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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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Club applies to build 92 homes as part of survival bid
A Northumberland golf club that has financially struggled in recent years has applied to have nearly 100 new homes built on part of its current course to prevent it from closing down.
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Closed-down golf course set to reopen
A Cheshire golf course that closed down when Mack Golf ceased trading last year is set to reopen next month.
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Greater Manchester golf club is 4th to announce March / April closure
A golf club in Rochdale has become at least the fourth in the UK to say it will close down in late March or early April.
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Meet the PGA professional: Alex Keighley
Alex is the head professional at Huddersfield Golf Club. She talks about managing the teaching and retail side of the golf facility’s business and introducing more women and children to the game.
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Congratulations to ‘partner of the year’ – PGA pro Paul Vaughan
The director of golf at Ardglass Golf Club in Northern Ireland, Paul Vaughan, has been named as ‘Partner of the Year’ at the annual TGI Golf Awards.
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Golf club profile: The Richmond
The Surrey venue has a magnificent and historic Grade I listed building for a clubhouse, which has meant providing modern facilities for members and visitors has been a considerable achievement.
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Fairway Credit – changing how clubs collect their fees
Golf clubs have been turning to Fairway Credit in the past year to provide their members with new options about paying their annual subscriptions. Here, we find out what they are.
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‘Our week at Le Golf National’
During last year’s Ryder Cup, 180 of the world’s best greenkeepers worked on the Parisian golf course. Here, two of them – both British staff at The Belfry – detail their experiences of a week that will never be forgotten.
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How golf is helping people living with dementia and Parkinson’s disease
Golf in Society has been running days out for the last four years. Not only is this having a remarkably positive effect on the people needing care – it’s led to similar results for the bottom lines of the golf clubs involved.
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Golf club appoints wheelchair golfer as captain for first time
A Derbyshire golf club has become the first in England and probably the world to appoint a wheelchair golfer as its club captain.
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Free beer for golfers works in war v slow play
A golf resort in Portugal has discovered that offering free beer to golfers is an effective way to get them to complete their rounds more quickly.
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Stephen Nicholson named as new business manager of Haydock Park Golf Club
The former manager of Oxford Golf Club, Stephen Nicholson, has been named as the new business manager of Haydock Park Golf Club in Merseyside.
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Golf clubs call on dog owners to be more responsible
At least two golf clubs have asked dog owners to be more responsible when it comes to walking their dogs – as they’ve experienced problems such as fouling, trespassing and even wildlife being attacked.
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The Rules of Golf: Do water hazards have to contain water?
In her latest article on the new Rules of Golf, Shona McRae, Assistant Director – Rules, The R&A, looks at more essentials every golfer should know.
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Golf club manager finds ball thief is a crow
The manager of a golf club in Dorset who carried out a personal investigation into why balls on the course kept disappearing has found the culprit is a crow.