition from club golfers about what work they actually do.
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Sir Alex Ferguson has been named as the new captain of De Vere Mottram Hall. The news comes just one week after he retired as the manager of Manchester United.
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A golf club that used to donate all its profits to a charity has been closed down after its membership dropped to just 50 people.
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Four British golf clubs have all been saved from being closed down in the last few days.
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One of Britain’s leading golf club managers has said ‘whinging and negative’ committee members are threatening the futures of their own golf clubs.
