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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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Golf Trends 2013
 It’s been a tough few years for golf clubs, and it’s been even worse for suppliers to golf clubs, as the venues have been reluctant to spend.
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Australia merger is biggest in golf history
Two of the greatest golf clubs in Australia are to merge with each other.
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Golf club forms deal with Tottenham Hotspur
Hertfordshire golf club Brocket Hall has agreed a corporate partnership with Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur.
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Crown Golf to tackle slow golfers
Crown Golf is trialing pace of play software to root out slow golfers and a flexible membership programme to attract golfers who do not want to pay for unlimited access to a course.
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What we learnt about golf club management in October
What we learnt about golf club management in October.
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More golf clubs to build lodges
Three more golf clubs have announced plans to build holiday lodges on their courses.
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Strict dress codes ‘can be bad for a golf club’s business’
Dress codes are a hugely contentious issue in golf, but could they even be costing your club income?
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Six giant wind turbines for St Andrews
Six giant wind turbines are to be built overlooking the ‘home of golf’ at St Andrews, as several golf clubs are facing the issue of having turbines erected nearby.
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Kent club offers free birthday rounds
A Kent golf club has introduced an innovative marketing hook – golfers receive a free round if it is their birthday.
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Unique golf club partnership launched
Three south west golf clubs have created a unique golf club partnership in which members of one venue receive full membership of the other two for free.
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Flexible membership schemes have been a success
Several clubs introduced flexible membership schemes this year – and they have brought in large numbers of new members seemingly everywhere.
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Bernard Gallacher to lead heart campaign
Bernard Gallacher, who nearly died at a golf club in August, is to lead a campaign that will urge golf clubs to purchase defibrillators
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‘Adventure Golf’ being used to attract women and children to the game
Golf clubs that are installing ‘adventure golf’ courses aimed at children are seeing huge direct and indirect financial benefits.
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Clubs urged to adopt social media policy
The legal advisor to the NGCAA has said that litigation over social media has reached such an extent that it has become essential that golf clubs implement a social media policy.
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Call for clubs to employ younger staff
The head greenkeeper of a leading golf club has said clubs will continue to struggle as long as their committees fail to employ younger staff as managers.