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Meet the golf club owner: John Adamson
The owner and director of Ramside Estates & Ramside Hall in County Durham, John Adamson, talks about the venue’s growth from a hotel in the 1960s to one of England’s leading golf resorts today.
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Fife golf clubs report best-ever figures
A group of four historic Fife golf clubs that offer opportunities for golfers to play at all of them under the same package has said it saw ‘some of its best year-on-year booking figures during 2019’.
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Two leading pros take over Sunningdale Heath Golf Club
A published golf author and a golf radio host have taken over Sunningdale Heath Golf Club in Berkshire – the club that once had the Queen Mother as its captain.
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Birmingham golf course to switch from 18 to nine holes
A struggling golf club in Birmingham is to be revamped so that it will feature a nine-hole course and a footgolf course, in a move that should secure its future.
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Club given green light to build 92 homes to secure its future
A Northumberland golf club that has financially struggled in recent years has been given the green light to have nearly 100 new homes built on part of its current course to prevent it from closing down.
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Yorkshire golf club could be sold – leaving a potential windfall for members
Members of a golf club in Bradford have been discussing the sale of the facility to a housing developer, according to local reports.
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Staffordshire golf club bought by local family
A Staffordshire golf club has been bought by a group of individuals including the club’s current managing director and four other individuals.
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Golf club has 13 windows smashed by yobs
A golf club in Bolton was attacked by a group of vandals on New Year’s Eve, who caused thousands of pounds-worth of damage as they smashed clubhouse windows.
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Stratford-On-Avon Golf Club upgrades its irrigation system
Stratford-On-Avon Golf Club in Warwickshire has chosen Toro for its new irrigation system, adding to its full fleet of Toro machinery, and has become a Total Solutions customer.
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Prestigious Scottish golf club bought by Hong Kong-based company
The holding company of a leading Scottish golf resort has been sold in a deal worth £135 million.
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Former CEO of Wentworth sues for £750k over racial discrimination
The former chief executive of Wentworth Club, one of the most famous golf clubs in the world, is suing the owner of the club for three quarters of a million pounds, as he claims he was dismissed unfairly.
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Scottish club to convert from 18 to nine holes to secure its future
A Scottish golf club will work towards creating a nine-hole golf course and will create a ‘transition fund’ to cover costs and debts, in a bid to secure its future.
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Kent golf club acquires another club
The owner of a prestigious golf club in Kent has acquired another club in the same county for an undisclosed fee.
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Golf club may take council to court over plans to demolish its clubhouse
An Essex golf club is threatening to take legal action against its local authority in a dispute over the proposed loss of its clubhouse.
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Transferring employees under TUPE
In its latest article offering legal advice to golf clubs, the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association (NGCAA) details the law relating to transferring employees.
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‘It’s fascinating to see how quickly a bond develops between the youngest and oldest members of the group’
A golf club in Yorkshire has run an innovative mixed-age and mixed-gender competition in which each fourball had one junior, one adult man, one adult woman and one senior participant.