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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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Noel Mackenzie: Things to consider before purchasing course machinery
What is needed to run a course well?
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Steven Brown: Making your food and beverage operation more profitable
In this feature we are going to focus upon the use of facts and data that are available to you to use as control mechanisms in your food and beverage operation leading to greater efficiency and profitability.
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Club Profile: Turnberry Golf Club
The club has become part of a modern hotel and resort, but its bond with the past remains as strong as ever.
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Noel Mackenzie: The winter diseases clubs need to be wary of
Late December and early January are not very nice times of year for grass.
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Club Profile: Goodwood’s innovative membership subscription scheme
The Goodwood House is currently home to Lord March, who took over the management of the Goodwood Estate Company, and chairmanship of Goodwood’s main golf course, from his father.
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Loughgall Golf Club uses compost to improve drainage
To keep turf healthy and maintain continuity of service, greenkeepers need to do everything possible to ensure that their courses can cope with prolonged wet weather and sudden influxes of water.
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Should clubs be worried about terrorism at golf tournaments?
“For the Open championships, enormous security measures are always put into operation.”
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Noel Mackenzie: Too little ecology goes into golf course design
Leading agronomist Noel Mackenzie has said that too little topography and ecology goes into golf course design.
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Welsh council bails out loss-making club
Parc Garnant, a council-owned golf club in Carmarthenshire which was costing its county council £150,000 per year to run, has been handed over to a private firm to run, under a 25-year lease.
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Steven Brown: How to calculate profit and loss in the bar and restaurant
There are essentially two areas of finance that need to be reviewed regarding your F&B operation.
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Essex club keeps greens green due to composting
There are a number of reasons why compost, produced from garden waste such as grass cuttings, prunings and leaves, has such good water retention properties and can be of considerable benefit.
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Renovate tees, greens and fairways now, says top agronomist
One of Britain’s top agronomists has said that golf clubs should renovate their tees, greens and fairways as far ahead of winter as possible.
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The Open to return to St Andrews in 2015
The R&A has announced that the Old Course at St Andrews, officially the oldest golf course in the world, will host the 2015 Open Championship.
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Ramsdale Park GC wins £2k lottery grant
A National Lottery programme has given a grant of £2,000 to a Nottinghamshire golf club to help it work more with juniors.
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Golfer who lost an eye sues club for £750k
A golfer who lost an eye at Niddry Castle Golf Club in Scotland is suing the club over a lack of signage, and the golfer who hit the ball.