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Meet the director of golf: Dean Montgomery
Having worked at great golf clubs around the world, including Royal Liverpool, Bearwood Lakes and Yas Links, Dean Montgomery has taken on a new role as director of golf at Golf at The Hawthorn, just as it is about to open a luxury hotel.
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Embracing the opportunity to reset
This year Stellar Asset Management bought its fourth golf club, to ensure it avoided insolvency. Ben Blackburn explains why this company is investing in golf and what changes the venues are experiencing.
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Guide for developing golf on small areas of land launched
The R&A has published a guide outlining the best ways to use restricted areas of land for golf course development.
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With a padel
Padel courts have been built at several golf clubs in recent years. But what is padel and why is it proving to be irresistible to so many golf venues?
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Royal Ascot installs 124 solar panels and plants 2,500 trees
Royal Ascot Golf Club in Berkshire has installed 124 silicon panels and planted 2,500 trees across its 18-hole course, which sits on 150 acres of wooded crown land in Windsor Great Park.
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Community meeting held after course loses part of hole to coastal erosion
People living near the oldest nine-hole links course in England have attended a meeting to see what they can do to prevent the course being lost to the elements.
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Essential business planning to thrive in 2025
Steve Bird, Foremost Golf Business Development Consultant and Education Lead, highlights some simple steps that will stack the odds in your favour as we approach 2025.
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Golf clubs and land options
Golf clubs across the country are exploring alternative options that enable them to capitalise on high land values and take advantage of planning policies to benefit the future viability of their venues.
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Meet the women’s golf advocate: Cara Gainer
The Club Company has entered into a partnership with professional golfer Cara Gainer. Here, Cara discusses how she’s using the partnership to promote the game to women and girls.
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6% of English golf courses ‘at high risk of flooding’
A new report has found that 117 golf clubs in England, about six percent of the total number, are at high risk of serious flooding.
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“We aim to be one of the best in the region”
Next year Allerton Manor in Liverpool will reopen its main course. It is also developing a hotel and spa, an adventure golf course and a premium catering unit, and will build a new clubhouse.
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“Real estate development takes precedence”
Joaquín Mora Bertrán, deputy general manager of Golf, Beach Club and F&B at INFINITUM in Spain, talks about hosting the DP World Tour Qualifying School Final Stage and running three different courses.
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Extra security with CardsSafe
CardsSafe is a cost-effective technology designed to securely retain customer credit, debit and ID cards while customers run tabs or hire a product or service.
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More major clubhouse projects set to go ahead
St Andrews Links Trust, Prestwick Golf Club and Kirkby Valley Golf Course have become the latest venues to announce major clubhouse projects in the last few days.
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Hendon Golf Club victim of race attack
Hendon Golf Club, which is in an area of London that has a large Jewish population, has been the victim of shocking antisemitic vandalism.
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Boyd keeps swinging
Lindsay Boyd has been an assistant golf club manager, a director of golf and is now the club professional at Donaghadee Golf Club. He talks about how he manages his workload and how TGI benefits his business.