Amateur & Clubs

Business as usual: Burnham & Berrow up and running after fire engulfs course
Burnham & Berrow was ablaze on Sunday, but thanks to the quick thinking of staff, players and the fire brigade the course was saved major damage and …
August 6, 2018Golf News
England Golf boss: Dress codes will stop so many taking up the game
England Golf’s re-launched Get Into Golf programme was designed to be provocative – and it definitely got people talking. Steve Carroll asked …
June 6, 2018Golf News
Meet the ladies tour superstars of tomorrow
A former mainstay of the European Tour, Fulford Golf Club hosted their first R&A event with the inaugural Girls Under-16 Open. Steve Carroll talked …
May 4, 2018Golf News
All your questions about the World Handicap System answered
England Golf have embarked on a 38-date tour of workshops to educate clubs on the new World Handicap System. Steve Carroll was at the first
April 20, 2018Golf News
Meet the man who started a golf society with a twist
Michael Herriot’s love of James Braid spawned a nationwide movement to keep the champion golfer’s name alive, as Steve Carroll discovers
April 12, 2018Golf News
‘I had two heart attacks and played European Senior Tour qualifying 14 days later’
Nigel Sweet’s determination to play at the highest level is a tale of courage and overcoming the odds. The operations director at Leeds Golf …
March 22, 2018Golf News
'Clubs must take action soon or they'll cease to exist'
Guest columnist Dave McCarthy focuses on how clubs, their members, manufacturers and the governing bodies should be helping golf move forward
March 21, 2018Golf News
Golf's new rules are 'sacrificing the integrity of the game'
Whose better brain to pick on the recent rules changes than the ever-astute Peter McEvoy? And he has some fascinating comments on the …
March 16, 2018Golf News
World Handicap System: Key questions answered
We’ve all got lots of queries around the new World Handicap System and how it will work. Steve Carroll put some of the questions to Gemma Hunter, …
March 2, 2018Golf News
What difference will the World Handicap System really make? The devil will be in the details
In his regular From The Clubhouse column, Steve Carroll writes that we need to know more before we can really judge the impact of the new handicap …
February 28, 2018The Scoop