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Foxhills’ director of golf Sean Graham on managing 6,000 members and £2m course upgrades
Foxhills’ director of golf Sean Graham discusses the club’s landmark 50th anniversary, the £2 million renovation of the Longcross Course and how a relentless focus on family-centric investment has built a thriving community of nearly 6,000 members in Surrey.
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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.
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Stephen Fry given lifetime membership at Connemara Golf Club
The actor, author and television presenter, Stephen Fry, has been granted honorary life membership at Connemara Golf Club in Ireland.
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Northumberland club uses its own woodchip to heat clubhouse
Matfen Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa has begun using its own woodchip to heat its clubhouse and hotel, ensuring the club is both carbon neutral and is saving thousands of pounds.
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Legal threat forces club to install £40k fence
City of Belfast Golf Club is being forced to erect a £40,000 fence following legal action from a neighbouring resident concerned about the risk of flying golf balls.
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Abbey Hill GC’s £775k ‘pirate island’ opens
A mini-golf ‘Pirate Island Adventure Golf’ activity centre has been opened at Abbey Hill Golf Centre in Milton Keynes.
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‘Europe’s first’ golf club to use no pesticides or fertilisers
A Cambridgeshire golf club, which sprays its course with natural sugars and carbohydrates instead of fertilisers and pesticides, has claimed it is the first in Europe in which the greenkeepers use no chemicals.
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Praise for The Wisley following course renovation
The Wisley has received significant praise after its nine-hole Church course was reconstructed under the project management of course manager Stephen Byrne.
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What is the role of a course manager?
A good course manager runs his / her business as if it’s their own, while ensuring that the golfers have an enjoyable experience.
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Are online tee times for your club?
It seems that every week another golf club revamps its website for one main purpose: to make it possible for members, and increasingly visitors, to book tee times on the facility.
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How to use clubhouse space more efficiently
Refurbishing the clubhouse is ambitious, expensive and can be risky – even for the wealthier clubs.
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Rules of Golf: Artificial objects obstructing golf balls
Rule 24-1a does not require the player to mark the position of the ball but it is considered good practice to do so as if the ball does move, the player can be certain that the ball is returned to its original position.
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Why defibrillators are saving lives at golf clubs
‘The chances of the golfer surviving an attack increases ‘greatly’ from less than five per cent without one.’
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Scores of people join Bramshaw Golf Club after it provided free coaching lessons
We all know there is no such thing as a free lunch, and this mantra, when it refers to coaching, has proven, and is proving, to be true and particularly beneficial to golf clubs.