Marland's greens from the air with the Pennines beyond.

Author

Andrew Terry

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Link Golf UK

PGA professional, more than 25 years in golf

Who writes this blog

Andrew Terry is a PGA professional and competitive golfer with more than 25 years in golf. He learned to play at Marland in Rochdale, the council course that was facing closure in 2019, and co-founded Link Golf UK to stop courses like it closing.

He runs the group day to day, and writes about running golf clubs: the course, the clubhouse and the people in them. His own pieces appear on his Substack and in The Golf Business.

The club journeys on this blog are written from our own records, with Andrew quoted only in his own words. Read the blog, or meet the rest of the team.

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On this blog

Club journeys

How the courses we run have changed, one course at a time.

Aerial view of Marland's bunkered greens with the town beyond.

Marland · 7 November 2026

Marland: the course that started Link Golf UK

Marland in Rochdale was losing around £200,000 a year and facing closure in 2019. This is how it stayed open, and why Link Golf UK began there.

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A striped fairway lined with trees at Heaton Park, from the air.

Heaton Park · 7 November 2026

Heaton Park: why the Marland playbook did not fit

After Marland, Link Golf UK tried the same approach at Heaton Park in North Manchester. It did not work, and that changed how every course is run.

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Tapton Park's range and clubhouse from the air.

Tapton Park · 7 November 2026

Tapton Park: what £650,000 and two years did in Chesterfield

Tapton Park in Chesterfield grew its turnover from £625,000 to £1.4 million in two years with £650,000 of investment. Here is where the money went.

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Middlesbrough Municipal's clubhouse and greens from the air.

Middlesbrough Municipal · 7 November 2026

Middlesbrough Municipal: from a dark clubhouse to open 7am to 11pm

Link Golf UK took on Middlesbrough Municipal in April 2025. Turnover has grown from £615,000 to £1.1 million, with about £1.4 million invested.

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