From liquidation fears to thriving: How Whitby turned their club around

Three years ago, Whitby Golf Club was close to being wound up. Club chiefs reveal in a webinar how they transformed the Yorkshire club...

You’d think it would be a captive market. Whitby Golf Club is a Yorkshire treasure, it’s one of the oldest clubs in the county, with no ‘rivals’ within 20 miles to challenge their position.

And yet, only a couple of years ago, club officials admit this golfing institution was close to being wound up.

A new board of directors, made up of five women and two men, set about trying to salvage the situation. They include Director of Golf Karen Fellows, Director of Finance Amanda Ing, Company Secretary Al Higgins and Director of Greens Ali Leslie....