The Confederation of Golf in Ireland (CGI), the body set up to support, promote and develop the game of golf on the island of Ireland, is running a series of golf related business and marketing seminars in Cork ahead of the Irish Open, which is taking place at Fota Island Resort from June 19th – 22nd.

Losing 80,000 jobs is a catastrophe by any yardstick but when the game of golf in Ireland loses that number of active participants in little more than five years, it’s clear that something needs to be done.