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Meet the resort director: Richard Woolley
The resort director at St. Mellion Estate in Cornwall talks about leading the venue he grew up playing at after 15 years of senior roles at Crown Golf clubs, and tells us what the resort has been investing in this decade, as it prepares for its 50th anniversary this summer.
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The clubs marketing themselves ahead of next year’s Open Championship
Next week’s Open has seen all additional championship day tickets sell out within 72 hours of going on sale. Unsurprisingly, clubs located near to the 2020 venue are already using the event to market themselves.
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Yeovil Golf Club reappoints Swan Golf Designs
The 112-year-old Yeovil Golf Club has retained the services of Swan Golf Designs to identify an improvement schedule to be rolled out across the next decade.
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Golf courses review: Sanremo in Italy
Although not a traditional golfing destination, Italy has more than 300 golf courses, many of which come with a high reputation. Here, Sarah Forrest visits two on the coast of Liguria, in the north-west of the country.
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Two golf clubs planning major upgrades
Two golf clubs, one in Hartlepool and one in Oxfordshire, are planning major expansions, including the building of hotels on site.
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Two golf venues set to close
A 24-hole golf club attached to a hotel in Lincolnshire and a local authority’s pitch and putt facilities in Exeter are both set to close down.
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Golf resort offers free coaching to women and girls
Five of Macdonald Hotels & Resorts’ golf venues will be offering free coaching to women and girls in the first half of July.
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Women welcomed to 275-year-old golf club for first time
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which has its home at Muirfield, 16-time host of the Open, has invited women to become club members for the first time in its history.
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Naked women golf day slammed for taking ‘golf backwards’
A golf event in Essex featuring topless women in buggies and naked ladies serving drinks has been branded ‘an unacceptable step back in time’ by people who work in the industry.
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Wentworth Club and John Deere announce major new partnership
Wentworth Club and John Deere have entered into an exclusive partnership for the supply of an astonishing 140-plus golf course maintenance machines to its three world famous golf courses.
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HowDidiDo app gets new look as it tops 215,000 downloads
HowDidiDo, Europe’s largest online golf community, is set to become the country’s largest members’ golf app after topping 215,000 downloads.
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Duo win Speedgolf championship in sub 50 minute 18-hole round
The British Speedgolf Pairs Championship has concluded with the winning 18-hole round completed in less than 50 minutes.
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Religious argument over Sunday golf could see club close
An historic, successful and stunning golf club on a Scottish island could, incredibly, be closed down, because its landlord does not want members playing on it on Sundays.
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Poll shows UK golfers are split over junior dress codes
A poll of UK golfers on whether children should adhere to dress codes when they learn or play golf has revealed an almost neck and neck divide.
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Free prostate cancer test at golf club stopped traffic
A free, three minute prostate cancer test that was open to any man at a Wolverhampton golf club proved so popular that it stopped local traffic, with over 1,000 people in attendance.
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Club profile: Holywell Golf Club
This inland links-type course is one of the highest in Wales and has served its local community well for over 100 years – and the club has been investing in its clubhouse to ensure that this continues for much longer.