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Tom Phillips begins work as the new CEO of the Ladies European Tour (LET)
Tom Phillips has officially begun his new role as CEO of the Ladies European Tour (LET), marking the beginning of an exciting new era for the tour and for women’s professional golf globally.
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US golf club has golfers ‘surfing’ fairways between shots
An American golf venue has introduced a radical new way to get golfers to quickly play the course and in a fun way – golfers can hire carts that allow them to surf fairways.
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Rory McIlroy has an innovative way to get kids into golf
World number one golfer Rory McIlory has said that more children will play golf if the world’s best golfers have more athletic bodies.
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Golfer plays an amazing 18 different courses in one day for charity
The captain of Pleasington Golf Club in Blackburn has played an incredible 18 holes at 18 different golf courses – on the same day – for charity.
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Nairn loses £185k green fee VAT repayment case
A private members’ golf club has lost a VAT repayment claim case about in which it called for the government to pay it back £185,000 in taxes.
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Debt-ridden club to lose its clubhouse
A Yorkshire golf club that became mired in debt is to lose its clubhouse, which will be converted into a luxury property.
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Four historic golf clubs could merge into one due to loss of members
Four of the world’s most historic golf clubs, which are all located in the same Scottish town, could merge into one venue because all four have suffered significant drops in members in the last few years.
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Club dealing with media storm as greenkeeper is suspended for giving water to animal sanctuary
A golf club is dealing with a negative publicity storm after it suspended one of its greenkeepers, after he allowed a neighbouring animal sanctuary to take some of its irrigation water in an emergency.
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‘The worst is over for most golf clubs’
The director of an organisation that markets golf clubs to potential buyers has said that the worst of the financial problems that has beset the industry has come to an end.
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This golf club’s bunkers are made of recycled beer bottles
The sand in the bunkers of Beauchief Golf Course in Sheffield is now made of recycled glass from beer bottles from the club’s bar.
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Giant holes ‘would save golf’ says master greenkeeper
One of the most respected golf course consultants in the world has become the latest high profile figure to state that increasing the size of hole cups in golf would be hugely beneficial to the game.
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Is your in-house monthly direct debit subscription scheme now exempt from the Consumer Credit Act?
Does the recent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) change allowing some 0% instalment schemes to be unregulated mean your in-house monthly scheme is exempt from the Consumer Credit Act?
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Vivien Saunders: Why I’m standing against David Cameron
Golf club owner and tax campaigner Vivien Saunders has announced that she is standing for parliament at the forthcoming election – against prime minister David Cameron in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney.
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Shock as Brocket Hall enters administration
One of England’s premier golf clubs, Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, has entered administration.
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Why Peter Alliss is wrong about gender equality
Peter Alliss has said that gender equality has led to thousands of women giving up golf. We look at the evidence – and find a very different conclusion.
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Only 25% of men want to play golf with women
A new survey has found that men play a huge role in tapping into the massive potential of women golfers – but they need to change their attitudes first.