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Apes Hill Barbados has named Killian Cullen, formerly of Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin, as its new director of golf, to lead the Caribbean resort’s golf operation.
As he prepares to step away from Moortown Golf Club, PGA professional Martin Heggie reflects on four decades of evolving with the industry - and on handing a modern, thriving business to his son-in-law and successor, Eddie Hammond.
Maple Leaf Golf has asked experience neuroscientist Stephen Smith to review the customer offering at its Horton Park venue in Surrey, as it looks to apply brain science to the design of golf venues.
Former Everton player Victor Anichebe’s Lumira Group has submitted plans for a new clubhouse, hotel, padel courts and five-a-side pitches on land next to Bootle Golf Club, as part of a partnership with Sefton Council to bring about £20m of private investment to the area.
Foremost Golf has appointed Richard Osborne as team leader, along with Rohan Martin and Daniel Viney, to its Point of Sale support team as the number of Foremost POS users nears 400. Members will also get a regional support structure, seven-day support and free training.
These incredible images posted by Overtoun Golf Club in Clydebank show a stolen car that was set on fire and left in a bunker, hours before a charity Texas Scramble. A 34-year-old man has been arrested.
A decade after joining what was then Golf du Médoc, director of operations Peio Tomasena talks through the resort’s transformation into Cabot Bordeaux - and why pairing world-class golf with the region’s wine and gastronomy is what sets it apart in Europe’s crowded golf travel market.
Clubs using Golfmanager can now give golfers live GPS distances, up-to-date pin positions and pace-of-play tracking in their club app, thanks to a new integration with Pin Vision.
Simulator golf is growing fast, with 43% of venues opening since 2020, but new research of more than 2,600 venues finds only 11% run a league or competition platform and just 0.5% have a CRM system or app.
Congratulations to Anna Darnell, who moves to Emirates Golf Club in Dubai after 21 years at The Grove in Hertfordshire, where she rose from corporate golf co-ordinator to general manager.
Former Royal Ashdown Forest head pro Tim Cowley succeeds Nick Williams after 45 years at St Enodoc and will lead the shop’s move in-house for the first time since 1890.
The co-founder of Link Golf UK, Andrew Terry, which operates seven golf clubs, argues that club closures are rarely caused by one big disaster, but by years of deferred decisions and volunteer committees left to run a business they never signed up for, and sets out how his company’s model aims to change that.
As Oxford Ladies Golf Club marks its 125th anniversary, members Nesta Jones and Carol Whittle reflect on a combined 94 years at the club - a hole-in-one, a closed clubhouse bar and thousands of rounds later.
Bray Golf Club's head professional, Craig Lewis, talks junior golf, his 12-year partnership with TGI and how his club’s busy coaching programme sits alongside a thriving ladies’ scheme and a well-stocked retail shop.
Spey Bay Golf Club has been put up for sale for offers in excess of £1.5m, just three years after it was acquired by US-based LinksDAO, the golf organisation founded around cryptocurrency, NFTs and Web3 technology.
