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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.
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CardsSafe helps golf clubs securely retain customers’ bank and ID cards
“With CardsSafe, we can safely store customers’ cards whilst they enjoy their round of golf.”
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CEO of The R&A, Martin Slumbers, to step down
Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A and secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, is to step down by the end of 2024 after what will be nine years in the role.
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The average UK golf club generated £164k in green fee income in 2023
New research of nearly 200 golf clubs has found that the average club in the UK and Ireland generated £163,952 in casual green fee income in 2023 – eight percent higher than the previous record year of 2022.
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Rolls of Monmouth to build driving range
An historic Welsh site, which became a golf club in 1982, with a Grade II-listed manor house for a clubhouse, is to build a driving range.
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Nine-hole golf booming in England
England Golf has reported that golf participation in 2023 was up compared with 2022’s high numbers, and nine-hole golf has seen a sharp rise.
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Love Golf UK takes over third venue
A golf course operator that was established in 2019 has taken over its third golf club.
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Another club reveals at least 100 members joined in 2023
A Scottish golf club has become the third UK venue in a few days to reveal that more than 100 people joined it in the last 12 months, while a Portuguese venue has stated 2023 was its best year ever.
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The business plan at Bidston Golf Club
Following 25 years of a decline in membership numbers, Bidston Golf Club in The Wirral formulated a business plan in 2022 featuring changes to the way the club is run. The results already speak for themselves.
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Right on Q
Rhys Thompson, The QHotels Collection’s golf ambassador, has secured the Tartan Pro Tour Order of Merit and, with it, a coveted Challenge Tour card.
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What are the nine protected characteristics?
Carolyne Wahlen from Golf HR asks: Are your employees protected from instant dismissal? Read on to find out…
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UK golf clubs are reintroducing joining fees
The boom in golf participation in the last four years has resulted in some golf clubs reintroducing joining fees, a new survey has found.
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Meet the president of Toptracer: Ben Sharpe
Ben Sharpe talks to The Golf Business about evolving market dynamics and how Toptracer has maintained its position as golf’s most trusted range technology.
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Here’s three important stories from the last month of 2023
From a royal club wanting to be treated by its community as a flexible working location to some salient points made about saving a nine-hole course, 2023 ended with an idea of trends we might expect to see in 2024.
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Redundancies at Ayrshire golf operator
An Ayrshire charity that runs three golf courses has carried out a series of redundancies – and has been accused of not realising that at least one of the managers it was letting go also worked as a greenkeeper.
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Royal treatment
From working with a local brewery to a collaboration with a leading golf club in the USA, some royal golf clubs in the UK are finding they are better off together.