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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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Why so many clubs are investing in their driving ranges
Several golf clubs have been investing in technology in their driving ranges in recent months as this is now a proven way to attract more customers to their venues.
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HowDidiDo raises £30,000 for Prostate Cancer UK
Hampshire’s Ryan Reece showed how to beat the opposition when he emerged victorious from more than 4,000 golfers to win HowDidiDo’s 2019 How Do We Beat It competition, which raised £30,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.
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The rules of golf: What constitutes a teeing area?
Shona McRae, The R&A’s Assistant Rules Director, details what a teeing area constitutes and advises on the location of tee-markers.
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Golf club bought for more than £40 million
A Canadian hotel operator has bought an Irish golf club for about £43 million in what is one of the biggest golf transactions for several years.
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New governance guide for UK golf clubs launched
A new governance guide for UK golf clubs has been issued as part of a drive to modernise and grow the game.
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‘Last men-only UK golf club to admit women’
One of the oldest golf clubs in the world has announced it is to end its male-only membership policy and will allow female members for the first time in 232 years.
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PGA TOUR and Scottish Golf both launch partnerships with holiday firms
The PGA TOUR has formed a partnership with Golfbreaks on the same day that Scottish Golf has entered into an agreement with Golf Holidays Direct.
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TGI Golf and the UK Golf Federation join forces
The UK Golf Federation has announced that TGI Golf will become the body’s official retail partner in an arrangement that will give its members access to the group’s full suite of benefits.
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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.