The Big Golf Race Tees Off To Save Men’s Lives
Some of the most recognisable names in golf — familiar to millions of fans each week — are throwing their support behind Prostate Cancer UK this June by taking on their own Big Golf Race challenges to help raise vital funds to help save men’s lives. Throughout June — which has days with the most sunlight and hosts Men’s Health Week — golfers are taking to the fairways to play 36, 72 or 100 holes in a day.
Sustainable Relationship And Machinery Choices For Gullane
A sustainable relationship is one that is easy to maintain and doesn’t feel like hard work — and that’s certainly something Gullane Golf Club, one of Scotland’s most prestigious members clubs, and Toro know something about as their relationship nears its third decade. The reason for this enduring and continued success is, according to the club, down to the attention to detail the machinery provides in creating the best possible conditions for the fast-draining Scottish links microclimate.
Dundonald Links Gears Up For ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open
Preparations are well underway at Dundonald Links as the acclaimed Ayrshire venue gears up to welcome back the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open. Taking place from July 24-27, the 2025 event will be the seventh time in 11 seasons that Dundonald Links, part of Darwin Escapes, has welcomed the world’s best female golfers for one of the highlights of both the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. Defending champion Lauren Coughlin will return to the links, while world number one Nelly Korda is also confirmed to make her debut at the event this summer.
Waste Not Want Not At Royal Worlington And Newmarket
Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club in Suffolk is the latest club, and first club in East Anglia, to invest in the most advanced spraying system on the market — Toro’s Multi Pro 5800 with GeoLink Spray technology. Course Manager Martin Turna was looking for a spraying solution that would allow him and his team to apply the correct nutrients in the correct locations to improve turf health, benefit the environment and make savings.
MB Golf Extends Branding Discount For The Remainder Of The Season
MB Golf, the only fully integrated golf marketing comms company in the UK — created for golf venues, operators, brands, businesses and golf professionals — has announced an extension to its popular re-branding promotion which has been running since the winter. Working with golf clubs across the UK, as well as industry associations such as the Club Management Association of Europe (CMAE), MB Golf has established itself as the go to place for modern branding, in a sometimes antiquated industry.
Weybrook Park Implements Sealed Bunker Solution with EcoBunker
Weybrook Park Golf Club in Hampshire has just completed the full renovation of all 22 greenside bunkers on the back nine of its West course, in partnership with Bunker specialists EcoBunker. Faced with an ongoing environmental battle born form a chalk based site, open landscape and menagerie of burrowing animals, EcoBunker and the team at Weybrook devised a fully sealed solution that is already reaping rewards for the club.
PLATFORM Golf Arrives In Middle East With Yas Links Abu Dhabi Opening
Yas Links Abu Dhabi will be home to the first PLATFORM Golf units in the Middle East with the installation of three game-changing platforms in the new state-of-the-art academy. The Kyle Phillips-designed course, considered among the finest in the region, is celebrated for its elite coaching and instruction—now further enhanced by PLATFORM Golf’s groundbreaking technology. With the ability to integrate with any major golf simulator technology, each platform adds new depths of realism to the virtual experience by allowing players to make a putt on a real tilting green and practice shots from uneven lies, closing the gap between on and off-course golf.
Motocaddy Masters Returns As Clutch Pro Tour Heads To St Mellion
Motocaddy, the world’s leading electric trolley brand, is set to host this week’s Clutch Pro Tour event at the prestigious St Mellion Estate in Cornwall — a venue steeped in golfing history, where legends such as Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, and José María Olazábal have previously triumphed. The Motocaddy Masters, taking place from May 20–22, marks the seventh event in a 19-tournament, 54-hole Tier 1 schedule on the Clutch Pro Tour, culminating in a season-ending Grand Final at Al Hamra Golf Club in the UAE, with a £100,000 prize fund.
Royal Appointment For Dumbarnie Links General Manager David Scott
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has appointed David Scott as its Honorary Professional. Scott becomes the sixth person to hold the role and succeeds Jim Farmer who passed away late last year. A PGA Master Professional, Scott was elected Captain of the PGA last month and is a former Captain of PGA Scotland. He has held a number of senior executive roles in golf and is a well-known figure in UK and Scottish golf.
Alcanada Shines A Light On Pollinators On World Bee Day
Club de Golf Alcanada is celebrating World Bee Day by looking back on five years of beekeeping on the grounds of the acclaimed Mallorca golf venue. An initial eight beehives were installed on Alcanada grounds in the spring of 2020, meaning this World Bee Day marks almost exactly half a decade of hard work from the club’s dedicated staff and hundreds of thousands of insects.
Seeing Is Believing At EcoBunker Series Of Open Days
Bunker specialists EcoBunker welcomed 20 greenkeepers and club managers from across Devon and Cornwall to its latest club open day, hosted by Newquay Golf Club. The EcoBunker open day series is being held across the summer, giving club officials and greenkeeping teams around the UK the chance to draw on EcoBunker expertise in bunker design and maintenance, and to better understand the benefits to be gained from employing EcoBunker technology at their course.
Tagmarshal And Players 1st Form Strategic Partnership
Tagmarshal — the market leader in golf course optimization and pace management technology — has entered a strategic partnership with Players 1st, the foremost player experience and post-round survey platform in the golf industry. Working together, these two data-driven companies will offer course managers and owners a wealth of information on player satisfaction within all aspects of their operations.
Camiral Golf & Wellness Named Partner Resort Of PGA of Germany
Camiral Golf & Wellness, formerly PGA Catalunya, has been named an official ‘Partner Resort’ of the PGA of Germany, becoming the network’s only partner destination in Spain. This exclusive three-year agreement with the largest PGA in continental Europe with over 2000 members, solidifies Camiral’s standing as one of Europe’s premier golf destinations for playing professionals and coaching groups.
The R&A Announces Aloha As Premium Sustainable Agronomy Venue
The R&A is pleased to announce Aloha Golf Club has become the first Iberian Peninsula club working with The R&A Agronomy Service on a premium ‘Venue’ support agreement. As part of The R&A’s growing focus on delivering performance through sustainability, The R&A Agronomy Service applies fact-based evidence to actively promote agronomic and playing quality excellence, as well as turf performance, across the global golf industry.