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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 club members are teaming up with Prostate Cancer UK
A major new golf competition is being launched that will see thousands of golf club members raise money for Prostate Cancer UK.
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Golf club markets to families after £125k refurb
A Nottinghamshire golf club that has just undergone a £125,000 refurbishment is now marketing to families to visit the venue.
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Fairway Credit helps golf clubs go paperless
Clubs welcome the digitisation of membership fee collections – Fairway Credit makes golf club managers lives easier with HowDoIPay integration and a new online paperless monthly instalment facility. The Golf Business reports
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Playing regular golf is ‘good for your brain’
A new study has found that doing moderate exercise such as the walking involved in regular games of golf is the best way to slow down the brain’s ageing process if you’re over 50.
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Is it possible to maintain healthy turfgrass with just one application of fertiliser?
One of the world’s foremost experts on turfgrass disease management, John Dempsey PhD, last year carried out a major trial on whether it’s possible to maintain healthy turfgrass on a fairway with just one application of a controlled release fertiliser
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Another club is rescued by local PGA professional
A golf club that entered administration towards the end of last year has had its future secured after a local businessman bought it and a local professional golfer took over the running of it.
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Closed golf venue to reopen as a footgolf facility
A municipal golf venue that closed down in 2015 when the council stopped subsidising it is likely to reopen as a footgolf course later this year.
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Premier League chairman may build golf hotel
The former chairman of a Premier League football club has said he may build a hotel next to a golf club, which should benefit both parties.
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Meet the golf club manager: James Fuller
The Golf Business speaks to the general manager of The Gog Magog Golf Club in Cambridge about running a club with more than 1,300 members
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‘This is the worst vandalism I’ve ever seen’
The owner of a Cambridgeshire golf club has said an attack to 14 of the course’s greens is the worst case of golf vandalism she has ever seen.
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Golf group launches alternative to flexible memberships
A group that runs seven golf clubs in the UK has launched a flexible membership option which is different to the traditional offerings that have been a major industry trend in the last few years.
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Half of Mytime Active’s golf clubs to offer footgolf
One of Britain’s largest golf club operators has said at least half of its venues will offer footgolf, the sport that’s a hybrid of football and golf.
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Fraud at Yorkshire golf clubs on the rise
The secretary of the Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs (YUGC) has said that at least two of its member clubs were victims of fraud in 2016.
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Legal matters: Advertising issues clubs need to consider
NGCAA chief executive Jackie Howe comments on issues clubs may have to deal with when marketing themselves
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This club is offering free golf to youngsters
A Kent golf club is offering free membership to juniors as part of a drive to encourage more youngsters to play the game.