Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 21 May 2009
Why not treat yourself to a great stay and play golfing break this summer? And you can do just that thanks to 2-FORE!-1, our fantastic half-price green fee scheme which features a number of classy stay & play venues including several Marriott and De Vere hotels/courses. So pick up your 2-FORE!-1 Factfile and wherever you are in the UK, you’ll discover a...
Written by TG staff writer on Thursday 21 May 2009
Your Golf Travel.com is aiming to raise loadsa money for wounded servicemen through up-and-coming charity golf days. The Help for Heroes Golf Days are planned for Donnington Grove Country Club, Berkshire, on Thursday, July 16, and at Hillside, Southport, on Friday July 31. Andrew Harding, managing director of Your Golf Travel.com, said: “Our previous charity days have been hugely successful and we’re hoping...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 21 May 2009
Parents worried about the cost of entertaining kids this half-term can take advantage of some fantastic offers from La Manga Club, southern Spain, and the wide range of facilities on offer. A variety of junior academies are available during the school holidays and throughout the year including football, golf, tennis, cricket and dance. Youngsters can take advantage of the destination’s unrivalled facilities...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 22 May 2009
The North is a hotbed of 2-FORE!-1 Golf, half-price golfing action. Yes, 2-FORE!-1 Golf has some cracking courses in the region – 110 to be exact. And there are many top venues among them, including classy West Yorkshire pair De Vere Oulton Hall, just outside Leeds, and Marriott Hollins Hall near Bradford. Moor Allerton, with its 27 holes of quality golf, is...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 22 May 2009
Active8 Leisure Ltd has invested in new golf course maintenance equipment with a retail value in excess of £130,000 for its Ellesmere Port Golf Centre. Active8 Leisure was formed in September 2000 to manage leisure and community services on behalf of Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council. Malcolm Cooke is the Manager at the centre with a remit to update, improve...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 27 May 2009
Classy Hertfordshire venue The Grove – one of the best new courses to emerge in England in recent years – is playing a starring role in our 2-FORE!-1 scheme this season. The Grove is a five star resort with a Kyle Phillips-designed course to match and is available to 2-FORE!-1 voucher holders on Mondays and Tuesdays ONLY. A short drive away from the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 28 May 2009
Golfbreaks.com, one of Europe’s biggest golf travel companies, is offering a number of exclusive summer sizzler deals which should help keep golfers well and truly on course… One of the best deals involves a stay and play at the four star QHotels Hellidon Lakes, Northants, where one night’s dinner, B&B and two rounds of golf costs from just £89 per person –...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 28 May 2009
The partnership between De Vere Oulton Hall and Park Lane College (Leeds) has been upgraded to incorporate the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) – Golf. Oulton Hall, a five star resort, and Park Lane College joined forces in August 2008, when Oulton Hall began offering students the opportunity to specialise in golf while studying at the prestigious Leeds College. The success of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 29 May 2009
Ireland is simply one of the world’s greatest golfing destinations and is the home of nearly 80 2-FORE!-1 venues – top tracks you can play for half the normal green fee rates. So if you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher, or three, to spare get yourself over to the Emerald Isle and play some cracking golf, including quality links and parkland layouts,...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 7 May 2009
2-FORE!-1 currently boasts nearly 1,000 courses offering half-price golf and nearly 100 of them are based in the East and the Midlands region. And there’s some real crackers among them including a number of venues which offer more than 18 holes of quality golf… so you can play one layout in the morning, and have a bite to eat and drink...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 7 May 2009
The iconic Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa has introduced a “Majestic Golf Experience” that offers an exhilarating golfing extravaganza fit for a king: you’ll tackle the Duke’s Course at St Andrews and two outstanding links courses set in the Kingdom of Fife – all for the princely sum of £600. “Majestic Golf” combines 18 holes over the Hotel’s very own...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 3 November 2009
There’s some great 2-FORE!-1 Golf to be enjoyed in and around Britain’s main cities – even at this time of the year – and we kick-off this new series by checking out Coventry’s 2-FORE!-1 Golf highlights. Top of the pile has got to be the Marriott Forest of Arden, home of regular European Tour layout the Arden which is ably supported...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 13 November 2009
Here’s six very good reasons to make sure you stay on course this winter – half-a-dozen off-season stars of 2-FORE!-1 Golf. All these venues not offer only half-price green fees – provided you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher – but they’re almost certain to be open with the normal tees and greens in play. Watch out for this new feature every week...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 3 November 2009
There are some outstanding golf deals around at the moment and here’s a trio of cracking stay & play offers available at three classy De Vere resorts. The offers: *Slaley Hall Sunday Driver: Two rounds of golf at the renowned Northumberland resort, which features two championship golf courses in the Hunting and the Priestman, as well as one night’s accommodation in the luxury...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 11 November 2009
Carnoustie Golf Links Management Committee has announced that its online bookings increased by 18% during the year ending October 31st 2009. The value of online green fee sales rose by 24% during the same period and for the first time exceeded £400,000. “We launched our online booking system back in 2003 and each year since then we have seen significant increases in...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 9 November 2009
Fantastic winter deals are coming in thick and fast but you’ll struggle to beat this one based at world-famous Scottish resort Gleneagles. From now until April 10 you can take full advantage of a superb Sunday night offer for £125 per person (based on two people sharing) which costs just £125 per person and includes a complimentary round of golf or a...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 13 November 2009
Leading UK golf resort – and top 2-FORE!-1 GOLF venue – Slaley Hall will host the De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship for a third successive year. The £250,000 tournament – one of only two 72-hole strokeplay events on the European Senior Tour – will be played over the Dave Thomas-designed Hunting Course from June 24-27, 2010. Record Senior Tour money winner...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 24 November 2009
The English Amateur Championship will head to one of its most northerly outposts when it is played at Silloth-on-Solway in London Olympics year, 2012. Also in the 2012 fixtures just released, Walton Heath will be the venue for the Brabazon Trophy while the Men’s County Finals will be staged at Beau Desert. Silloth-on-Solway in Cumbria, proved a testing venue for the Logan...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 6 November 2009
2-FORE!-1 Golf is on a high after this week reaching the 1,000 courses landmark. And the milestone was achieved in great style with none other than mighty Turnberry’s Kintyre course – one of Britain’s top links tracks – deciding to rejoin the biggest and best discounted green fee scheme in golf. The fantastic Ayrshire, Scotland, venue will be offering half-price golf (with...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 29 March 2010
2-FORE!-1 GOLF superstar Fairmont St Andrews – a five-star cliff-top resort in St Andrews and host of the 2010 Final Open Qualifying – has created the ideal summer vacation getaway to the iconic “Home of Golf.” Its Summer Golf for Two package combines luxury with award-winning golf at a superb venue. The package features: ·Two nights’ luxury accommodation in a newly remodelled...