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Meet the golf club manager: Anthony Tarchetti
The general manager of Chart Hills Golf Club in Kent, Anthony Tarchetti, talks about the major transformations the venue has seen in the last six years, which means, for example, it now offers year-round golf on firm, consistent fairways.
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Here are the first UK golf clubs to sign up to The R&A’s Women and Girl’s Charter
A number of UK golf clubs have signed up to The R&A’s Women and Girl’s Charter – something that has interested the secretary of state for sport.
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Georgia Hall to promote golf to women, girls and families
Women’s British Open champion Georgia Hall has been named as an ambassador for The R&A – and she aims to inspire more women, girls and families into playing golf.
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Was your golf club’s captain inauguration like this?
Burhill Golf Club in Surrey’s incoming club captains for 2019 opted for a Lion King-themed event for their inaugurations – in front of over 200 attending members.
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Dundonald Links sold to UK leisure operator for more than £4 million
One of the UK’s greatest golf courses has been sold for £4.5 million to a leisure operator that is investing in the golf industry.
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Tributes for golf club owner who has died aged 59
A number of people have paid tribute to Alan Strange, the co-owner and professional at The Brow Golf Club in Shropshire, who has sadly died suddenly, aged 59.
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Meet the manager: Adam Walsh
The general manager of Farleigh GC in Surrey talks about how he has become the youngest of just 51 club managers in Europe to achieve ‘Certified Club Manager’ status.
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More than £20k awarded to small golf clubs
More than £20k has been awarded to ‘small golf clubs’, with another £40,000 set to be provided, to help them purchase player input score screens ahead of next year’s introduction of the World Handicap System. Â
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Video of clubhouse fight goes viral
A video of a violent altercation in a golf club, which was posted on social media on Monday, has gone viral.
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Meet the greenkeepers who are also their golf clubs’ managers
Looe Golf Club in Cornwall and Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumbria are both managed by their greenkeepers.Â
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Guide launched to help clubs attract youngsters to golf
A new guide to help golf clubs attract young people into the sport has been produced by England Golf.
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Royal Norwich GC set to complete relocation
How Toro machinery is ensuring the club’s two new courses will thrive.
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Media slammed for criticising golf consultants
The mainstream media has come under fire from a golf industry group after it mocked a council for employing consultants with golf expertise.
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The golf club that has five times as many visitors as there are local residents
Last year Brora Golf Club in the Highlands saw its membership grow across all categories and it now employs nearly two per cent of the local village’s population.
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Meet the golf operations manager: Nigel Sweet
Nigel talks about how Leeds Golf Centre has a reputation for being inclusive, the facility’s major plans for growth and what it’s like being a golf club manager while competing to play on the European Senior Tour.
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This man had already hit two holes-in-one by the seventh hole
An amateur golfer has defied odds of 67 million to one to hit two holes-in-one in the same round.