{"id":408647,"date":"2026-02-05T04:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408647\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T04:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:26:09","slug":"scottish-golf-club-membership-rises-by-5-6-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408647\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish golf club membership rises by 5.6% in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Chief executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/sport\/24705184.robbie-clyde-scottish-golf-our-mission-clear\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Robbie Clyde<\/a> said it was &#8220;particularly pleasing&#8221; to see increases in all regions of the country, with the Highlands and Islands and the north-east recording the greatest levels of growth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Read more:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Adult male and adult female membership across Scotland rose steadily at 2.9% and 1.6% respectively, but it was a staggering rise of 28.2% in the number of junior boys taking up membership that led the way. The year-on-year increase in the number of players in this category was 6,075.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Playing membership among junior girls rose by 2.9%. This came in conjunction with the launch last year of Scottish Golf&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25601062.56-000-funding-golf-clubs-drive-female-membership\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Women and Girls Strategy<\/a> which aims to raise female membership levels, currently at less than 13%, by 50% over the next decade.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  During 2025 the number of rounds played by females grew by 14%, mirroring the overall growth in the total number of rounds by all players.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Robbie Clyde: &#8216;Clubs are the lifeblood of our sport&#8217; (Image: Scottish Golf)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cClubs and facilities, the places where golf is enjoyed, are at the heart of community life in Scotland, and we will continue to back them with support, guidance\u00a0and funding,&#8221; Mr Clyde said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe\u2019ve entered 2026 with continuing vigour to grow the game and ensure anyone who wants to pick up a club has the opportunity to do so and can feel at home and welcomed in our sport.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Participation in junior golf programmes grew by 55% with 6,800 taking part in 2025. GolfSixes, a team competition for juniors at beginner level, saw 1,500 players from 132 clubs playing in 31 leagues throughout Scotland.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chief executive Robbie Clyde said it was &#8220;particularly pleasing&#8221; to see increases in all regions of the country,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-408647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}