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.

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 enjoyment and creating memories and a sense of community.

If you have ever said "our members don't want social events any more" then you simply must listen to this episode above all others - and get your Captain & Social Committee to do the same!

Check out Jeremy's LinkedIn profile as discussed during this episode - CLICK HERE

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 in communicating to their members what they have been doing on a daily basis:

Mark: @MarkSim93794378

Steve: @Swanseacity1 

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!

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 strong management tools, surveys and the power of the data that both large and small ones can produce, staff training and what to look forward to in 2021 and in the post COVID era.

To find out more about 59Club please visit their website: www.59clubuk.com

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 ever growing "Golf Club Talk UK Podcast.

https://eddiebullockgolf.com/

https://www.cotswoldwineimports.com/

https://golfradionetwork.com/golf-club-talk-uk/

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 where he seeks to improve the mental health of the Nation through the medium of golf.

Ryan had an interesting viewpoint regarding the current petition to re-open golf courses during the COVID-19 Winter Lockdown.  As always, his reasoning will absolutely make you question your own opinion on this and so many matters relating to golf.

A pleasure to host!

 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 

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/news/fight-risk-losing-entire-generation-female-golfers/ 

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.


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