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Professional golfers continue to play a central role in the development of the game, and the Confederation of Professional Golf recognises the people and organisations that have impacted the game.

What took the UK so long?!

A property development trend, which started many years ago in South Africa – converting golf courses to either residential golf estates, or to facilities with a significant residential component.

So, is this a case of the UK being a little ‘slow’ on the uptake, or a case of changed legislation, or necessity becoming the mother of invention?

not all tech is ‘fun and games’ as we all know, with some of the architecture especially frustrating, and I refer to a scenario where if we let tech designers loose in terms of designing homes, we would need to go through the main bedroom to get to the kitchen! St Andrews Links seems to have embraced tech, and adopted a phone-based booking and info system, so let’s see it delivers on all, or indeed any, of the promises, which will almost certainly have been made by those selling it!

Should we be giving this model much more air-time, wherein rather than close a golf course site, which might be struggling to stay financially viable, it is redeveloped to retain a golf element, but also encompass other sporting and leisure activities?

The advantages are obvious, in that the business model is no longer just reliant on income from the golf operations, which broadens the revenues’ base.

It has been said the next major world war will be over access to drinkable water. Golf courses have long been in the vanguard of those seen as overusing water, and its use is often a very public display, with sprinklers arcing glistening sheets of water across acres of manicured grass areas.

Golf Business News: With the need for golf clubs and golf estates to maximise potential revenues from their facilities, the use of car parking areas, as recharging points, for the ever-increasing numbers of EVs on the world’s roads, could prove to be an ideal channel, through which to top up a club’s annual revenues.

Golf Business News in UK, Ireland, Europe & USA. Destination Golf Travel, rated as the World’s number 1 golf travel magazine and which offers a global shop window for golf tourism. Golf Industry Central, which covers Oceania & the Pacific Rim. Estate Living Magazine, helping to keep you updated and informed on developments and property trends within SA’s golf estates.

Golf Business News in UK, Ireland, Europe & USA. Destination Golf Travel, rated as the World’s number 1 golf travel magazine and which offers a global shop window for golf tourism. Golf Industry Central, which covers Oceania & the Pacific Rim. Estate Living Magazine, helping to keep you updated and informed on developments and property trends within SA’s golf estates.

Golf Business News in UK, Ireland, Europe & USA. Destination Golf Travel, rated as the World’s number 1 golf travel magazine and which offers a global shop window for golf tourism. Golf Industry Central, which covers Oceania & the Pacific Rim. Estate Living Magazine, helping to keep you updated and informed on developments and property trends within SA’s golf estates.