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Tom Phillips begins work as the new CEO of the Ladies European Tour (LET)
Tom Phillips has officially begun his new role as CEO of the Ladies European Tour (LET), marking the beginning of an exciting new era for the tour and for women’s professional golf globally.Â
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This woman has become the first female head greenkeeper in Wales
Lucy Sellick has been appointed head greenkeeper at Wenvoe Castle Golf Club – the first time ever that a Welsh golf club has employed a female head greenkeeper.
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Court orders golf club to pay £150,000 over greenkeeper death
Golf clubs are being encouraged to check health and safety claims of their staff with previous employers, after a Leicestershire club was ordered to pay £150k following the death of its course manager.
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Major new funding product for golf clubs launched
A financial services PLC has brought out a finance product specifically for golf clubs – the first of its kind in decades.
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In their own words: Nick Pink
The CEO of England Golf explains how golf clubs can benefit by tapping into the services the organisation offers.
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R&A to limit use of putting surfaces maps
The R&A and the USGA are proposing regulations regarding the use of green-reading materials, reaffirming the need for a player to read greens based on their own judgement, skill and ability.
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International reciprocal golf club soaring in popularity
A high-end golf club network that provides six UK golf clubs with potential access to thousands of golfers in Asia is thriving at the moment.
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How clubs are tapping into the corporate golf market
Alternative, especially flexible and reciprocal, membership categories have seen strong growth in the last few years and now golf clubs are applying the principles behind them to attract companies.
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Sponsored story: An app aimed at marketing to nomadic golfers
A new app has been launched that is designed specifically to help golf clubs market to nomadic golfers. We detail how it works.
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Meet the golf course manager: Tracy Park’s Kevin Boxall
Maintaining two spectacular – but constructed differently – golf courses on a site of an English Civil War battle, Kevin details how he tackles challenges including drainage, irrigation and woodland management.
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Here’s the top three things I learnt about the industry in July
In his monthly round-up of trends and developments in the industry, The Golf Business editor Alistair Dunsmuir looks at how driving distances are getting both longer and shorter, and warns about tee time booking scams.
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Golf club ‘did not break the law’ by refusing to allow female golfer to play in men-only event
A woman who took discrimination action against an Irish golf club that refused to allow her to participate in a men-only competition has failed in her complaint.
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Norfolk golf club reports growth in visitors from Benelux
A golf club based in Norwich has said that it has experienced a significant growth in the number of visitors from central and northern Europe, especially The Netherlands and Belgium, this year.
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Here’s Tim Henman and Brian O’Driscoll encouraging children to play golf
Non-golfing sporting heroes Tim Henman and Brian O’Driscoll helped promote family golf at the Open Championship at Carnoustie.
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The secret secretary: We didn’t need to employ GDPR advisers
I own a small 18-hole golf club and we never employ companies like IT firms that offer to sort out, for example, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) issues some bigger clubs might have been concerned about.
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Golf club to host water usage meeting
A Surrey golf club is to host a meeting later this year on water usage and resilience in the golf sector.