When the Best Course is the Main Course

The Top 100 Golf Course Rankings always divides opinion – one man’s heathland is another man’s links – and I won’t get drawn into justifying selections or the merits of the whole exercise, but there’s no doubt that determining the “best” and saying “27 is better than 28” will always be subjective. One thing is for sure though; the golf course itself is always a club’s greatest asset. Or is it? Where am I going with this, I hear you ask! Well, whether it’s the sausages at Sunningdale, the stilton cake at Ganton,…Read more …

Myths & Merits of Golf Club Membership

It’s pretty common knowledge today that dwindling, or at least aging, memberships are a real and genuine concern for a large number of golf clubs in the UK & Ireland. The challenge facing many is to promote junior members into full members, convert nomadic golfers into club members, and satisfy the existing membership while attracting enough visitors and societies to balance the books. It’s a permanent fixture on the agenda of golf club committee meetings up and down the country. Twenty years ago or so, demand so outstripped supply that just about every…Read more …