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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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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.
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Meet the PGA pro: Nick Williams
The head professional at St Enodoc Golf Club in Cornwall since 1981 talks about ways to get more juniors to play golf and the techniques and technology he utilises to ensure his pro shop is as profitable as can be.
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Two in five golfers play MORE golf after a hip operation
Two in five golfers play more golf after undergoing joint replacements and almost 90 per cent continue to play the same amount of golf after the operation, according to stunning new research.
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Golf club to build a football pitch on its grounds
A golf resort in southern England plans to build a new nine-hole course, a footgolf course and even a football pitch, as part of major expansion proposals.
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Devon golf club to invest in log cabins and simulators
A golf club on the outskirts of Exeter has been granted planning permission to undertake a major refurbishment.
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Scottish Golf app ‘still on track’
An ‘under fire’ app that Scottish Golf announced plans for in 2018 is set to be launched in April 2020, reports The Scotsman newspaper, following claims on social media that it has been ‘scrapped’.
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Meet the head greenkeeper: Telma Granja
Less that 2% of greenkeepers in the UK are women. However, there is growing female interest in the profession and there are women like Telma Granja, who leads an all-male team of 11 greenkeepers at a Portuguese golf course that’s 2,200 feet above sea level.