GCMA Insights
St Andrews Links Trust launches new sustainability strategy
10 Mar 2025
Upgrades across the business have already seen a switch to…
These World Handicap System changes will have a huge impact at your club
10 Mar 2025
A pilot scheme in Ireland is giving golf clubs the…
‘I’m a better GM after attending Marketing Strategy course’
10 Mar 2025
The latest course delivered as part of the GCMA’s Advanced…
Bring It On Brum – the award-winning project changing lives with a little help from golf
10 Mar 2025
It was recognised as the Community Project of the Year…
Unleash Your Drive – how golf is strengthening children’s mental wellbeing in schools
10 Mar 2025
The first year of the Golf Foundation initiative has seen…
Here’s how you can avoid dishing out a DQ for a wrong scorecard
10 Mar 2025
Got a member who is stymied by an error on…
Who will be crowned England’s best golf club?
3 Feb 2025
The finalists have been revealed for the England Golf Awards…
What is the ideal gap between tee times?
3 Feb 2025
Pack players in too tightly and the course will look…
Are your golfers allowed to gamble?
3 Feb 2025
Your regular roll-up pays out prizes in cash. Isn’t this…
All England golf clubs and counties achieve Respect in Golf status
31 Jan 2025
The Respect in Golf movement was launched following a survey…
Applications open for the 2025 Royal and Ancient Golf Club Scholarship
31 Jan 2025
Scholars in the first cohort of the Scholarship hailed from…
‘GCMA Principles course gave me the confidence to move into golf club management’
29 Jan 2025
After undertaking the GCMA Principles course, Mike Hollis says he…
Molly Pavey: We can all learn from each other
14 Jan 2025
Molly Pavey was named Rising Star at the Women in…
BTME: A platform for collaboration across the whole golf industry
14 Jan 2025
Harrogate will again set the stage for Europe’s premier turf…
Hero Dubai Desert Classic 2025 launches spectator Step Fore It challenge
14 Jan 2025
Step Fore It aims to highlight the powerful physical and…
The numbers that suggest the World Handicap System is winning
14 Jan 2025
As much as some want to keep denigrating the global…
Advanced Management Programme Certificate focus: Health and Safety Management
13 Jan 2025
Over the coming weeks, we will be putting each of…
Three winter rules your club needs to know right now
13 Jan 2025
It’s a time of year when temporary rules abound. We…
Thinking of selling land? Here’s what you need to know
11 Dec 2024
Ian Barnett, national land director for Leaders Romans Group, explains…
‘Try and be as open minded as you can’
11 Dec 2024
New membership categories? Shorter formats? Golf clubs are being encouraged…
‘What better investment than to have the GCMA involved on governance?’
11 Dec 2024
England Golf chief executive Jeremy Tomlinson talks about the success…
Demanding so many cards isn’t inspiring me to put more in – it’s driving me away from competitions
11 Dec 2024
Some golf clubs are demanding more and more scores to…
Should you have to submit every score for handicap?
14 Nov 2024
As clubs move towards requiring more and more cards to…
‘I wanted to see more women that looked like me getting involved in golf’
4 Nov 2024
Inspiring Golf Inclusion aims to provide pathways for women and…
Golf’s standards are slipping – we must all take responsibility to fix it
8 Oct 2024
Whether it’s not raking bunkers, or failing to repair pitch…