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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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Controversial banker to build golf course
A controversial Australian hedge fund manager has ignored the advice of the Scottish Golf Union (SGU) and decided to build a new golf course in Scotland.
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Golf ‘will make you live longer’
Being an active member of a golf club could add three and a half years to an elderly person’s life, a new survey has found.
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Hotel offers golf in an hour membership
One of the country’s premier hotels is offering non-residents membership of its golf club for the first time in its history.
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Broke Hill sold to mystery buyer
Broke Hill Golf Club in Kent has been bought by a company with practically no public profile for an undisclosed sum. The company’s directors now run two firms that collectively own two golf venues.
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Club members lost ‘due to handicap system’
Approximately one in 10 golf club managers have said they have lost members solely as a result of the introduction of ‘inactive’ handicaps, according to a new survey.
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AGCO ramps up its tax campaign
The Association of Golf Course Owners (AGCO) is dramatically stepping up its campaign to put pressure on politicians to reform tax legislation in golf.
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AGCO meets with top treasury official
Three campaigners for a reformed tax regime in British golf have met with a senior treasury official to discuss the way forward.
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Shocking report kick-starts radical change
Golf in Scotland is to receive a radical facelift following a new survey that highlights the dire state of the country’s golf clubs.
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70% of British clubs were in profit last year
A major new survey of the golf industry has found that 70 per cent of British golf clubs reported a profit last year – up from 56 per cent in 2010.
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Golf ‘is devalued by Groupon’
The chairman of the Ogro has said that the sale of green fees by internet companies such as Groupon is so damaging to golf clubs that it could strip them of any power they have to control prices and tee time availability.
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Club’s anger at operator’s charity status
The management of a London golf club has launched a scathing attack on the charity status of Britain’s largest operator of pay-and-play golf courses, stating that this is bad for the taxpayer and for other golf clubs.
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‘No women at Augusta’ policy defended
A retired UK golf club manager has become the first to publicly defend Augusta National’s refusal to allow women to join since the issue exploded earlier this year.
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‘Raise VAT’ call leads to angry backlash
Proprietary golf clubs have been derided as ‘soulless’ in reaction to a call for VAT to be increased on membership subscriptions at private members’ clubs and reduced at profit-making ones.
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GUI refutes sectarian comments
The chairman of the Ulster branch of the Golfing Union of Ireland (GUI) has criticised two leading Northern Irish politicians for stating that sectarian prejudice is rife in the country’s golf clubs.
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My depressing experience of applying to join golf clubs
Recently, Brian Inglis, a former golf club secretary, found himself on the other side of the manager’s table when he decided to join a local club for the first time in his life.