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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.
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Riddlesden lost half its membership in just three years
An 89-year-old Yorkshire golf club that closed down earlier this year lost half of its membership between 2012 and 2015.
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Golf and golf club praised for helping people with Parkinson’s
Rudding Park Hotel, Spa and Golf in Yorkshire has been praised for helping people with Parkinson’s – the latest of several clubs in the last few weeks that has helped people with physical ailments.
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7 jailed for planned heist on Old Course Hotel
Seven men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for planning a unique raid on the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews which would have had ‘huge implications’ for golf if they had been successful.
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Golf club gets an undertaker to sponsor hole called ‘The Coffin’
West Lothian Golf Club has been praised for getting a local funeral director to sponsor a hole that is called ‘The Coffin’.
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Nike’s decision to partially leave golf came on same day Adidas reported huge recovery
The decision by Nike Golf, one of the biggest sponsors of the game in the world, to partially exit the industry, came on the same day that Adidas reported a recovery in its golf business.
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Two golf clubs receive £150k grant from Sport England
Two Hertfordshire golf clubs are receiving nearly £150,000 between them to spend on refurbishments and improvements thanks to grants from Sport England.
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Toro distributor Lely sold to Royal Reesink
The turfcare activities of one of the biggest companies in the UK golf club industry, Lely, have been sold to major Dutch company Royal Reesink.
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Another golf club to build housing by its course
Huntercombe GC in Oxfordshire is the latest golf club to hope to build houses on its land to fund improvements to its facilities.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing Golf Club Management in July
From the biggest fraud in golf club management history to the astonishing work that some top pros are doing to get more kids playing golf, July was not a quiet month in the industry, reports GCM editor Alistair Dunsmuir
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Izaak Walton Golf Club has entered liquidation
Izaak Walton Golf Club in Stoke, a popular 18-hole venue, has entered liquidation. The club has shut its clubhouse and boarded up its doors and windows.
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The golf industry is seeing some positives from Brexit
A major golf course construction firm and a golf tourism company have both said that Britain’s decision to leave the EU can have positive ramifications for the industry.
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Golf is a superb way to help stroke victims recover
The Stroke Association is increasingly finding that playing golf, which provides a number of key social, mental and physical benefits, is an excellent way for survivors to boost their recovery.
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Unions report ‘surge’ in female participation in golf
Both England Golf and the Golf Union of Wales have issued a statement saying their countries are now witnessing a surge in female participation of the game.
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Golf Development Wales is getting people from ethnic minority backgrounds into golf
A new project aimed at addressing the tiny number of people from a black and minority ethnic background who are members of golf clubs in Wales is already having a positive effect.
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Every golf club in UK invited to support Fields in Trust
A charity that safeguards parks and playing fields is asking, via Bernard Gallacher, every golf club in the UK to show its support for it, after one venue in Northern Ireland was protected.