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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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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.
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These were some of the 2019 benefits to Club Systems’ customers
HowDidiDo is available to any golfer who is a member of a club that uses Club Systems International software – and the online platform offers much more than just data.
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Review: Golf in the Alps
Being a mountainous region featuring more than 100 peaks higher than 4,000 metres, the Alps isn’t the obvious place to play golf, but, as Sarah Forrest discovers, the courses are breathtaking.
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Here’s the top three trends we learnt about the golf industry in December 2019
From clubs switching to recyclable coffee cups to another club trying to secure its future by selling its land for housing and then relocating to a new venue, December was a month for thinking outside the box.
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Leicestershire golf club is set to build a new course and relocate to it
A golf club in Leicestershire has submitted a planning application to build a new 18-hole golf course and then relocate to it.
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Royal golf club bans plastic tees
One of the world’s oldest golf clubs has said it will ban plastic tees by the end of the year in a move to protect wildlife and greenkeeping equipment.
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Golf club switches to fully recyclable cups
Trentham Golf Club in Stoke-on-Trent has announced it has switched from cardboard cups to fully recyclable ones.Â
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Meet the golf club manager: Richard Woolley
The general manager of Pine Ridge Golf Club in Surrey talks about the challenges involved in running a golf club that also relies on alternative revenue streams and the importance of good customer service.
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Two golf clubs given new names
Two golf clubs, one in England and one in Scotland, have both changed their names as they head into 2020.
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Two more golf courses could have housing complexes built on them
Another two English golf courses could see housing complexes built on them, according to reports.
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What does a golf club sales manager do?
In 2014 Littlestone Golf Club was losing members and money. It then created the role of ‘sales, membership and marketing manager’ and the club hasn’t looked back since.
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The 5 best golf courses built this decade
In this post, we discuss five top golf courses that have been built since 2010.
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Should we get a professional cleaner for our beer lines?
Beer line cleaning is often left to untrained staff – but this can lead to poor dispense quality. A professional beer line cleaner is offering golf clubs a free clean to ensure the beer served tastes as it should.
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Jeremy Tomlinson named as the new chief executive of England Golf
The former managing director of Acushnet Europe, Jeremy Tomlinson, has been named as the new chief executive of England Golf.