-

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.
-

Private golf clubs attacked over tax affairs
A proprietary golf club has joined forces with a former women’s Open champion and launched an attack on a number of UK private members’ golf clubs over their tax arrangements.
-

Members prepared to spend more in 2012
A new survey on the spending behaviour of members of British golf clubs has found that golfers are prepared to spend more on memberships and green fees in 2012 than in 2011, but less on equipment.
-

Senior discount legislation is shelved
Forthcoming legislation that would have prevented golf clubs providing discounts for senior members has been shelved.
-

Club awarded £50K by Olympics legacy fund
A golf club has been awarded £50,000 by Sport England‘s 2012 Olympics Legacy Fund to build a new academy course.
-

Interview: Adam McColl; course AND club manager at Crews Hill GC
Crews Hill Golf Club, which celebrates its centenary in four years, is situated in the northern tip of Greater London in an area surrounded by rolling countryside, garden nurseries and farmland.
-

Cancer charity targeting golf clubs
Marie Curie Cancer Care is targeting golf clubs in a bid to raise money.
-

Cape Cornwall Golf enters administration
One of the world’s most spectacular golf clubs has been placed into administration.
-

Manager warns of death of non-flexible clubs
The manager of Lincoln Golf Club has warned that golf clubs will die unless they start offering flexible membership packages to their customers.
-

£100M Causeway club to be built
A controversial £100 million golf resort one mile from the World Heritage Site of the Giant’s Causeway is to be built.
-

Water restrictions to hit golf clubs
The technical manager of an agri-business has warned that golf courses will be first in the firing line if water restrictions are imposed on consumers this year.
-

Golf club to use waste to develop new course
Chipping Norton Golf Club in Oxfordshire has applied for planning permission to build a new golf course and driving range, which will be shaped using inert landfill.
-

England Golf appoints two presidents
England Golf has made the unprecedented step of appointing two presidents – one male and one female – to lead the organisation.







