Golf Ireland celebrates Rory McIlroy’s Masters win

A settlement has finally been reached in the case of the golfer who lost his eye on the golf course and sued both the golfer and the club for hundreds of thousands of pounds.

A BBC programme has mocked single sex golf clubs – especially ones that refuse to allow women to be their members.

Brocket Hall Golf Club has appointed model Jodie Kidd to develop its ladies’ and girls’ golf sections.

The average golf club in England has less than 3 girls as members, according to new research. However, there is potentially huge demand to increase this.

Ruislip Golf Club says it’s lost half its members and 85 percent of its junior section because the high speed rail line, HS2, is due to be built next to it.

Exeter Golf and Country Club is set to be saved by a giant net. It feared closure because balls might hit nearby houses – that haven’t actually been built yet.

Another popular American sport that that can be played at golf clubs is growing rapidly in the UK – in this case ‘disc golf’.

The chief executive of England Golf, David Joy, has said some golf clubs are putting people off from being members by displaying an unprofessional attitude.

One of the UK’s most eminent university professors, and a president of a golf club, has said that some of the traditions golf clubs have are “out of touch, a complete nonsense and a turn off to diversity and gender equality”.

Two of the greatest golf clubs in Australia are to merge with each other.

Hertfordshire golf club Brocket Hall has agreed a corporate partnership with Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur.