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Golf Ireland celebrates Rory McIlroy’s Masters win
Golf Ireland has extended its congratulations to Rory McIlroy following a sensational back-to-back victory at the Masters in Augusta.
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Investment is why we are named ‘best golf experience’
A golf club that has undergone a period of significant investment has won three key accolades at the Scottish Golf Tourism Awards.
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Club profile: Bamburgh Castle GC
The scenic venue, set among the dunes overlooking the North Sea, is a Site of Special Scientific interest, and it has now modernised both its men’s and ladies’ changing rooms
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Academic study on golf clubs delivers surprising result
A major study on the golf industry has found that golf clubs would achieve much more if they focussed on retaining members rather than recruiting new ones.
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Here’s the top 3 things I learnt about the industry in October
In his monthly review of the industry, The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir looks at the introduction of shot clocks and the funding issues with Scottish Golf
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Reesink launches turfcare training courses for 2018
2018 dates for Reesink Turfcare’s industry-leading courses have been announced. For the first time the guide is accessible online only, with bookings taking place now.
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Golf Environment Organisation revamps its digital offering
The online program, OnCourse, which helps golf clubs manage their facility in the most sustainable way possible, has been significantly upgraded.
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Scottish Golf delays affiliation fee vote by 3 months
Scottish Golf has decided to delay its controversial vote on increasing affiliation fees until March in order to extend the consultation period with golfers and clubs.
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Club pays out £125k after ball hits boy on the head
A UK golf club has paid out £125,000 to a man who was hit on the head by a golf ball when he was a teenage golfer at the club 10 years ago.
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Golf club manager joins growing bunker specialist
A master greenkeeper who is also the manager of a golf club has joined a synthetic golf bunker specialist that is expanding rapidly.
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Golf IT firm Open Solutions acquired in major deal
Major clubhouse technology supplier to the golf industry, Open Solutions, has been acquired by Simon Kimble, the investor who took over MH Systems three years ago.
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Meet the course manager: Simon Osborne
He explains how Cuddington Golf Club has removed 99 per cent of the leylandi planted after the Great Storm of 1987 and what his team has done to reduce disease
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Major changes for club that nearly closed down
A golf club that was saved from closure at the last minute this summer – having already announced it was shutting down – has said it now has big plans ahead.
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Club uses scaffolding as a tee for construction industry competition
A Kent golf club has shown creativity for a competition involving workers from the construction industry with, for example, hard hats used as tee markers.
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Meet the LET golfer turned golf club manager
Sarah Heath explains how the skills she learnt both on tour and at major golf groups can be used for managing a golf facility, plus how to attract members in an area densely populated with golf clubs
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Customer service is reason why golf club is thriving
A Lincolnshire golf club that says its revenue is outperforming its competitors says the growth is due to customer service and investing in itself.