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Promise and peril on the Caspian

By: May 15, 2026
Dreamland Golf Club stay and play package May 2026

There are golf destinations that require no introduction — Pebble Beach, St. Andrews, and Augusta. And then there are the ones that stop you mid-scroll with the simple audacity of their geography. Dreamland Golf Club, perched on the…

How Shura Links is rewriting the rules of sustainable golf

By: May 14, 2026
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For much of its modern history, elite golf has carried an uncomfortable paradox at its heart: the meticulously manicured courses that embody the sport's highest aspirations also consume enormous quantities of water, chemicals, and energy. A typical 150-acre…

Faldo Futures: A beacon of growth in the junior golf landscape

By: May 14, 2026
Faldo Futures happy boy golfer

The 2026 Faldo Futures season has arrived with a momentum few could have predicted even a few years ago. With more than 3,900 junior golfers already registered across Great Britain and Ireland, and nearly 900 players securing places…

“Pakistan is Global”: How a visionary is using golf to put Pakistan on the world corporate stage

By: May 13, 2026
World Corporate Golf Challenge parners with Reliance Golf in Pakistan

In January, Reliance Golf announced a groundbreaking partnership with the World Corporate Golf Challenge, becoming the tournament’s official licensee in Pakistan. As the new Executive Partner, Reliance Golf has secured the license to host the world's largest corporate…

Moor Park’s £500K gamble on golf carts Is smart, but it’s only half the play

By: May 13, 2026
Club Car Moor Park clubhouse

When Moor Park Golf Club, the storied Hertfordshire venue whose twin Harry Colt-designed parkland courses have hosted European Tour events and Ryder Cup qualifying rounds, announces a significant fleet upgrade, the golf world pays attention. The club has…

The $30 million bet: Why Arcis Golf’s Woodlands play is a blueprint for private club gold

By: May 12, 2026
Woodlands Country Club Hole 9th

When Arcis Golf closed on The Woodlands Country Club roughly a year ago, the Dallas-based operator wasn't simply buying a golf course. It was acquiring a platform, 99 holes of private-club real estate sitting 30 miles north of…

How Newark Golf Club turned a crisis into a blueprint for sustainable golf

By: May 11, 2026
Newark Golf Club 8th Green EcoBunker

In 2024, Newark Golf Club was days away from the kind of end that dozens of British golf clubs quietly suffer each decade, an insolvency that would have scattered members, sold off land, and written off a course…

How are Chart Hills Golf Club & Chapel Down redefining the luxury English countryside experience?

By: May 8, 2026
Chart Hills Golf Club - Chapel Down - wine tasting March 26'-4

In the world of premium leisure, the most enduring partnerships are built not on transactional convenience but on shared identity. When Chart Hills Golf Club, home to one of England's finest championship courses, announced its partnership with Chapel…

Data Meets Capital: The Partnership That Could Rescue Europe’s Struggling Golf Clubs

By: May 7, 2026
Forest Road Finance and Club Benchmarking EMEA partnership cover_good version

The numbers haunting European golf club boardrooms are hard to ignore. In 2025 alone, seven UK clubs shuttered permanently. Research suggests nearly 40% of clubs generate only a marginal annual surplus, and one in eight has no financial…

How is Porsche’s Golf Cup its most brilliant marketing move?

By: May 7, 2026
Porsche Golf Cup winners

Somewhere along the 15th fairway of the Penha Longa Atlantic Course in Portugal, a Porsche customer lines up a shot, not to lower a handicap, but to win six months behind the wheel of the new Cayenne Electric.…

Where the fairways meet the Alps: Inside golf’s most scenic new tour stop

By: May 6, 2026
Pressekonferenz Austrian Alpine Open Kitzbühel 2026

The Austrian Alpine Open is transforming a storied ski resort into a world-class golf destination, and the course is already playing as dramatic as its mountain backdrop. Kitzbühel is a town that knows how to stage a spectacle.…

Troon taps veteran HR leader to tackle a 35,000-person people challenge

By: May 6, 2026
Troon Chief Human Resources Officer Deane Ilukowicz_resized

When Tim Schantz, President and CEO of Troon, went looking for the company's next Chief Human Resources Officer, he wasn't shopping for an HR administrator. He was looking for a transformation architect — someone who could bring order,…

Inside Italy’s most elegant new luxury partnership

By: May 5, 2026
Argentario Golf & Wellness Resort Dama Dama Restaurant 2025 evening in the bacony

In the quieter corner of Tuscany that tourism has not yet overwhelmed, two storied names have aligned to build something that transcends the typical hotel-winery collaboration. Argentario Golf & Wellness Resort, nestled between the silver Argentario coast and…

Emerging Golf Destinations: Where the Next Wave of Demand Is Headed and How Operators Can Respond

By: May 4, 2026
Halcyon Golf Travel golf in Asia

Golf travel has been transforming in the last few years. While traditional strongholds such as Spain and Scotland continue to attract steady demand, international golfers are now seeking options beyond established circuits, allowing them to embark on distinctive,…

Troon takes the tee at Currahee Club, betting big on Mountain-Lake living

By: May 4, 2026
Currahee Club 1st Hole Troon client

When Troon — the Scottsdale-based company that manages more than 800 golf and hospitality properties worldwide — agrees to oversee a property, it rarely signals a routine management transition. The announcement that Troon's private club division, Troon Privé,…

