Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 27 November 2013
It may be early winter but Bowood Hotel & G&CC in Wiltshire are running a red-hot Winter Golf Break special offer. The winter special is for stays booked and taken before March 31st, 2014, and includes: overnight B&B accommodation, either Bowood Brunch before your round or ham, egg & chips or a Bowood burger following your round, one round of golf...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 27 November 2013
Legendary Spanish resort La Manga Club has been chosen to open a Leadbetter Golf Academy early in 2014 – the only such facility in mainland Spain – further enhancing the resort’s status as one of the top coaching facilities in Europe. With nearly 30 academies worldwide at selected premium destinations, The Leadbetter Golf Academy offers the very finest learning and practice...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 27 November 2013
The Manor House Golf Club and its members have paid a lasting tribute to founder captains Roger Horler and Kirstie Maxwell by unveiling a new clock in their memory. Roger, a former West Bromwich Albion footballer, and Kirstie were men’s and ladies’ captains at the Wiltshire venue in its first two years, 1992 and 1993, and continued to be members until...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 20 November 2013
Flat screen TVs are nothing unusual at golf clubs, but Crown Golf is taking customer communications to a dazzling new level with Golf Club TV. Giant 55” digital screens will soon appear across Crown Golf’s network of over twenty golf clubs, showing club announcements and golf course information, plus local weather, breaking news, golf tips, and general content from the world...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 19 November 2013
Tiger Woods became the youngest-ever winner of the US Masters at the age of 21 in 1997, and Devon’s Dartmouth Golf & Country Club is offering golfers the unmissable chance to take a trip down memory lane this winter – with a three-day unlimited golf break for just £99 per person. From now until February 28, 2014, golfers can enjoy amazing...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 19 November 2013
De Vere Slaley Hall’s Golf Course & Estate Manager, Steve Cram, has received the highest accolade from his colleagues and peers by being named as ‘Greenkeeper of the Year’ at the annual Pro Shop Europe Awards. Cram has received a wealth of praise throughout the year for his sterling work in preparing the Hunting course at Slaley Hall to such a...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 18 November 2013
The world-class holiday region of the Algarve is still on cloud nine after scooping the prestigious title of International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) European Golf Destination of the Year 2013. The award was announced at the IAGTO Awards gala dinner, at Tarragona, Costa Daurada, Spain following the final day of the International Golf Travel Market. Now the Algarve firmly has...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 15 November 2013
The Algarve and stunning Bulgaria venue Thracian Cliffs were among the major winners at last night’s prestigious IAGTO Awards for 2014. In a glittering gathering at the spectacular Tarragona Placa De Toros (Bull Ring), Costa Daurada, Spain, at the end of the 2013 International Golf Travel Market the ever-popular Portugal hotspot won Europe’s Golf Destination of the Year title while Thracian...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 22 December 2009
Here are the 2-FORE!-1 golfing angels of the north – courses where you’re guaranteed a game (as soon as the snow has cleared off of course) whatever time of the year. Yes, come rain or shine (but obviously not snow and ice!) there’s every chance you’ll be able to tee it up at these magnificent seven 2-FORE!-1 GOLF venues, all of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 23 December 2009
Don’t know where to go for your winter 2-FORE!-1 golfing ‘fix?’ Then head west, south west to be precise, and you’ll be spoilt for choice. There are some outstanding 2-FORE!-1 GOLF venues in this region and even better news is that many are playable throughout the year…apart from when several inches of snow and ice descend on them of course! So provided they’re...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 1 July 2009
Sundridge Park Golf Club’s two 18-hole courses will begin a phased renovation this autumn under the auspices of Swan Golf Designs. Swan GD has recently completed the blueprints for the management of the landscape and bunker strategy on both the East and West courses at the Kent venue, following a detailed appraisal of both layouts, and is being retained by the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 7 July 2009
If you do you could well be duly and rightly rewarded with a whole bunch of 2-FORE!-1 vouchers up for grabs every week starting from this week… That’s right golfers, every week we will be offering a grand total of TEN 2-FORE!-1 vouchers and all you have to do to get among the 2-FORE!-1 vouchers is to say what you really...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 1 July 2009
Golf fanatics who can’t make it to Turnberry can still enjoy the 138th Open Championship in style thanks to Your Golf Travel.com. Europe’s fastest-growing golf travel company has put together a range of Open Sunday packages at more than 20 golf venues across the UK, giving golfers the perfect way to experience the climax of the country’s biggest golf event. Arriving on...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 2 July 2009
The spectacular new Nick Faldo course at Lough Erne opened this week. And golfers eager to be the first to play Ireland’s newest golfing masterpiece in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, can now book on-line. Simply go to www.loughernegolfresort.com click on book a tee time on the home page and select the preferred date and time to play this stunning new championship course...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 6 July 2009
The Fairmont St Andrews, a 5-star cliff-top resort just outside the Hoem of Golf, has announced it will open the exciting new Torrance Course for play on 13th July. The new improvements on The Torrance Course were conducted under the direction of golf course architect Gary Stephenson. With 8 holes re-designed, new tee boxes and revetted bunkers throughout, the course is set...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 16 June 2009
Along with the opening hole, the 18th is undoubtedly the most important hole on a golf course. Golf courses are usually, rightly or wrongly, judged on both the challenge and quality of their last hole. After all, signing off with a rather tame, lame finale wouldn’t be very clever would it? Most golfers prefer to finish with a flourish and bow out with...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 18 June 2009
All golfers love playing mature, well established courses and the good news is that there’s a whole bunch of such venues in our 2-FORE!-1 Golf scheme. And leading the way is the Old Course at Musselburgh Links GC – officially the oldest golf course in the world…golf was first played on this historic piece of land in the middle of the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 25 June 2009
A team of six West Country golfers shot more than 50 birdies while taking part in a 24-hour golf marathon at Thornbury Golf Centre, Bristol, to raise money for prostate cancer care and research. The team played 126 holes – that’s seven complete rounds – to raise funds for the Bristol Urological Institute’s Prostate Cancer Appeal, which the Golf...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 12 June 2009
When Paul Casey won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, golf fans around the UK watched in awe as the supremely talented Englishman produced near flawless golf to fend off a strong field… but none more-so than the team at Foxhills, Surrey, where Casey trained as a youngster. At the age of 11, Casey received a scholarship from the Foxhills Golf...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 30 June 2009
The railways have played a major role in golfing history and down the years have been instrumental in putting many golfing venues on the map. Our 2-FORE!-1 half-price scheme is littered with courses which have strong railway connections, none more so than Cornwall’s Carlyon Bay – the Great Western Railway literally runs through the heart of this coastal cracker. So if you’re...