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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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HMRC set to argue that VAT payments to golf clubs must be substantially reduced
EXCLUSIVE: HMRC is set to argue that the amount it is due to pay private members’ golf clubs back in overpaid VAT should be reduced by at least half.
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Two more golf clubs close down
Two golf clubs close down for good and a third has said it will permanently shut down if a buyer is not found as problems continue for the industry.
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‘VAT distortion’ blamed on golf club losing 9 holes
An 18 hole proprietary golf club has downsized to nine holes and blamed its loss on a ‘VAT distortion’ in the golf industry that has caused it economic problems.
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This Surrey golf club has given up golf to become a FootGolf centre
A Surrey golf club has closed down its golf course and is instead focussing entirely on FootGolf, the hybrid version of football and golf.
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Mainstream media reveals golf’s shortcomings
Two of the UK’s biggest media outlets, the BBC & The Telegraph, have both published articles identifying the problems golf is facing and offering solutions.
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The golf industry is now in a ‘precarious position’
England Golf has warned that the industry is now in a ‘precarious position’ after its major survey revealed that club membership is still in sharp decline.
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See the 21 golf clubs put up for sale in the UK
At least an astonishing 16 golf clubs, most worth millions, have been put up for sale in the UK in the last 13 weeks. We take a look at all of them.
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Vivien Saunders to stand as an MP
AGCO chair, former British Open champion and campaigner for tax reform in golf, Vivien Saunders, is set to stand as an MP at the 2015 General Election.
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Average age of golfers up a massive 15 years since 2009
The average age of people who play golf regularly in the UK is up an incredible 15 years from 48 to 63 in less than five years, according to data.
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Golf clubs’ fury over new VAT repayment delay
Hundreds of private members’ golf clubs are now almost certainly not going to receive any VAT repayments this year following a new tax chamber ruling.
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Two major golf clubs to close down ‘next month’
Taunton Vale GC and Lostwithiel Golf & Country Club are both set to permanently close down this November, in a sign the industry is still in severe trouble.
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Royal Dornoch sets up green fee community fund
One of the greatest golf clubs in the world, Royal Dornoch, will donate up to one percent of all the green fee income it receives to local good causes.
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This is Britain’s youngest golf club manager
Britain’s youngest golf club manager is a 23-year-old woman called Ellie Green, research by Golf Club Management can reveal.
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The main golf clubs that have closed down this summer
We look at the main golf clubs that closed down this summer – despite some signs of a recovery in the industry.
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The way golf clubs market themselves ‘is woeful and plays to gender stereotypes’
A majority of golf clubs fail to provide membership details on their own websites despite being desperate for new members, according to two new surveys.