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Golf Course News International, more often referred to as GCNI, is a global bi-monthly golf trade publication based in Birmingham, UK.

In 2001, United Publications (Yarmouth, Maine) sold the title to Amenity Technologies (London). [1]

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References

  1. "Golf Course News International Magazine. (News in Brief)". Entrepreneur. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 23 November 2008.