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New Rules - The Club Management Podcast

15 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -

Hosted by Gareth Morgan, the movers and shakers from across the Golf Industry - the inside stories of the people who make this industry what it is today and what can we learn from their experiences?

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#15 Carolyne Wahlen

April 26, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MB

Carolyne is an UK HR & Employment Law expert and owner of the highly successful GOLF HR - a subsidiary of her company, GAP HR. Carolyne is very experienced in dealing with Golf Clubs and Golf Club Committees in ensuring that Clubs remain compliant with all areas of Human Resource Management. Carolyne also runs the Helpline for all Golf Club Managers' Association Members.  The specialist helpline, is available by calling 01491 598 789  from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

#14 Jeremy Dale

April 04, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MB

Jeremy Dale (www.jeremydale.com) is the World's only switch hitting golf trick shot artist, PGA Golf Coach at Stoke Park Golf Club, Speaker & Broadcaster.  He is also an ambassador for a Melanoma Fund and guitarist for his band - The Vodka Shots. Jeremy is an extremely experienced and well researched golf person with great insights into course design and social events at Clubs but what is most interesting about Jeremy is his ability to see that every aspect of a Golf Club's life is about en...

#13 Mark Simmons & Steve Williams

March 08, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MB

The Monmouthshire Golf Club in South Wales has taken on two young and exciting key team members since the turn of the year, replacing two very long standing team members. Mark Simmons has taken on the role of Course Manager with Steve Williams having taken on the Head Professional's position. Most interesting in this story however is that both have been working really hard since their arrival - but are yet to meet their members due to the COVID-19 Lockdown! Both are prolific Twitter users...

#12 Stephen Nicholson

February 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

Stephen is an experienced Golf Club Manager from four different Clubs and resorts, currently as Business Manager at Haydock Park Golf Club.  However, Stephen has also set up his own Golf Consultancy - Mango Golf Management - and all achieved during the COVID-19 crisis in the UK. Stephen has some unique insights and ideas to pass on!

#11 Will Hewitt & Bruce Porter

February 08, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB

Will Hewitt & Bruce Porter are both extremely experienced and knowledgeable Golf Industry operators who having spent decades working within both Private Member and Resort Golfing environments now help drive 59Club forward. 59 Club are a Mystery Golfer, Surveys and Training organisation who help Clubs and Facilities improve their service levels, interaction with members and customers and train their staff. In this episode we discuss mystery golf reports and how the results provide such stro...

#10 Eddie Bullock & Leighton Walker

February 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

Eddie Bullock is a supremely experienced leader from the UK Golf Industry who has transformed that experience to running the very successful "Eddie Bullock Golf Consultancy" for many years.  He is a former GCMA Board member and holds several other current positions within the UK Golf Industry. Leighton Walker is a very experienced Golf Club Manager who also has an entrepreneurial eye which has led him to launch "Cotswold Wine Imports" in recent years. Eddie & Leighton are co-hosts of the e...

#9 Ryan Curtis

November 03, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

Ryan is the man behind #TheClub (https://theclub.media/) who have picked up over 150,000 followers on Twitter & Instagram since 2013. Ryan's sometimes controversial but always thought provoking attitude to all aspects of the game, from the top of the Pro game down to the dress codes and rules that our local Clubs operate with which he puts out into the World using mediums from social media to his own podcast. Ryan has also launched a very successful Mental Health charitable organisation wh...

#8 Andrew Gibbins

July 12, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MB

 Andrew Gibbins is currently part of the Play More Golf team (https://www.playmore.golf/) where he now works on their flexible golf membership system offered in conjunctions with now hundreds of UK Golf Clubs.  Andrew was invited onto the podcast partly to respond to some comments made in episode #6 with Scott Thomson who had been very critical of Andrew's employer.  Andrew also has many years in Golf Management on his CV at both Resort and Private Member Clubs 

#7 Isabel Baldwin

June 17, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB

Isabel is a freelance journalist and amateur golfer who recently shared her shocking experience of being a teenage girl golfer - an experience which led her to quit the sport. Thankfully she is now back out on the course, but is now working on clearing the path for future girls and women in the game.  You can follow Isabel on Twitter @izzycbaldwin and the article which brought her to the forefronts of our minds in the UK Golf Industry can be found here: https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/ne...

#6 Scott Thompson

June 10, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Scott is a Golf & Country Club General Manager, PGA Fellow & Advanced PGA Professional. Scott is known for his straight talking and infectious enthusiasm for the Golf Industry and in this episode Scott doesn't let anyone down in those senses as he discusses the recent re-opening of Golf in England, Governing Bodies, Flexible Memberships and many more of today's hottest topics. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by any guest on this Podcast do not reflect the views of the podcast ...

#5 Tom Burton

May 30, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MB

 Tom is a Golf Club Member at The Herefordshire Golf Club, a club that has hit the golfing headlines this month as they have put themselves up for sale following many years of financial struggles.  Tom has been involved in assisting his Club in recent years, using his experience as a Squash Club Chairman - he has some fantastic insights and ideas regarding ways and methods of reducing costs at Golf Clubs.  To be put in touch with Tom as covered in this episode please e-mail gareth@golfmana...

#4 Marcus Pearson

May 22, 2020 09:00 - 2 hours - 85.9 MB

Marcus is a Business Consultant by day and Captain of Scraptcoft Golf Club by night. Marcus has some strong and well thought out beliefs regarding the management of golf clubs and offers a fabulous insight into the sort of things that members consider to be important in UK Golf Clubs. A prolific Golf Industry tweeter (@MJ_Pearson29) Marcus also lends some priceless advice from his experience as a Business Consultant which Club Managers and Committees would be very wise to take note of!

#3 Richard Magill

May 16, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MB

Richard is CEO of GolfHubber (https://golfhubber.com/), a Club Committee member and Handicap Secretary.  Richard's company has exploded onto the scene in the post COVID-19 Lock-Down period as UK Golf Clubs scrambled for alternatives to paper scorecards for their members! 

#1 - Simon Smith

May 09, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

 Simon is a 3 Sport International (Karate, Golf & Gymnastics), Professional Golfer and Golf Club Manager at Aston Wood Golf Club. He is a former Golf Club Managers' Association Manager of the Year finalist. Simon hit the headlines in 2018 (https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/cocaine-fuelled-sutton-coldfield-sports-14218459) and now speaks publicly about mental health and supports many managers and sportsmen who also experience similar struggles. 

#2 Sam Poole

May 09, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MB

Sam Poole is a former Golf Club Manager and now Golf Digital Media expert. Sam gives his views on all things UK golf particularly what Clubs need to look at when coming out of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Lock-Down. Sam can be found on Linked in by CLICKING HERE