Membership figures continue to decline but Hamish Grey, the chief executive of the Scottish Golf Union, has been encouraged by the innovative work and community spirit of clubs across the country in this challenging period.
Membership figures continue to decline but Hamish Grey, the chief executive of the Scottish Golf Union, has been encouraged by the innovative work and community spirit of clubs across the country in this challenging period.
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NICK RODGER GOLF CORRESPONDENT nick.rodger@heraldandtimes.co.uk
Of the SGU's 580 member clubs, some 89% have returned figures for adult male membership in 2011 which reveal an overall drop of 2% compared to 1.4% the previous year.
A recent survey suggested that, in the United Kingdom and Ireland as a whole, clubs had suffered a net loss of 42,700 members during 2011. In Scotland, 7% of the country's 176,000 male members, some 12,320, have been lost since the mid-2000s.
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