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Golf Ireland celebrates Rory McIlroy’s Masters win
Golf Ireland has extended its congratulations to Rory McIlroy following a sensational back-to-back victory at the Masters in Augusta.
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Wentworth members threaten legal action over fee hike
Members of Wentworth Club have formed an action group to block plans to reduce the number of members and massively increase the rates they pay, and have threatened legal action against their own club’s owner.
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Participation slumps again as more golf clubs close
The number of rounds of golf played in the UK in the final quarter of 2015 was down significantly on 2014’s levels, as two golf clubs have already closed this month alone.
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Another venue more than trebles the size of its hole cups
Norwood Park Golf Centre in Nottinghamshire has become the latest golf club to use giant hole cups to attract juniors and beginners to the game.
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New Scottish Golf chair to target women golfers
The new chair of Scottish Golf has said she will use her high-level business experience to try and get more women to play golf.
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Another two golf clubs allow women to join them
Two more historic golf clubs have decided to end their men-only membership policies and allow women to become members for the first time.
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160 golf clubs now offer footgolf
More than 150 UK golf clubs offer footgolf, the new sport that combines football and golf, even though it only came to the UK less than three years ago.
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AGCO challenges non-profit status of private members’ golf clubs
The chair of the Association of Golf Course Owners (AGCO), Vivien Saunders, has submitted a report to the senior policy advisor on VAT at the Treasury that calls for the non-profit status of private members’ clubs to be challenged.
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CONGU announces new handicapping changes
The Council of National Golf Unions (CONGU) has announced that its revised handicapping system has been updated and the new changes will come in on January 1, 2016.
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Greg Norman has radical ideas to improve the state of golf
Greg Norman calls for relaxed dress codes, a 12-hole format of golf and even music in buggies to address the large drop in participation over the last few years.
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Golf Club Manager of the Year finalist Tracy Rawlinson, Warrington Golf Club
Profile of Golf Club Manager of the Year finalist Tracy Rawlinson, Warrington Golf Club.
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Wentworth to charge £125,000 joining fee
Wentworth Club in Surrey is to raise its joining fee from £15,000 to £125,000 amid reports that it wants to get rid of its high net worth members because they are not rich enough.
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Carin Koch: Dress codes put women off golf
European Solheim Cup captain Carin Koch has said that several golf clubs are missing out on thousands of female customers by having restrictive dress codes.
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These clubs are abandoning ladies’ tees and here’s why
More than 30 UK golf clubs have abandoned ladies’ tees in an effort to encourage improving golfers, retain ageing players and promote social golf.
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These are the golf clubs that have been put up for sale in the last few months
A raft of golf clubs have been put up for sale in the last few months, carrying on from 2014, in which more UK golf clubs were put on the market than in any other year in history.
