Golf Club Managers' Association
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The Golf Club Managers' Association, or GCMA (formerly the Association of Golf Club Secretaries) is a UK
professional association for secretaries, managers, or owners of golf courses. The organization has been headquartered in Weston-super-Mare
, Somerset
, since 1999.
The association was formed in 1933. Its core activities include networking and professional development. The association participates in joint educational ventures with other organizations, including an online training course in association with Buckinghamshire New University and a joint Safety Management System in association with the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association
, or BIGGA. The Safety Management System is designed to standardize health and safety programmes throughout the member golf courses of both organizations.
The association publishes a magazine for the benefit of its membership. Originally called Course and Club House, the magazine - after Golf Monthly and PGA Magazine, the world's third oldest golf magazine still in circulation - began quarterly publication in 1935. The first issue contained an article by then-AGCS President Bernard Darwin
, grandson of naturalist Charles Darwin
. In 1967, the magazine's name was changed to Golf Management, which later became Golf Club Management in 1975. The magazine moved from a quarterly format to the current monthly publication schedule in January 1988. Golf Club Management supplements coverage of the industry with regular articles from experts in the field.
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professional association for secretaries, managers, or owners of golf courses. The organization has been headquartered in Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which is within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, since 1999.
The association was formed in 1933. Its core activities include networking and professional development. The association participates in joint educational ventures with other organizations, including an online training course in association with Buckinghamshire New University and a joint Safety Management System in association with the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association
British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association
BIGGA, the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association was officially formed on January 1, 1987. The association represents the interests of greenkeepers and progresses and develops of the profession of greenkeeping....
, or BIGGA. The Safety Management System is designed to standardize health and safety programmes throughout the member golf courses of both organizations.
The association publishes a magazine for the benefit of its membership. Originally called Course and Club House, the magazine - after Golf Monthly and PGA Magazine, the world's third oldest golf magazine still in circulation - began quarterly publication in 1935. The first issue contained an article by then-AGCS President Bernard Darwin
Bernard Darwin
Bernard Richard Meirion Darwin CBE JP a grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, was a golf writer and high-standard amateur golfer. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Biography:...
, grandson of naturalist Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
. In 1967, the magazine's name was changed to Golf Management, which later became Golf Club Management in 1975. The magazine moved from a quarterly format to the current monthly publication schedule in January 1988. Golf Club Management supplements coverage of the industry with regular articles from experts in the field.