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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.Â
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Spate of thefts at greenkeepers’ sheds
Police in Scotland have issued a warning to golf clubs to protect their greenkeepers’ sheds after at least two were targeted by criminals.
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Can a proprietary club set up as a not-for-profit and become VAT-exempt?
Currently going through tribunals is a case in which a proprietary golf club converted to a ‘not-for-profit’ venue, which would make it VAT exempt. Adrian Houstoun explains the legal situation behind this
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The top 3 things we learnt about the golf industry during April
April was all about health and golf. The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir reviews the top three trends of the month, including why alcohol is so good for the game
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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.