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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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Club Profile: Broughton Heath – a thriving par three golf course
Broughton Heath, in the Derbyshire countryside not far from Dovedale in the tiny village of Church Broughton, is an 18-hole golf course with 18 par three holes.
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Stuart Phipps: How to convert ‘nomads’ into golf club members
It is no use existing clubs fighting each other for members: unattached golfers – ‘nomads’ – have to be converted into members – and that means clubs must provide what they want.
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The key to successful marketing is your club’s database
As winter draws closer, the number of visiting parties decrease and the frequency of member visits to the course start to decline, it is a time of year when thoughts should be turning to winter work.
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Noel Mackenzie: Prepare the course now for winter, so it can be prepared for next summer
As the sun gets lower in the sky and daylight hours shorten so the plants on the golf green receive less light and heat reducing the ability of the grass to maintain condition under low cutting heights.
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How Epsom Golf Club increased its junior section from 26 to 108
“Kids here are encouraged to take part in the club’s affairs. They get a handbook, bi-monthly newsletters and noticeboards which keep them informed. They’re not treated differently.”
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Cheshire police warn of forged golf union cards
The Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs has become aware that forgeries of discount cards have been in circulation and in use at Cheshire clubs.
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How interior clubhouse design can fit into a marketing strategy
There was a time when simply having a bar and dining facility at a golf club guaranteed that members and visitors would stay post round and use the facilities.
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Armed robbery at London golf club thwarted
An armed robbery at Perival Park Golf Club in London has been thwarted by firearms officers, the Flying Squad – and a 66-year-old woman who was about to have a lesson at the club.
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Epping Golf Club uses glass instead of sand in its bunkers
Neil Sjoberg, the manager of Epping Golf Club who built his club from scratch, has revealed that he uses glass for sand in his course’s bunkers, as part of his club’s environmental strategy.
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Epping Golf Club recruits 20 new members a year from its ‘Mighty Masters’
During the Easter holidays Epping Golf Club hosts its annual ‘Mighty Masters’ golf tournament.
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How free marketing boosted club’s membership
In one 18 month period, the club increased its full male members by 75, lady members by 30 and social members by 67.
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Interview with Ernie Els: the changes to Wentworth’s West Course
Described as the one ‘they all want to play’, the West Course, or Burma Road, is arguably Britain’s most famous golf course.
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Noel Mackenzie: The science behind course machinery
The business of managing fine turf for good putting green speeds is demanding and at nearly all courses these days it is a 365 day-a-year operation with around 2.5 hours of triple mowing undertaken per day as an average for 18 holes.
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Noel Mackenzie: How to spend less on drainage
Drainage and irrigation both depend on a few similar phenomena such as gravity, hydraulic laws, the behaviour of water molecules and so on.
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Driving range firm named as ‘Top 1,000 Brightest Business’ in the UK
The parent company of TopGolf, which runs driving ranges in England, has been named as one of the Daily Telegraph’s ‘Top 1,000 Brightest Businesses’.