This article was published in 2012 after a golfer lost an eye after being struck by a ball. We have republished it due to a similar incident at the 2018 Ryder Cup – and included links of legal cases since then when stray balls have hit people.
James lives at Bradford Golf Club – which means he has had knocks on his door at every hour from members – usually needing access to possessions.
During one period of heavy snowfall at his home 40 miles away, the Filton Golf Club manager slept on a blow-up mattress in the office for three nights in a row.
The manager of West Essex Golf Club once created the ‘Alphabet Golf’ programme, which teaches young children how to hold a golf club through dance.
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Council-owned golf courses were, for much of the 20th century, second only to private members’ golf clubs in terms of their use by the general populace.
One club that does now offer flexible memberships is Crowlands Golf Centre in Essex.
This article, written by a computer consultant to golf clubs, was published in Golf Club Management in March 1996.
Bank managers reputedly spend a lot of time on golf courses, but not, it would seem, on trying to gain them as customers. Generally golf clubs, as a sector, ‘get the red flag’ when it comes to lending for our bankers.
Many golf clubs are registered as Charitable Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) and have a favourable VAT and tax status.
Kevin Fretwell is the assistant secretary at Garforth Golf Club.
Amid all the recent economic doom and gloom, you may have missed a government announcement that could have a significantly positive effect on your golf club’s coffers.
Over 1,000 delegates have completed the Introduction to Golf Club Management Course run by the GCMA since it started.
The Equality Act 2010 is the single largest piece of anti-discrimination legislation to be created in the UK.
Once upon a time there was a handicap system. It was brutal, but effective.
A joint undertaking has been entered into by the National Golf Clubs’ Advisory Association and the English Golf Union to consider the impact of disability legislation on golf clubs and with specific reference to the use of motorised ride on buggies.
The Equality Act applies to all golf clubs in England, Scotland and Wales.
All the questions are taken from the 2009 GCMA Conference. The answers are still relevant today Question: The wording accompanying the draft Rateable Value for 2010 appears to indicate that the Valuation Office (VO) will be sympathetic to appeals, is
Someone once referred to me as a ‘control freak’. Now whilst I readily admit to being the latter I dearly would like to claim to being in the former state!
Typically I am finding a wide range of profitability levels, mainly in bar sales.
All proprietary golf clubs in the UK have been urged to make a Capital Allowance Tax claim before next year’s April Budget, when the tax allowance is ended after 62 years.
An energy expert has said that golf clubs are overcharged by about £5 million per year by their energy suppliers and that 70 per cent of golf clubs will recover about £2,000 each, if they carry out an audit.
Clubs are increasingly looking for new members to help keep their finances fit, but, short of erecting signboards at the roadside blazing forth the fact, how can they tip the wink to their local catchment?
John Scott, former serving secretary for several years has recently returned from military service, as a Royal Marine, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
