Unsurprisingly, one of the main reasons why people don't want to play or give up playing golf is their time constraints (the other is the overall cost). This perception is also supported by Syngenta's Growing Golf in the…
Probably not many of us can remember what was like the Essendon Country Club before 2012. Before the acquisition by Kieran and Liam Griffin, the 'maiden name' of the club was Hatfield London Golf Club. Its 6,808-yard Old…
A couple of years ago, I wrote about the phenomenon of "nomad golfers". In 2013, their share of nomad golfers in the UK & Ireland was 68%. In 2014, England Golf found that their share grew: 73% and as such…
Probably one of the most popular topics is social media is a demand for relaxed golf attire (for this phrase we can find 720,000 results in Google) and dress code. Some people demand it because the classic golf attire…
Although Germany is the #2 golf country in Europe with 639,137 registered golfers (source: KPMG: Golf Participation in Europe 2015), we hardly talk about the country's golf club business. Germany is also the country with one of the…
In these days, golf clubs are really excited, whether they will be able to retain their membership and acquire new ones. Seve’s golf club, The Shire London is not an exception. Personally, I am not a big fan…
As we could get used to it, the first months of the year is about new golf equipment and golf club membership sales. 2016 will not be an exception. In most cases, golf retailers like American Golf were…
A little and less known golf course operator company in the UK, the Glendale Golf has achieved a remarkable result by attracting 700+ "new to golf course" people to its golf courses. Originally they set a more modest…
Just like many golf clubs around the world, the Seve Ballesteros designed The Shire London golf club has also prepared a winter page, the 'Legends Winter Offer'. The new ‘Legends Winter Offer’ at The Shire London is available from Monday,…
The 27-hole Gardagolf Country Club, in northern Italy, is targeting now UK golfers for the first time after negotiating package rates with a number of nearby ‘partner' hotels. Gardagolf has been, until now, largely the privilege of its 550…
Fairmont St Andrews, the luxury accommodation provider at the Home of Golf, has appointed Amy Yeates to the position of director of golf at the five-star resort. She will be responsible for the entire golf function at the…
9 and 18 holes of FootGolf will be available at Kaanapali Golf Courses after 3 p.m. seven days a week starting at $15 to walk and an additional $15 to ride a shared golf cart. Players can bring…
Early this year the golf media was loud because of the Open Championship deal (worth at least £75m) with Sky Sports. Now, I can herald another golf media deal. The Ladies' Golf Union and IMG announced today that the Ricoh Women’s…
Peter Hanson has agreed to terms on a multi-year contract to become a member of the Srixon/Cleveland Golf PGA Tour staff. As I expected none of the sides shared any details of this contract. What is sure that he will…
The home of the 2018 Ryder Cup, France's stunning Le Golf National, is the newest member of the World of Leading Golf. The club's outstanding L'Albatros course will play host to the biennial team event in September 2018…
Magnolia Green Golf Club (owned by iStar Financial who purchased he mostly undeveloped 1,896 acres (including the golf course) for $52 million at a May 2009 foreclosure auction.) has decided to continue with Billy Casper Golf. The golf club management…
Near Milton Keynes, iPlayGolfUK opened UK’s largest indoor golf simulator complex outside London. iPlayGolfUK has six huge screens on which you can play over 70 of the world’s most famous golf courses, in a Sports Bar environment including a large…
I wonder and stare, how Bulgaria is emerging on the global golf map from almost nothing. Currently 8 golf courses are operating in Bulgaria, where 3 of them on the Black Sea cost (Black Sea Rama, Thracian Cliffs Golf…
I have just heard that Pelz Golf and Troon will expend their cooperation across the United States by expanding the Pelz Scoring Game School to selected Troon facilities. Schools are currently scheduled now through October 2014 with even…
Back in February I had already written about the golf tourism opportunities of Malaysia. Since then IAGTO published its Golf Tourism 2013 report that shows growing demand for Malaysian golf courses. Malaysia became the 15th in importance to…