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Meet the director of golf:Â Dean Montgomery
Having worked at great golf clubs around the world, including Royal Liverpool, Bearwood Lakes and Yas Links, Dean Montgomery has taken on a new role as director of golf at Golf at The Hawthorn, just as it is about to open a luxury hotel.
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BGIA donates £10,000 to Golf Foundation charity
National golf charity the Golf Foundation has thanked the British Golf Industry Association (BGIA) for raising £10,000, which will help more young people to enjoy the benefits of golf in the years ahead.
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Here’s 3 major issues we discussed in April 2018
From changing driving distances to a participation rate slump, The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir explores three issues that have emerged from some of our stories this month.
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Greenkeeper Bill Mitchell retires – after 58 years at the same golf club
A 58-year career is not in itself remarkable, what is remarkable, as in the case of Bill Mitchell, is a 58-year career at the same club.
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Yorkshire golf club rejects four-figure approach by fracking firm
A Yorkshire golf club has turned down a request by a fracking firm to carry out seismic testing on its land.
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Meet the head greenkeeper: Burford’s Stuart Richens
Burford GC in Oxfordshire still has a waiting list and charges a joining fee. We speak to Stuart Richens, the head greenkeeper, to find out what his team has done to the course
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David Leadbetter to open European headquarters in July
One of the world’s most famous golf coaches, David Leadbetter, will open the ‘Leadbetter Golf Academy European Headquarters’in Buckinghamshire next month.
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Two Kent golf clubs close down
Two golf clubs in Kent have closed down in the space of a few days of each other – and just a few weeks after another venue in the county closed.
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Reintroducing the joining fee at Canterbury Golf Club
About four years ago Canterbury Golf Club in Kent bought the land on which the course resides. It then began a programme of improvements that have been so successful that the club has closed its membership
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New data on holiday preferences is opportunity for Scottish golf clubs
A poll of 10,000 people on their holiday preferences could prove to be valuable to Scottish golf clubs.
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Should we be concerned about the latest participation slump data?
New research for golf participation over the last six months compared with previous years has found an unprecedented and stunning drop.
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Jobs portal for the entire golf industry is launched
The Golf Business has launched what is set to be the biggest recruitment portal in the golf industry, featuring hundreds of jobs such as club managers, PGA professionals and greenkeepers.
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Sponsored feature: The golf vacation of a lifetime – for a lifetime!
Dreaming of the perfect golf holiday in sunny Florida? Now you can make that dream come true by owning your own holiday home at St. James’s Club Resort
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Meet the golf club manager: Andy Hogan
Andy is the general manager of The Village at Machrihanish Dunes on the Scottish peninsular of Kintyre. He talks about marketing a remote venue and working with potentially rival golf clubs
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Pioneering golf project to stop coastal erosion
Royal Dornoch Golf Club is supporting a pioneering project that should help prevent part of its course succumbing to coastal erosion.
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Has the shine come off flexible memberships?
A new survey has found that the number of golf clubs offering flexible memberships has fallen sharply following years of record growth.