Private club offering free golf in exchange for greenkeeping help
The owner of a nine-hole golf club in Greater Manchester has said people can play the course for free if they are able to help maintain the course and grounds.
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Redexim return to SAGE 2022
As its 40th anniversary year continues, Redexim UK has announced it is returning to The Three Counties Showground for SAGE 2022.
Bury St Edmunds GC centenary celebrations on course with help from Toro
Bury St Edmunds GC is approaching its centenary and has enlisted the help of Toro and Reesink Turfcare to ensure the courses are in an immaculate condition in time for the celebrations.
Three industry figures sadly pass away
It is with great sadness that the deaths of three industry figures – Peter Britton, Barry Huxley and Tony Cundall – have been announced.
Change of careers leads to the home of golf for John Deere award winner
SRUC student Ben Matthews is the winner of this year’s HNC Golf Course Management Student of the Year Award, sponsored by John Deere and Scottish turf dealer Double A.
Wirral golf course could reopen as Woosnam gets involved
A Wirral golf course that closed in April could reopen after former world number one Ian Woosnam’s company – including his greenkeeping brother – agreed to help maintain it.
Centennial nine at Huntingdon Valley gets Capillary Bunkers
Huntingdon Valley Country Club in Philadelphia has installed the Capillary Bunkers liner on its Centennial nine.
Whittington Heath opens HS2 course
A golf club that had to be significantly redesigned because the HS2 railway line was planned to cut through it, has reopened.
Sussex venue hopes to convert par three course into housing
A golf venue has submitted plans to convert its par three course into housing.
Yorkshire venue to embark on £21 million expansion project
A golf club in Yorkshire has applied for planning permission to undertake a mammoth £21 million improvement project.
Norfolk golf club acquired by Formula One’s chef
Middleton Hall Golf Club has been acquired by a famous chef who worked with Formula One, and he will rename each hole on the course after an F1 champion.
Call for an investment in greenkeepers
The chief executive of the UK’s main greenkeepers’ association has issued a rallying cry for the game to reinvest in golf club staff who make the game possible.
Golf club rejects plan to erect 5G mast on its course
A golf club in Grimsby has opted to not go ahead with a proposal to build a 5G phone mast on its course.
STRI appoints consultant agronomist
STRI Group has appointed Ben Morgan as consultant agronomist regionally based in York, also working out of the STRI’s Bingley headquarters.
Family golf club acquires nearby venue
A family golf venue in Cambridgeshire has taken over a nearby golf course.
St Andrews set for a new world-class golf course
The company behind the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews has applied for permission to Fife Council to convert its two golf courses into one world-class facility.
Golfers are ‘unaware’ of greenkeepers’ eco work
A new survey on golf sustainability has found that while many golf clubs carry out environmental best-practice measures, they could do better at communicating this to golfers.
Welsh golf club launches plan to fight coastal erosion
A 19th century links venue is to construct a ‘coastal defence project’ featuring ‘mattresses’ made of steel frames and filled with stone to protect the course from erosion.
Closed course ‘being used as a football pitch’
A golf course that has temporarily closed due to its council’s budgeting crisis is now being used as a football pitch, threatening its future, according to reports.
Irish club rebounds following Covid losses
A major Irish golf club that was hit by large losses in the first year of the pandemic has seen a surge in income in the last 12 months.
Two more golf clubs report damage by vandals
Another two golf clubs have revealed they’ve been targeted by antisocial yobs in recent days.
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