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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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Cancer charity targeting golf clubs
Marie Curie Cancer Care is targeting golf clubs in a bid to raise money.
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Social media is marketing directly to the people your golf club needs
Would you rather bury your head in the sand or would you rather know what’s being said and look to address anything that’s valid?
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Your club has ‘customers’, not members
Clubs that are stagnating struggle to comprehend the power of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or LinkedIn.
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Cape Cornwall Golf enters administration
One of the world’s most spectacular golf clubs has been placed into administration.
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Manager warns of death of non-flexible clubs
The manager of Lincoln Golf Club has warned that golf clubs will die unless they start offering flexible membership packages to their customers.
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£100M Causeway club to be built
A controversial £100 million golf resort one mile from the World Heritage Site of the Giant’s Causeway is to be built.
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Water restrictions to hit golf clubs
The technical manager of an agri-business has warned that golf courses will be first in the firing line if water restrictions are imposed on consumers this year.
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Golf club to use waste to develop new course
Chipping Norton Golf Club in Oxfordshire has applied for planning permission to build a new golf course and driving range, which will be shaped using inert landfill.
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England Golf appoints two presidents
England Golf has made the unprecedented step of appointing two presidents – one male and one female – to lead the organisation.
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Golf club manager warns of Groupon threat
The manager of Chalgrave Manor Golf Club has warned that the group-buying discount website Groupon is a threat to British golf clubs and has called on the industry to work together to defeat it.
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Social media campaign to save golf club
A municipal golf club that is set to be closed down by its local council has become the subject of a social media campaign that aims to save it.
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McGinley takes on Ryanair’s golf bag charges
Former Ryder Cup star Paul McGinley has set himself up as competition to airlines such as Ryanair and Air Berlin, which have both recently raised charges for golfers who carry equipment with them.
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Man drowns in freezing golf course pond
A man has died after trying to save his dog from a freezing pond at Wildwood Golf & Country Club in Surrey.
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Burnt body was ’embarrassed’ killer
A burnt corpse found by a greenkeeper at Denham Golf Club was that of a schizophrenic man who had previously stabbed his mother to death before beheading her.
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St Andrews launches wind turbine objection
The hotel on the world’s most famous golf course has lodged a formal objection to a planning application by St Andrews University to build six wind turbines in the area.