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Tom Phillips begins work as the new CEO of the Ladies European Tour (LET)
Tom Phillips has officially begun his new role as CEO of the Ladies European Tour (LET), marking the beginning of an exciting new era for the tour and for women’s professional golf globally.
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This is Britain’s youngest golf club manager
Britain’s youngest golf club manager is a 23-year-old woman called Ellie Green, research by Golf Club Management can reveal.
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The main golf clubs that have closed down this summer
We look at the main golf clubs that closed down this summer – despite some signs of a recovery in the industry.
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The way golf clubs market themselves ‘is woeful and plays to gender stereotypes’
A majority of golf clubs fail to provide membership details on their own websites despite being desperate for new members, according to two new surveys.
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England Golf launches its plan to save golf
England Golf has launched its far-reaching plan to stop the decline in golf – and in doing so reveals that English golf clubs have lost more than 200,000 members in the last decade.
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You will probably think that golf’s latest plan to get new people playing has a few holes in it
A golf organisation that is backed by players, equipment manufacturers and industry leaders has devised a radical way to halt the decline in golf: Make the holes bigger. More than three times bigger.
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CEO Mike Round leaves the Golf Foundation for the LET
Mike Round, CEO of the Golf Foundation since 2000, is to leave the the junior golf charity and join the Ladies European Tour (LET) as a director.
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‘Dress codes in golf are harmful to the business of the clubs’
Could a dress code impact on a golf club’s business?
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It’s other women, and rules, that put women off from playing golf
Fashion designer Emma Hope has said golf club rules and other women golfers are why golf clubs have such a problem recruiting ladies to play the game.
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This is the novelty gift that has caused golf’s latest sexism storm
A government adviser on abused women has called for a tee accessory, developed by Mike Ashley’s company, that features a naked, decapitated female body, to be banned.
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Golf courses ‘enhance ecosystems and some animals even owe their lives to them’
The University of Missouri has found that not only can golf courses enhance local ecosystems, but some animals may even owe their lives to them.
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HMRC finally accepts VAT ruling – but says it will restrict payments to members’ golf clubs
HMRC has finally accepted a 2013 European Union ruling that green fees at private members’ golf clubs must be exempt from VAT – but the clubs in question will be far from happy.
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‘Ayatollah’ golf case: All clubs told to implement anti-bullying measures following ‘saucy scandal’
A golf club has been rebuked by a judge for displaying ‘amazing ignorance and a total misunderstanding of bullying’ after it rejected a claim because the lady in question had not been physically hurt.
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Irish golf clubs have lost 26% of their members in the last 7 years
More than a quarter of all the adult members of golf clubs in the Republic of Ireland have abandoned their membership since the start of the economic downturn.
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AGCO makes application to throw out EU VAT rebate ruling
The Association of Golf Course Owners has applied to provide data that the ruling that VAT must not be applied to green fees was based on flawed evidence.
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Clubs unhappy with HMRC’s ‘delaying tactics’ re VAT rebate
Many clubs are angry that HMRC has not yet processed claims for a VAT rebate on green fees, as KPMG calls for members’ clubs to now treat green fees as exempt from VAT.