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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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In their own words: Keith Pelley
The chief executive of the European Tour explores the rapidly growing popularity of the Staysure Tour.
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The non-golf revenue streams golf clubs are exploiting
One way several golf clubs are earning increased income is from marketing themselves as health centres that provide gyms, yoga and pilates in addition to golf.
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Should our golf club go for adventure golf?
Adventure golf is becoming big business. Here we speak to the operations director of Adventure Leisure, Andrew Scholey, to find out what’s causing this growth and how it can benefit existing facilities.
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The manager’s office: Alan Oliver
The secretary at Silloth on Solway GC in Cumbria says clubs will be better suited to recruiting new customers if they market their unique selling points instead of trying to attract all golfers.
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Driffield Golf Club reaches settlement over patent infringement
An out of court settlement has been agreed between Driffield Golf Club in Yorkshire and EcoBunker over a patent for synthetic grass revetting. What follows is a statement the two have jointly agreed.
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Golf club bans older members to achieve equal age parity
In an article published on Monday morning, a club in Belgium says it now has a waiting list after it imposed a limit on older golfers in order to ensure at least half of its membership is made up of young golfers.
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Former LET player Fame Tate buys Stanedge Golf Club
The former Ladies European Tour golfer Fame Tate has acquired Stanedge Golf Club in Derbyshire and opened it to the public.
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Hazlemere Golf Club converts from private members’ to proprietary club
A private members’ golf club in Buckinghamshire has been sold off of a guide price of £1.75 million and converted back to being a proprietary club, which it was in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Meet the overseas director of operations: Chris White
Chris is the director of operations at Ayla Oasis, the host venue for the Jordan Mixed Open. He talks about this and his career to date.
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3 Hammers owner Ian Bonser wins lifetime service award
Ian Bonser, who has helped countless people to follow their golfing dreams, has been honoured with England Golf’s Lifetime Service Award.
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In their own words: Jim Croxton
The CEO of Europe’s biggest greenkeeping association, BIGGA, explains that the entire structure of a golf club relies upon a well-maintained course that is enjoyable and attractive to play.
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Device launched that allows long-range wireless control of most irrigation valves
A device that can control irrigation valves from more than 10 miles away has been launched for UK golf clubs.
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How to solve the problem of shade on the golf course
Shade results in weak turf but for many golf courses the option of removing the trees causing it is not viable. Fortunately, there is a solution.
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Here’s our top three golf industry trends of March 2019
From a motion tabled in parliament supporting measures to promote the health benefits of golf to society to another golf club’s purchase by a UK leisure operator, March was an encouraging month for the industry.
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Two Merseyside golf clubs are looking for new operators
Wirral Council has announced that it is seeking operators to take on two of its municipal golf courses on a long lease.Â