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Meet the resort director: Richard Woolley
The resort director at St. Mellion Estate in Cornwall talks about leading the venue he grew up playing at after 15 years of senior roles at Crown Golf clubs, and tells us what the resort has been investing in this decade, as it prepares for its 50th anniversary this summer.
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Innovative ‘36 shots’ junior championship launched in Scotland
The first ever ‘Scottish Junior Flag Championship’ will take place this year in a bid to help golf clubs attract more juniors to their facilities.
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Here’s what the new Topgolf venue in Glasgow will look like
Construction work has started on the new Topgolf facility in Glasgow, and an artist’s drawing of how the site will look has been released.
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East Midlands golf club saved just before it was due to close
A golf club in the East Midlands that announced it would close at the end of March has been saved at the 11th hour.
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The R&A CEO: ‘We haven’t sufficiently embraced change’
The chief executive of The R&A, the governing body for golf in most of the world, has said that too many golf clubs haven’t sufficiently embraced change in the last few years.
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Paul Azinger is wrong – the European Tour is great
Paul Azinger stirred up a lot of anger among the Europeans on both the PGA and European Tour with his comments during the final round of the Honda Classic.
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Northern Irish golf club ‘may relocate’
A property group that already owns one golf club in Northern Ireland has submitted a bid to acquire the land used by a second golf club, which could result in it relocating.
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Greenfee365 partners with intelligentgolf and connects European golfers with UK golf clubs
Greenfee365, the European marketing company that allows golf clubs to sell their tee times directly to golfers all over the world, has formed a partnership with software supplier intelligentgolf.
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Why municipal golf is thriving in Burnley
Municipal golf courses have generally been struggling in recent years. But it doesn’t have to be this way, as Wesley Kellow, operations manager at Burnley Leisure, which recently took on Towneley GC, details.
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Golf in Zanzibar: A review
Zanzibar, off the east coast of Africa, has one golf course. But that was sufficient for Sarah Forrest to visit the archipelago and discover that even here there is more than enough to satisfy the holiday golfer.
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Toro arrives at Badgemore Park Golf Club for the first time
Following on from Toro’s success at The Drift Golf Club in Surrey, Toro arrives at Badgemore Park Golf Club in Henley-on-Thames, its sister club, for the first time.
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Product profile: The BTD-200 lightning warning system
The BTD-200 lightning warning system from meteorological equipment specialist Biral is a complete, ready-to-run, self-contained sensor that reliably detects the presence of all forms of lightning to an accurate range of 22 miles.
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Two golf clubs form corporate partnerships with two football clubs
The golf clubs Trump Turnberry and The Shire London have both formed partnerships with football clubs – Glasgow Rangers and Brentford FC respectively.
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Study finds older people ‘live longer’ if they play golf
A US study into mortality among the over 65s in the 1990s, which has just been published, has found participants tended to live longer if they played golf at least once a month.
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Bob Williams steps down as CEO of the GCMA
The chief executive of the Golf Club Managers’ Association (GCMA), Bob Williams, has announced he will step down this summer after more than seven years in the role.
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Another five golf courses are earmarked for closure in Scotland
For the second time in a few days, there are reports that a Scottish local authority wants to close down five of its golf courses.