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Meet the golf club manager: Anthony Tarchetti
The general manager of Chart Hills Golf Club in Kent, Anthony Tarchetti, talks about the major transformations the venue has seen in the last six years, which means, for example, it now offers year-round golf on firm, consistent fairways.
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Company profile: Open Solutions – the new force in clubhouse technology
The golf software supplier has been revamped – but what does this mean for its end users?
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HowDidiDo to sponsor ‘Club of the Year’ award
One of the largest networks of golfers In Europe, HowDidiDo, has agreed to sponsor the England Golf ‘Club of the Year Award 2018’.Â
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New CEO for golf trade umbrella organisation
The body that represents a number of golf trade associations, the Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA), has appointed Mark Kirkup as its new chief executive.
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Meet the courses manager: Sam Rhodes
Sam, who looks after Woodhall Spa GC in Lincolnshire, talks about what his role entails and the major refurbishment of the world-famous Hotchkin Course
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Andrew Minty to contribute for The Golf Business
The winner of the 2015 ‘Golf Club Manager of the Year’, Andrew Minty, director of golf at Langland Bay Golf Club, is to write a regular column for The Golf Business.
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Here’s three issues I discovered while editing the magazine in the last month
From clubs cashing in on their land values to an academic study on 70 English golf clubs, November was a month of new trends for the industry, writes Alistair Dunsmuir
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England Golf to reduce the number of people on its board
The body that runs amateur golf in England is to modernise how it is governed and will reduce its board members from 15 to 12.
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Interior design tips for your clubhouse
A clubhouse has the potential to be a huge revenue generator from events, but interior design is key. Three interior clubhouse design experts detail what is proving attractive in 2017
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Wales Golf to create gender neutral junior competitions
A number of junior Welsh golf competitions in 2018 will be gender neutral for the first time ever, Wales Golf has announced.
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Welsh golf club saved days after entering administration
A Welsh golf club has been bought out of administration just a few days after entering it – saving 12 jobs.
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Meet the manager: Oxford GC’s Stephen Nicholson
He talks about how he became one of the youngest golf club managers in the country – of one of the oldest clubs, plus the club’s plans to improve its finances
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New drive to recruit more BAME golfers
A project to encourage more people from diverse ethnic communities to get involved golf is to result in support for English clubs.
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Royal Dornoch forms reciprocal deal with American golf club
One of the UK’s leading golf clubs, Royal Dornoch in Scotland, has formed a reciprocal deal with The Country Club of North Carolina.
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Can my employees be disciplined for committing a criminal offence?
This guidance from the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association (NGCAA) looks at the legal standing of employers if their employees have committed a criminal act
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Pilot project to get women golfing has been huge success
A pilot project involving golfing challenges and a novel scoring system on short courses led to a large number of women joining golf clubs in 2017, its organiser has said.