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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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Nike’s decision to partially leave golf came on same day Adidas reported huge recovery
The decision by Nike Golf, one of the biggest sponsors of the game in the world, to partially exit the industry, came on the same day that Adidas reported a recovery in its golf business.
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Two golf clubs receive £150k grant from Sport England
Two Hertfordshire golf clubs are receiving nearly £150,000 between them to spend on refurbishments and improvements thanks to grants from Sport England.
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Toro distributor Lely sold to Royal Reesink
The turfcare activities of one of the biggest companies in the UK golf club industry, Lely, have been sold to major Dutch company Royal Reesink.
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Another golf club to build housing by its course
Huntercombe GC in Oxfordshire is the latest golf club to hope to build houses on its land to fund improvements to its facilities.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt while editing Golf Club Management in July
From the biggest fraud in golf club management history to the astonishing work that some top pros are doing to get more kids playing golf, July was not a quiet month in the industry, reports GCM editor Alistair Dunsmuir
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Izaak Walton Golf Club has entered liquidation
Izaak Walton Golf Club in Stoke, a popular 18-hole venue, has entered liquidation. The club has shut its clubhouse and boarded up its doors and windows.
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The golf industry is seeing some positives from Brexit
A major golf course construction firm and a golf tourism company have both said that Britain’s decision to leave the EU can have positive ramifications for the industry.
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Golf is a superb way to help stroke victims recover
The Stroke Association is increasingly finding that playing golf, which provides a number of key social, mental and physical benefits, is an excellent way for survivors to boost their recovery.
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Unions report ‘surge’ in female participation in golf
Both England Golf and the Golf Union of Wales have issued a statement saying their countries are now witnessing a surge in female participation of the game.
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Golf Development Wales is getting people from ethnic minority backgrounds into golf
A new project aimed at addressing the tiny number of people from a black and minority ethnic background who are members of golf clubs in Wales is already having a positive effect.
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Every golf club in UK invited to support Fields in Trust
A charity that safeguards parks and playing fields is asking, via Bernard Gallacher, every golf club in the UK to show its support for it, after one venue in Northern Ireland was protected.
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Is there anything Nottingham isn’t doing to get people into golf?
Local authorities in Nottingham are so keen to get golfers trying the game that they are setting up events in local parks as well as golf clubs this summer.
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The Beef praised for working with juniors at the Open
Andrew ‘The Beef’ Johnston has been praised for playing Tri-Golf with local children during the Open Championship.
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Warning as Yorkshire golf club becomes victim of huge bank fraud
Hull Golf Club in Yorkshire has become the victim of what is thought to be, financially, the biggest bank fraud to have hit the golf industry ever.
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Major new locker brand for the industry launches
One of the biggest suppliers to golf clubs, Craftsman Lockers, has formed a new partnership with Garran Lockers: the Ice Locker Group.