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Golf Ireland celebrates Rory McIlroy’s Masters win
Golf Ireland has extended its congratulations to Rory McIlroy following a sensational back-to-back victory at the Masters in Augusta.
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There are 4.2 million registered golfers in Europe
KPMG’s annual survey of the state of the golf industry in Europe has found there are just under 4.2 million members of 6,900 golf clubs in the continent.
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GolfSixes is now a proven way to encourage juniors to play golf
New figures from The R&A have revealed that the GolfSixes format of fast, team golf is encouraging more youngsters to play the game.
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‘Significant improvements’ at golf club hit by local crime
A golf club that prevented its staff from turning up to work in early October due to local crime problems has said there have been significant improvements since.
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Podcast for UK golf club managers launched
The UK’s first ever podcast for golf club managers has been launched.
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New funding option is ‘proving popular’
A new funding product introduced by Orchard Funding has attracted interest from a lot of golf clubs already, states the company.
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Ewen Murray becomes honorary member at Montrose Golf Links
Ewen Murray, ‘the voice of Sky Sports golf’, has become the first TV personality to be granted honorary membership at Montrose Golf Links in its 450-year history.
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Company news: Eagle launches website design service for golf clubs
In line with its mission to help golf clubs make a better impression on-course and online, Eagle has added website design to its portfolio of services to help golf clubs make a better impression to prospective members and visitors.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt about the golf industry in October
From £75 million golf clubs going up for sale to several golf clubs closing on the same day, The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir tries to make sense of a lot of stories during October.
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Fourth oldest golf club in the world to allow women
The world’s fourth oldest golf club, Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society, has voted to end its men-only membership policy with immediate effect.
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125-year-old golf club ‘could close’
The directors of an historic golf club in Lincolnshire say it is ‘staring closure in the face’ as it is now running at a loss.
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Stoke Park placed up for sale
The outstanding Buckinghamshire venue Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Resort is back on the market as its owners have decided to focus on “other business interests”.
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Award for accountant who switched to greenkeeping aged 42
A man who made a radical career change from accountancy and mortgage broking, aged 42, to greenkeeping, has won a course management award.
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Club profile: Mitcham Golf Club
The club was founded by Conservative MP Sir Henry Mallaby-Deeley in 1891 and future prime minister, Arthur Balfour, was its first president. It was opened as a public course in 1925 by the then prime minister, Ramsay Macdonald.
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Meet the golf course manager: Whitley Bay’s Simon Olver
Four years ago Whitley Bay Golf Club began a journey to create a financially sustainable and responsibly managed golf course. We look at what the plan entails, how it is being achieved and what progress has so far been made.
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Huntercombe Golf Club replaces its irrigation system
Huntercombe Golf Club has replaced its irrigation system with Toro because, according to course manager Grant Stewart, “it’s the best on the market” for covering compact tees and vast greens.