Friday 18 May 2012

Features

Every successful golf club has a successful manager

Last month’s Harrogate Week might be geared more to greenkeepers than to golf club managers, but, as anyone who attended more…

Sunday, February 26th, 2012 2 Comments »

Why good drainage in winter can make the difference by spring

Good drainage is a fundamental requirement of any sports’ turf playing surface, but particularly where the sport is played through more…

Saturday, February 25th, 2012 1 Comment »

What should we legally do with a terminally ill employee?

We have an employee who has cancer. She has been off work for a long time. We are aware that more…

Saturday, February 25th, 2012 1 Comment »

Social media is marketing directly to the people your golf club needs

My name is Gavin Johnson. You may remember it from a recent article, when I wrote of my concerns for more…

Friday, February 24th, 2012 6 Comments »

Your club has ‘customers’, not members

As we are aware, KPMG released figures recently stating 42,700 members left UK and Irish golf clubs in 2011. If more…

Friday, February 24th, 2012 5 Comments »

Memberships can only be boosted by golf being on free-to-view TV

I was intrigued to read in Golf Club Management that the Scottish Golf Union has put out a plea saying more…

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 1 Comment »

The 2011 top 10 F&B golf questions

Food and beverage expert Steven Brown reveals his top 10 most-asked questions by golf clubs in 2011: 10. How can more…

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 No Comments »

Recent solar panel installations at golf clubs

Solar panels have been much-talked about of late. First, thousands of consumers took advantage of the generous Feed-in Tariff (FiT) more…

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 No Comments »

How clubs can protect themselves and their golfers from insurance claims

Towards the end of last year, golf clubs, already reeling in the current economic environment, learnt of a legal case more…

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 1 Comment »

Golf club survey shows what successful clubs are doing

In its recent survey of 105 golf clubs, Kent-based accountancy firm A4G established that nearly 50 per cent did better more…

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 1 Comment »