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Meet the director of golf:Â Dean Montgomery
Having worked at great golf clubs around the world, including Royal Liverpool, Bearwood Lakes and Yas Links, Dean Montgomery has taken on a new role as director of golf at Golf at The Hawthorn, just as it is about to open a luxury hotel.
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Eagle revises and updates its golf club diary template
It is that time of year for many clubs when the fixture and events diary will go into production.
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Meet the golf course manager: Dan Harding
The course manager at Old Thorns in Hampshire talks about maintaining a venue designed for 7,000 rounds a year but has 35,000 and the extensive bunker renovation project his team undertook.
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Here’s our top three tips from stories in the last month to help golf clubs grow
October was a traumatic month for the industry with a number of course closures, but there were also several good news stories to encourage clubs to grow in the next decade.
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Historic Scottish golf club ‘saved at the 11th hour’
A 118-year-old Scottish golf club which closed down in early October has been saved.
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Another golf course suffers ‘the worst vandalism we’ve seen’
Vandals have ‘walked a considerable distance’ to dig up greens at Willingdon Golf Club in Sussex in what has been described as an ‘extreme’ and ‘premeditated’ attack.
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New golf courses: Dumbarnie Links to open for play in May 2020
Dumbarnie Links, Scotland’s newest links golf course, crafted by former Ryder Cup player Clive Clark, is expected to open for play on May 16, 2020.
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Henrik Stenson opens Österåker GC in Sweden
The former Open champion, Henrik Stenson, has opened the gates of Österåker Golf Club in Sweden, the first Henrik Stenson Golf Design (HSGD) project.
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Suffolk golf club sees 25% increase in bird species
Ufford Park Woodbridge Hotel, Golf and Spa in Suffolk has seen a nearly 25 per cent rise in bird species that live at the venue in just eight years, according to a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) survey.
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Arscott Golf Club awarded both GolfMark and SafeGolf recognition
A Shropshire golf club that changed its management structure last year ago has received GolfMark and SafeGolf awards from England Golf.
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Royal Mid-Surrey has now partnered with 33 international golf clubs
Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club has added its 33rd golf club in 15 countries to its list of clubs that it shares reciprocal playing arrangements for members with.
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Meet the PGA professional: Carl Bianco
The head pro at Woking Golf Club in Surrey for the last 20 years talks about the challenges involved in managing a successful shop while also teaching the game and the technology he utilises.
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Northumberland golf club set for multi-million pound improvement
A Northumberland golf club is set to undertake a major redevelopment project that will see the creation of 50 jobs.
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Four more golf clubs close down
Four golf clubs have announced they have closed or are going to close down in the last few days – meaning that at least eight have gone under in the last month.
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Meet the golf club manager: Nick Hughes
The general manager of Cranleigh Golf & Country Club talks about the challenges involved in managing a club where golf is just one of the many health provisions on offer and why membership has grown significantly.
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In their own words: Richard Dixon
The CEO of Wales Golf talks about the potential for growth of women’s participation following the news that the AIG Women’s British Open will be held in Wales for the first time.