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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.Â
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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.
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Should a golf club remove a picture of a former captain if he is a paedophile?
It might not be a question every golf club committee has to debate, but it is one that is vexing a club in Lancashire after it emerged a former captain is a paedophile.
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Golf’s biggest sponsor: The game has to change
The head of sponsorship for HSBC, probably the biggest sponsor of golf in the world, has said that the game is at a crossroads and must now change.
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Greenkeeper sues club after slicing foot with chainsaw
A greenkeeper is suing Downfield Golf Club for a five-figure sum of money after slicing his foot with a chainsaw while working there.
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History made as HMRC agrees to pay VAT back to private golf clubs
After several years of legal wrangling, HMRC has agreed to make substantial payments to hundreds of private members’ golf clubs for overpaid VAT by April.