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Meet the golf club manager: Anthony Tarchetti
The general manager of Chart Hills Golf Club in Kent, Anthony Tarchetti, talks about the major transformations the venue has seen in the last six years, which means, for example, it now offers year-round golf on firm, consistent fairways.
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Welsh golf club plans major expansion
A golf club in Wales hopes to almost triple the size of its driving range and build a new building to contain a pro shop and refreshment facilities.
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2023 is set for record golf participation year
This year is set to break last year’s record for the highest number of rounds of golf played by members of clubs in the UK and Ireland in history.
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Do we need to invest in a modern driving range?
Should your golf club risk alienating existing, older, members, by converting the driving range into an entertainment centre that would probably attract younger people? Or could there be a middle way?
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Meet the head professional: James Erskine
The head professional Dumfries & County Golf Club, James Erskine, talks about swing studios, introducing the game to thousands of children and how TGI Golf has helped his business for several years.
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Origin Amenity Solutions expands its research team
Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) has announced the expansion of the Origin Turf Science and Technology Centre team and the promotion of one of its key people.
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Ormskirk and Farleigh win student awards
The winner of the Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year Award has been named as Michael Russell, assistant greenkeeper at Ormskirk Golf Club in West Lancashire.
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First-ever disability-friendly putting green to open in Birmingham
A golfing charity is to build the UK’s first disability-friendly putting green at Walmley Golf Club – thanks to support from Sutton Coldfield’s historic charitable trust.
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Greenkeeping team praised for incredible repair job
A West Midlands golf course has been vandalised after a car crashed through gates and then drove onto a green and a fairway – but the greenkeeping team had the green back in play later the same morning.
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Rudding Park to build new clubhouse
A golf club in Yorkshire is to invest heavily in its facilities.
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Two Scottish golf courses are saved
Two municipal Scottish golf courses that were told they would be closed down just one week ago have both been rescued.
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Royal Ascot’s professional experience
At this year’s club championships at Royal Ascot Golf Club, 120 golfers enjoyed live scoring, PA announcements across the course and branding hubs on selected tees.
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Profile: Wenvoe Castle’s volunteers
Wenvoe Castle in Wales relied on its volunteers during the pandemic – and they were so successful that a group of volunteers now plays a key role in improving the James Braid course and the listed clubhouse.
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The US Majors: Exploring the golf championships
An introduction to the three of the four men’s golf ‘majors’ that are played in the USA.
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US golf course to be revived
A US golf course that closed down at the start of the pandemic is to be revived – and the venue will, for the first time, realise the architectural ambitions that were put together for it in the 1930s.
