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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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Historic Scottish golf club to close
One of the oldest golf clubs in Ayrshire is to close down before Christmas due to a decline in membership numbers in recent years.
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UK’s largest golf resort operator is sold
QHotels, which runs nine major golf resorts in England and one in Scotland, has been acquired in a deal worth about £525 million.
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How the Equality Act affects your golf club
This guidance from the NGCAA looks at The Equality Act 2010, which has led to long-lasting changes in the golf industry. Here, that legislation, and how it still affects golf clubs, is outlined
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How Madeira got children excited about golf
The junior academy at a golf club in the small island of Madeira has more than 60 members and many of their mothers have taken up the game. Michael Otto explains how this was achieved
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Run raises £5,000 to help dementia sufferers play golf
Two fitness fanatics have run from Wentworth Club to Le Golf National in France to raise thousands of pounds to enable people with dementia to play golf.
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SALTEX is less than a month away
Visitors can expect to see an impressive line-up of world-class innovation for use by greenkeepers when SALTEX 2017 opens its doors at the NEC, Birmingham on 1 and 2 November.
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Scottish golf clubs urged to accept affiliation fee rise
The CEO of Scottish Golf has written an impassioned article calling for Scottish golf clubs to accept a proposal to more than double affiliation fees.
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This man saw his handicap drop from 15 to five in half a season
A 20-year-old golfer from Salford has knocked 10 points off his handicap in half a playing season – from early in the year until July.
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All change at Oak Park Golf Club
It’s all change at a Surrey club which has a new head chef, new course manager and new general manager – a man who was once the club’s PGA professional and oversaw record numbers of juniors participating
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Golfers warned to be vigilant about storms following lightning death
The manager of a golf club where a golfer was hit by lightning and died earlier this year has said he is warning members and visitors about electrical thunderstorms.
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Sponsored feature: Changing the changing rooms at Alloa GC
The historic Scottish golf club is one of the first to adopt Ready Golf to tackle slow play and has invested in a stunning new changing room.
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Closed-down golf club could re-open in 2018
A Leicestershire golf club that closed down last year could re-open next year as a major holiday golfing destination.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing The Golf Business in September
From golf courses being the location of air ambulances to world record attempts for par five holes, the editor of The Golf Business, Alistair Dunsmuir, charts his monthly top three trends.
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Golf Union of Wales rebrands as Wales Golf
The body that runs amateur golf in Wales has decided to change its name as part of a major rebranding exercise.
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Golf club staff tied up and threatened with gun
Staff at Blackwell Range Golf Club in Durham have been tied up and threatened with a shotgun and a hammer by armed robbers.