News Archive for May, 2012
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Thorpeness unveils golf course renovations for English Seniors Championship
Three year program of renovation at Suffolk heathland course includes new bunkering, tees, greenside swales and hollows, heather management and bent grass greens
Exhibitors declare Golf Live ‘best event’
Exhibitors at Golf Live have declared it an unrivalled opportunity to reach out to golfers in the UK following the third successful staging of the event .....read the full story »
New Golf Academy Opens at Muscat Hills, Oman
A new state of the art golf academy has opened at Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club, a Braemar Golf managed property
Growing Number of Managerial Recruitment Assignments Fuels CMM’s Continued Expansion
Colt Mackenzie McNair, golf’s premier executive recruitment specialist, has expanded its team of consultants to manage its growing number of managerial recruitment assignments from all areas of the EMEA golf industry .....read the full story »
Get set for the stress of Summer
Temperatures have soared in recent days and already the hot, dry conditions begin to put incredible stress on turf
Fife Golf Trust – Driving the Green across public golf courses
The Trust has enrolled all seven of its public golf facilities in the GEO OnCourse programme, to work toward the international ecolabel for sustainable golf, GEO Certified
Crown Golf donates over £9,000 to National Golf Club Challenge
Cheque is handed over after totalling takings from 2011 event; Crown Golf also signals continued support of the golf charity event via several of its clubs in 2012
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
Golfino Appoints Landmark Media to manage UK & Ireland PR and Communications
European golf sportswear label partners with Landmark Media International to increase brand awareness and assist in driving footfall to its growing network of UK and Ireland stores
St Andrews Links on course for another successful 5 Years with Toro and Lely
The Home of Golf remains home to a full fleet of Toro turf maintenance machinery after St Andrews Links Trust renewed its partnership with Toro and its distributor Lely UK for a further five years
Huxley Golf to support R&A Swingzone at The Open
Spectators visiting this year’s Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes will be able to enjoy expert tuition from top PGA coaches on a large Huxley Golf all-weather putting green
Letters Add Short Game Expert to Tour Technical Staff
John Letters of Scotland has secured the services of highly-regarded European Tour coach, Andy Gorman
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Fota Island Resort on the Market
Colliers International and Colohan & Downing are instructed by PricewaterhouseCoopers acting as Receivers. offers in excess of €20m are expected for the entire offering .....read the full story »
EIGCA anounce CMAE as latest Official Patron
The European Institute of Golf Course Architects has announced that the Club Managers Association of Europe is to become their latest Official Patron. .....read the full story »
Course Design and Renovation are GTC workshop topics
Ripon City Golf Club in North Yorkshire recently played host to the latest employer focused workshop organised by the Greenkeepers Training Committee (GTC) in association with Swan Golf Designs
New Polo from Proquip
ProQuip completes crestable collection with new super-comfortable 100% Cotton Pique Polo Shirt
New GPS System Allows Alcanada to Take Control
Club de Golf Alcanada is guaranteeing visitors a better experience than ever this summer with the club having taken delivery of a new GPS system for its buggy fleet
Bents transform greens at Ashton on Mersey Golf Club
Members and visitors have seen the first green transformed with the use of Avalon and Vesper velvet bents from British Seed Houses
Logicalis Sponsors EuroPro Tour Golfer Warren Harmston
Logicalis’ sponsorship comes as Harmston embarks upon his first year as a playing professional
Monday, May 28th, 2012
Changing The Guard at Wentworth
The weekend’s BMW PGA Championship sees the end of an era as Chris Kennedy hands over one of the most coveted jobs in golf to his fellow Scotsman, Kenny Mackay
County Partnerships Inspire 54,000 to get into Golf
England’s network of County Golf Partnerships (CGPs) are celebrating success after they inspired more than 54,000 people to have a go at golf in the last year .....read the full story »
E-Z-GO utility vehicles for Skibo Castle
Minimising environmental impact is the main driver for electric vehicles at The Carnegie Club .....read the full story »
BMW PGA Championship features aboutGolf Technology
European Tour Professionals have had the opportunity to capitalize on aboutGolf’s performance improvement technology
Bushmills Irish Whiskey Sponsor The Irish Open
Master Distiller offers ‘Freedom of The Old Bushmills Distillery’ to winner of the Tournament
Grand Re-Opening of Campbeltown Royal Hotel
The Village at Machrihanish Dunes has officially re-opened the historic Royal Hotel with a grand fireworks display over Campbeltown Harbour
