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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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The Nairn to sponsor tour rookie
A golf club has taken an unusual marketing step to attract more people to its venue – it is sponsoring a professional golfer.
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‘Most golfers don’t know what the pro does’
A major survey of golfers who work in golf clubs has found that they feel they get little recognition from club golfers about what work they actually do.
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Fergie named as new golf club captain
Sir Alex Ferguson has been named as the new captain of De Vere Mottram Hall. The news comes just one week after he retired as the manager of Manchester United.
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Fundraising golf club closes
A golf club that used to donate all its profits to a charity has been closed down after its membership dropped to just 50 people.
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Four golf clubs saved from going under
Four British golf clubs have all been saved from being closed down in the last few days.
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Survey your members about dress codes
There’s an informative article on dress codes in the June issue of Golf Monthly, which includes a poll of golfers that has some interesting results.
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‘Narcissistic directors are bad for business’
One of Britain’s leading golf club managers has said ‘whinging and negative’ committee members are threatening the futures of their own golf clubs.
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Dawson defiant over single-sex golf clubs
The chief executive of The R&A has said that he will not bully Open venue golf clubs to accept women as members.
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Sandy Jones: Clubs need to focus on golf
The chief executive of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) has warned golf clubs against offering non-golf services that could raise income.
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Planning sought for £60m ‘The Ayrshire’
Developers have filed for planning permission to build a major new multi-million pound golf course in Scotland.
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Surrey club offers month-long ‘membership’
A Surrey golf club has come up with an innovative way to market itself – it is offering unlimited golf for one month.
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Shock £320k damages ruling against club
Appeal court judges in Scotland have stunned the golf industry by announcing that a golf club must pay a substantially higher proportion of damages than had been previously ruled, after a golfer lost his eye when he was hit by a ball.
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Inchmarlo Golf Club is partially saved
A liquidated Scottish resort has been partially saved after a deal was struck with a landowning family that has an association with the club’s villas.
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£50k landfill grant for golf club
One of the world’s oldest golf clubs has received £50,000 of government funding to update its course and clubhouse in an environmentally friendly way.
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Golf needs to get its ‘head out of the sand’
The head of the world’s largest operator of golf clubs has said that golf needs to get its ‘head out of the sand’ and start offering much quicker rounds.