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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.Â
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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.
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New survey highlights golf’s struggles
Membership subscriptions are the lifeblood for most golf clubs, but the number of members at an average golf club has been dropping for several years.
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Tax barrister will represent golf clubs
One of the UK’s leading tax barristers has been employed to represent golf clubs in a tribunal hearing that could have major ramifications for golf in the UK.
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Two new diseases that have been found on British courses
Two newly emerging turf diseases have recently been confirmed in samples received from golf courses in the UK and Ireland and it is suspected that they are more prevalent in areas of fine turf than are currently recorded.
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Older players’ courtesy rounds ‘killing golf’
The owner and manager of a British golf club has warned that free rounds offered during club competitions, particularly to senior golfers, are killing golf venues.