Golf meets wellness: A trip both golfers and partners will love

By: May 3, 2026
Bois d'Arlon Golf & Resort wellness on the roof

Tucked into 220 hectares of pristine Belgian countryside, Bois d'Arlon Golf Resort is quietly rewriting the rules of the golf getaway — and non-golfers are just as thrilled as their playing partners. There is a particular kind of…

The Mid-Year Reset: How Smart Brands Fix Wholesale Performance Before It’s Too Late

By: May 1, 2026
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The brands winning in wholesale aren't waiting for Q4 post-mortems. They're diagnosing problems now — and fixing them before the season is lost. By the time most wholesale brands realize something is wrong, they've already lost the quarter.…

Salgados Golf Club is investing in the right things — Just not enough of them

By: April 30, 2026
Jan Kronus, Operations Manager Salgados Golf Club_resized

When Troon — the world's largest golf management company — was handed the keys to Salgados Golf Club in August 2023, the brief was ambitious: transform a scenic but underperforming Algarve property into a "must-play destination" within a…

How Are McLaren And 8AM Golf Driving The Future Of Golf Equipment?

By: April 30, 2026
McLaren Golf_S Family 6-Irons

In motorsports, milliseconds separate champions from also-rans. In golf, the difference between a flush iron shot and a mishit can come down to grams of mass, fractions of a millimeter in face geometry, or the precise location of…

The World’s Most Powerful Golf Network Just Landed in the UAE — And It’s Open for Business

By: April 29, 2026
World Corporate Golf Challenge UAE licensee team

There is a moment every great global brand recognizes: the moment a new market stops being a question and becomes an inevitability. For the World Corporate Golf Challenge — the planet's largest corporate golf tournament — that moment…

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Why 2 industry giants are betting on the mental health of Britain’s greenkeepers

By: April 23, 2026
BIGGA mental health first aid program supported by Baroness and Kubota

When the morning fog rolls across a golf course before sunrise, it is the greenkeeper — not the golfer — who is already there. Alone, often working in isolation through the cold and the heat, through the unsociable…

Campaign review: American Golf: We’re Obsessed Too

By: April 21, 2026
We are obsessed too campaign by American Golf

For a retailer that has spent decades as the UK's quiet infrastructure of the game — the place you go for clubs, balls, and waterproofs rather than inspiration — launching a first-ever brand campaign is a significant act…

Husqvarna’s First Cut update: is it worth switching on?

By: April 21, 2026
Husqvarna robotic mower in action with the First Cut feature

Husqvarna has quietly dropped one of the more useful updates its robotic golf mowers have seen — a dedicated First Cut function that lets CEORA® and Automower® 580L EPOS® units handle the transition strip between fairway and rough.…

Staging excellence: Turning a golf tournament into a destination engine

By: April 20, 2026
2026 Austrian Alpine Open interview

The 2026 Austrian Alpine Open is just around the corner (25 to 31 May 2026), inspiring us to explore the business dynamics behind this remarkable DP World Tour event. It’s a true honor that Al-Khaffaf Ali Alexander, the…

How golfers are crowning the world’s greatest courses?

By: April 17, 2026
Leading Courses Golfers’ Choice badge - Generic Launch 2026

There is a quiet revolution underway in how the golf world decides what is excellent. Not in the editorial suites of storied golf publications, not in the committee rooms of national federations, but on the smartphones and laptops…

Original Penguin Spring 2026 Men’s Golf Collection — Professional Review

By: April 16, 2026
Original Penguin jacket

Original Penguin's Spring 2026 entry arrives at a genuinely opportune moment for a heritage brand with performance ambitions. Here is a thorough assessment of how the collection stacks up against the market's direction. Trend alignment: where it hits…

Kinross Golf Courses:Heritage, Ambition, and an £800,000 Bet on the Future

By: April 16, 2026
Kinross Golf Courses 2

In the crowded theatre of Scottish golf — where St Andrews commands its pilgrimages and Gleneagles its five-star coronations — there has always been a quieter story to tell. Kinross Golf Courses, nestled in the rolling heart of…

Scotland’s Most Anticipated New Course Opens: How is Old Petty redefining golf in the Highlands?

By: April 15, 2026
Jacob Sjoman _ Old Petty _ Cabot Highlands_castle

On a windswept stretch of the Scottish Highlands, where the Moray Firth meets centuries of history, one of the world's most eagerly awaited golf courses is finally ready to welcome the world. Old Petty, the second course at…

The £200M Play: Why Sports Tours International’s acquisition of Golfbreaks is a masterclass in riding a mega-trend?

By: April 14, 2026
Golfbreaks acquired by Sports Tours International v2

When Sports Tours International announced the acquisition of Golfbreaks — Europe's leading golf travel operator — most industry watchers filed it as yet another consolidation deal in a fragmented market. They missed the bigger story. This is not…

Why Georgia Should Be Your Next Golf Destination

By: April 13, 2026
Georgia Paragraph Golf & Spa Tabori hotel by night

I'll be honest — Georgia was not on my radar as a golf destination. So when an invitation arrived in mid-February from Alex Day, Director of Golf at Paragraph Golf & Spa Tabori, asking me to come and…