From buffer zones to MyEG: five years of the World Handicap System in England, Scotland and Wales
Buffer zones, CSS and the little "c" have gone from the locker room. Here is what the old CONGU system did, what changed on…
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Who plays golf now, what they spend, and how the game is changing — rounds played, club membership, women’s golf, and the technology reshaping practice.
Topgolf on Friday, a par 3 on Sunday? What Britain’s range and simulator boom does for golf
Record rounds in 2025, four Topgolf venues, Trackman and Toptracer in ordinary golf centres and a public row about virtual golf overtaking the real…
£199 to £4,299: is a home launch monitor worth it, or is an hour in a Trackman bay enough?
The number most club golfers need from a launch monitor is carry distance, and a tracked range bay can provide it for the price…
Golf under forty in Britain: record rounds, simulator starts and the clubs that make room
British golf's record 2025 brought in players who learned in a bay rather than a junior section. Clubs keeping them offer nine holes that…
Drought, sprays and wild rough: what British golf courses really do with water and chemicals
Almost three quarters of England was still in drought in mid September 2026. Behind the tan fairways sit winter reservoirs, certificated sprayers, a national…
Rounds played hit a record: what the golf boom means for getting on the course
Rounds played across mainland Great Britain rose 14 per cent in 2025, the highest total since comparable records began in 2005.