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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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Noel Mackenzie: Why the winter is the perfect time to prepare for next summer
Summer preparation requires planning when the inevitable need to restore and replenish the playing surfaces through renovations is being considered.
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How to make your golf club disability friendly
The process of making your golf club accessible starts by first identifying how your course and clubhouse present the barriers that make a person’s impairment disabling.
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Club Profile: Windlesham GC – How eco work and reciprocal deals has attracted new business
“We don’t try and compete with Sunningdale or Wentworth.”
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Noel Mackenzie: Things to consider before purchasing course machinery
What is needed to run a course well?
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Steven Brown: Making your food and beverage operation more profitable
In this feature we are going to focus upon the use of facts and data that are available to you to use as control mechanisms in your food and beverage operation leading to greater efficiency and profitability.
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Club Profile: Turnberry Golf Club
The club has become part of a modern hotel and resort, but its bond with the past remains as strong as ever.
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Noel Mackenzie: The winter diseases clubs need to be wary of
Late December and early January are not very nice times of year for grass.
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Club Profile: Goodwood’s innovative membership subscription scheme
The Goodwood House is currently home to Lord March, who took over the management of the Goodwood Estate Company, and chairmanship of Goodwood’s main golf course, from his father.
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Loughgall Golf Club uses compost to improve drainage
To keep turf healthy and maintain continuity of service, greenkeepers need to do everything possible to ensure that their courses can cope with prolonged wet weather and sudden influxes of water.
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Should clubs be worried about terrorism at golf tournaments?
“For the Open championships, enormous security measures are always put into operation.”
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Noel Mackenzie: Too little ecology goes into golf course design
Leading agronomist Noel Mackenzie has said that too little topography and ecology goes into golf course design.
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Welsh council bails out loss-making club
Parc Garnant, a council-owned golf club in Carmarthenshire which was costing its county council £150,000 per year to run, has been handed over to a private firm to run, under a 25-year lease.
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Steven Brown: How to calculate profit and loss in the bar and restaurant
There are essentially two areas of finance that need to be reviewed regarding your F&B operation.
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Essex club keeps greens green due to composting
There are a number of reasons why compost, produced from garden waste such as grass cuttings, prunings and leaves, has such good water retention properties and can be of considerable benefit.
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Renovate tees, greens and fairways now, says top agronomist
One of Britain’s top agronomists has said that golf clubs should renovate their tees, greens and fairways as far ahead of winter as possible.