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The Link Golf UK blog

How the courses we run have changed, with the numbers, and what we learned doing it.

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From the courses

Each post follows one course from the day we took it on, written by our co-founder Andrew Terry.

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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