This blog is more of an inside joke than anything else but some of you might be able to sympathise. I recently spent several days researching golf courses in Wales via the valuable mine of information that is the internet. I would, however, have had more luck using a yoghurt pot and a large peice of string. Several (hundred) of Welsh golf clubs are a bit slow to embrace modern technology and advertise the wonder of their golf course to the world via the web and so it's great to see that the government is grabbing the bull by the horns. If only the bull had made it to the seminar....
GOLF clubs throughout Wales are being encouraged to make greater use of Information Communication Technology, as part of a drive by the Welsh Assembly Government to boost the economic benefits of the Ryder Cup 2010.
Representatives from clubs in North and mid Wales attended a seminar organised by WAG at Northop Golf Club, Flintshire, to learn more about the benefits of ICT in helping them attain a stronger business footing.
It was the first in a series of such events being held throughout Wales to help clubs boost their income and improve the management of their establishments.
Estimates suggest that golf-related tourism alone could rise by more than 40% as a result of the staging of the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales, with an additional 30,000 visiting golfers attracted each year to Wales.