Written by Kevin on Monday 16 December 2013
Exclusive Golf manager Steve Slinger is to leave the group after 12 years’ outstanding service to become new general manager at Effingham Golf Club in Surrey. Slinger (pictured on the right with England rugby star Mike Tindall) has worked in a number of different roles since joining the company in 2002 and played a key part in helping it become one...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 16 December 2013
Two British firms have announced a new strategic partnership, which promises to bring authentic ‘Miami-style’ themed adventure golf courses to the UK. Weller Designs, one of the sport’s most successful golf design firms, is to team up with Yorkshire-based Adventure Golf Limited, headed by designer Neil Kimberley, to cater for the fast-rising demand for adventure golf courses in the UK and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 6 December 2013
You can warm up this winter by experiencing the on and off-course delights of Archerfield just outside North Berwick in the golfing paradise of East Lothian. Archerfield, located nextdoor to legendary Open venue Muirfield, is a wonderful place to stay and play. It is the home of two outstanding links layouts (the Fidra and Dirleton),luxury three and four-bedroom luxury lodge accommodation...
Written by Golf World on Thursday 26 March 2009
Did the earth move for you? Well, its moved for all of us if you consider the number of new hunting grounds that have opened up around the British Isles for the travelling golfer in the last couple of years. And the even better news is that we are not talking about the fad for large American-style, water hazard-laden, highly-commercial...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 10 July 2009
The Open Championship gets underway at Turnberry next week which means that links golf will be well to the fore in the coming days and weeks… So if you fancy a round of quality links golf, pretending to be battling it out for the Claret Jug, there are some fantastic links layouts on offer in 2-FORE!-1 Golf. And among them is Royal...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 17 July 2009
Top up your vouchers now and save up 50% on green fees in the UK and Ireland. Normal green fees at the participating courses range from £10 to £135, so the savings are instant with 2-FORE!-1 Golf vouchers. Each 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher entitles two golfers to play together for the price of one at a participating course and they are...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 5 December 2013
It’s taken 50 years, but 87-year-old Tommy Power (pictured) has finally recorded a hole-in-one at Balbriggan Golf Club, Co Dublin. Power, a 26-handicapper, who lives in Whitehall, in the north of Dublin, became the oldest recipient of a limited-edition BOSS watch, courtesy of the BOSS Watches H1 Club, after scoring a hole-in-one with his driver on the 120-yard, par-three 10th hole...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 December 2013
A top class field assembled in the desert playground of Scottsdale, Arizona, to compete in the 18th Annual Arizona Classic Pro-Am, one of the PGA’s premier winter pro-am events. The 72-hole pro-am was staged over four of the desert’s most prestigious courses: Desert Highlands, Quintero, Grayhawk and We-Ko-Pa. In addition Challenge Days were played at Troon North & TPC Scottsdale (the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 December 2013
West Yorkshire tends to grab most of the White Rose county’s golfing limelight but North Yorkshire is also a great golfing hotspot, especially as far as 2-FORE!-1 Golf is concerned. It features a number of outstanding inland and seaside layouts, including some absolute clifftop belters. * Hunley Hall (pictured right) – Underrated Hunley boasts a striking north east coastline location and...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 3 December 2013
Cracking Cornwall venue St Enodoc is offering a ‘Golf & Grub’ Winter Special over its Holywell Course (pictured) for golfers who may feel a round on the ultra-testing championship Church Course is a step too far. For just £25, golfers can warm up from now until March 31st next year over St Enodoc’s extensive practice facilities, play 18 holes over the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 29 November 2013
Olympic sailing gold medallist Sarah Ayton is the inspired choice to head an exciting new campaign at Golf At Goodwood to bring more women and children into golf. What makes this venture so intriguing is that the accomplished yachtswoman who won Gold in 2004 and 2009 and was awarded the OBE for her achievements is herself a relative newcomer to the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 2 December 2013
Our regular 2-FORE!-1 Golf feature again focuses on a batch of 2-FORE!-1s finest courses and include a legendary Scottish links venue, a super Surrey layout and a top stay and play resort just outside historic York. You’ll love them all, specially if you choose to play them in 2-FORE!-1! *Selsdon Park, Surrey – Just 12 miles from the centre of London...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 22 May 2013
Another superb half-dozen 2-FORE!-1 courses where you’re guaranteed a round to remember… *Turnberry (Kintyre course), Ayrshire – It may play second fiddle to the mighty, magnificent Ailsa but the Kintyre is a genuine championship back-up to the superstar and was selected as a Qualifying venue for the 2004 Open at nearby Royal Troon. But don’t think for one second the Kintyre is...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 1 July 2013
More 2-FORE!-1 stars where you can enjoy a round to remember at top courses across the UK…. *Fairmont St Andrews (Torrance course), Fife – The Torrance is a modern masterpiece on the outskirts of the Home of Golf and has benefited big-time from a major, multi-million pound refurbishment which involved re-designing several holes while all 63 bunkers were rebuilt in the traditional...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 19 August 2013
Seeking a memorable 2-FORE!-1 venue and round of golf? Look no further: take your pick from this week’s ‘Six of the Best’ 2-FORE!-1 layouts – all capable of more than meeting your 2-FORE!-1 needs and expectations. *Nizels, Kent – Has been entertaining golfers from near and far since opening over a decade ago and is plotted on high ground overlooking Kentish...
Written by Clive Agran & David Whyte on Friday 29 November 2013
Ireland is undoubtedly one of the very best countries in the world in which to play golf. The scenery is spectacular, the roads are uncrowded, the Guinness is plentiful and the people are incredibly friendly. On top of all that, there are far more outstanding courses than the Irish know what to do with and so they’re more than happy...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 29 November 2013
A new golf studio has opened in EC2 bringing the sport’s most in-demand technology and specialised performance coaching to the centre of the capital for the first time. EC2 Sports, based in Citypoint Health Club in Moorgate, has installed two studio bays complete with golf’s premier teaching, coaching and club-fitting technologies: Foresight Sports GC2 and HMT, and Trackman III – Tour...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 28 November 2013
After a significant six-figure investment Wharton Park Golf and Country Club’s new state-of-the-art driving range and teaching academy has swung into action. The impressive £250,000 floodlit and covered range, which is located on a five acre site next to the first hole of the Bewdley club’s championship course, features oversized bays, specially sprung mats and will use quality balls from Srixon. The...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 27 November 2013
Quinta do Lago has unveiled plans for a major renovation of its North Course to match the other first-class golfing facilities at the prestigious resort in Portugal’s Algarve. Work will begin this month (Nov) and the course is scheduled to re-open in October 2014, with the new plans designed by renowned American golf architect Beau Welling in collaboration with European Ryder...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 28 November 2013
Wiltshire is a great place to go golfing, specially if you take advantage of 2-FORE!-1 Golf – the biggest and best discounted green fee scheme in the game. There are some highly impressive courses dotted around the county including a couple of absolute belters in Manor House and Bowood. *Bowood Hotel & G&CC – This mature Dave Thomas parkland track provides...