• Kent club offers free birthday rounds

    Kent club offers free birthday rounds

    A Kent golf club has introduced an innovative marketing hook – golfers receive a free round if it is their birthday.

  • Unique golf club partnership launched

    Unique golf club partnership launched

    Three south west golf clubs have created a unique golf club partnership in which members of one venue receive full membership of the other two for free.

  • Flexible membership schemes have been a success

    Flexible membership schemes have been a success

    Several clubs introduced flexible membership schemes this year – and they have brought in large numbers of new members seemingly everywhere.

  • Bernard Gallacher to lead heart campaign

    Bernard Gallacher to lead heart campaign

    Bernard Gallacher, who nearly died at a golf club in August, is to lead a campaign that will urge golf clubs to purchase defibrillators

  • ‘Adventure Golf’ being used to attract women and children to the game

    ‘Adventure Golf’ being used to attract women and children to the game

    Golf clubs that are installing ‘adventure golf’ courses aimed at children are seeing huge direct and indirect financial benefits.

  • Clubs urged to adopt social media policy

    Clubs urged to adopt social media policy

    The legal advisor to the NGCAA has said that litigation over social media has reached such an extent that it has become essential that golf clubs implement a social media policy.

  • Call for clubs to employ younger staff

    Call for clubs to employ younger staff

    The head greenkeeper of a leading golf club has said clubs will continue to struggle as long as their committees fail to employ younger staff as managers.

  • AGCO to take government to court

    AGCO to take government to court

    AGCO is set to take legal proceedings against the UK government over the issue of VAT in golf, following an email from HMRC that has been overturned.

  • Britain’s most exclusive golf club to open

    Britain’s most exclusive golf club to open

    An exclusive golf club with £200,000 joining fees aimed at super-rich foreigners is set to open at St Andrews in less than three years’ time. It will be the only private members’ golf club at the ‘home of golf’.

  • Golf partnership brings in £500K

    Golf partnership brings in £500K

    A golf partnership between three clubs has generated nearly half a million pounds in spending in just the last two years – even though it only operates in three off-season months every year.

  • New funding for Scottish golf clubs

    New funding for Scottish golf clubs

    A new funding scheme has been launched for Scottish golf clubs that don’t have qualified professionals but want to teach the game to local youngsters.

  • Wales to be global capital for deaf golfers

    Wales to be global capital for deaf golfers

    Wales is set to become the most accessible country in the world for hard of hearing and deaf golfers within the next two years.

  • Affordable golf coaching launched

    Affordable golf coaching launched

    A Yorkshire and Derbyshire club operator has introduced affordable golf coaching for women, for customers across the four venues it owns.

  • PGA of America offers pro business scheme

    The PGA of America has launched an innovative programme that will teach golf specifically to employees of companies, in a bid to boost participation in the game and help American businesses.

  • Historic Scottish golf club is closed down

    Historic Scottish golf club is closed down

    An historic golf club is closed down and another fears for its future as golf clubs in Scotland continue to suffer amid the tough financial climate.