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Foxhills’ director of golf Sean Graham on managing 6,000 members and £2m course upgrades
Foxhills’ director of golf Sean Graham discusses the club’s landmark 50th anniversary, the £2 million renovation of the Longcross Course and how a relentless focus on family-centric investment has built a thriving community of nearly 6,000 members in Surrey.
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This golf club saw 150 new members in 2016
Wycombe Heights Golf Centre in Buckinghamshire has said the flexible membership policy it introduced last year led to 150 people joining the club.
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Liverpool GC runs sessions for visually impaired people
Liverpool Golf Centre is running a scheme that aims to break down the golfing barriers for blind and partially sighted people.
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Number of golfers with disabilities in Wales doubled in 2016
The Golf Union of Wales (GUW) has won an insport Silver Award for its work in making the sport more inclusive for people with disabilities.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing the magazine in December
From music on the golf course to a potentially even more controversial solution to golf’s membership decline – women, 2016 ended in style.
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The top 40 trends of 2016
The year 2016 was like no other in the golf club industry. The vote to continue the ban on women from becoming members at Muirfield became an embarrassment, while Adidas’ and Nike’s decision to pull out of the game caused concern. Yet thanks to a series of good news stories including the health and social benefits…
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Club hosts Christmas jumper golf day
A Suffolk golf club has used golfers’ reputation for wearing bad knitwear to raise money for Save the Children.
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Jack Nicklaus: There has to be alternatives to 18 holes
Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus has said shorter versions of the game, flexibility in golf ball design and music on the course will help the game’s participation decline.
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135,000 people tried golf in just 6 months
More than 135,000 people tried golf in England between April and September 2016, according to new figures.
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First indoor golf simulation centre in Wales opens
The first centre for people to play golf indoors on simulators in Wales has opened – highlighting the growing demand for this activity.
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Golf club markets itself on local train line
A Scottish golf club that is situated close to a train station has taken the innovative and unusual step of marketing itself on the local trains.
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Council wants to sell golf course
A local authority wants to sell a pitch and putt golf course that has seen rounds at it nearly half in just five years. The sale could effectively close the course.
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Another club deals with picnickers on its course
Long Ashton Golf Club in Bristol has become the latest venue to bring in measures to deal with people picnicking on its course.
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Report: Golf clubs are ignoring university students
A new survey on golf clubs in university towns and cities has found the majority do not offer incentives for students.
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29% of non-golfing women want to play golf
A major global survey has found that nearly one in three women who don’t play golf are interested in taking up the game.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing Golf Club Management in November
From an upturn in golf club sales to some huge plans for venues in the coming years, GCM editor Alistair Dunsmuir looks back on November