Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 13 January 2010
Greetham Valley Hotel, Golf and Conference Centre, just off the A1 in the county of Rutland, is going from strength to strength. The past twelve months have been the busiest ever, with the result that managing director Robert Hinch has felt confident enough to invest in a brand new gym facility which opened in time for the post-Christmas rush to get fit! Key...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 28 May 2009
Wherever you are in the East and Midlands regions of the country there’s bound to be a cracking 2-FORE!-1 course near you. In fact nearly 200 East and Midlands courses are members of 2-FORE!-1 and therefore offer half-price golf – so long as you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 voucher of course. And there are some great, magical venues among them including Marriott Forest...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 15 September 2009
The county of Shropshire is a 2-FORE!-1 Golf paradise. This underrated golfing county boasts some superb golf venues and fortunately several are in 2-FORE!-1 Golf and offer half-price green fees. Cleobury Mortimer and The Shropshire should be both at the top of your Shropshire hit list – they’re both excellent modern golfing venues and offer 27 holes, three loops of nine, of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 21 January 2011
Look out for Today’s Golfer’s Top 100 2-FORE!-1 Courses – set to appear in issue 281, out March 24. Which course will emerge on top of the pile? There are certainly plenty of candidates including the magical Turnberry – the last winner of this coveted title – Gleneagles, The Grove and Fairmont St Andrews. The 2-FORE!-1 Top 100 tracks will be decided...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 25 May 2010
There are some superb 2-FORE!-1 golfing venues in and around the wonderful ancient city of Chester. In fact Chester and its surrounding area provides some of the very finest courses in 2-FORE!-1 GOLF so is obviously a wise choice when looking to use that 2-FORE!-1 voucher entitling you to half-price green fees. Try this classy crop out for size and you certainly...
Written by Golf World on Wednesday 26 August 2009
Golf clubs from Dornoch to Devon have some fantastic green fee discounts at the moment to get you on to their course. From fourball deals to a free lunch, you can save money at great courses. We’ve scoured the internet and spoken to our extensive network of club golfers to bring you this guide to 50 of the best green fee...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 2 June 2011
Yorkshire is a major 2-FORE!-1 courses player – none more so than the west of the county which is rife with top notch 2-FORE!-1 venues. One of the best is Moor Allerton, a stunning 27-hole venue just outside Leeds, while the impressive stay and play venues include the likes of Marriott Hollins Hall, near Bradford, and De Vere Oulton Hall, also...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 16 March 2010
Gloucester is a haven of 2-FORE!-1 courses activity just off the M5 motorway. Round and about the ancient cathedral city you’ll discover a number of hidden 2-FORE!-1 gems including the quirky pair of Painswick and Stinchcombe Hill in Dursley. The mature parkland layout of Gloucester GC is also well worth using your 2-FORE!-1 on as is the excellent stay and play venue...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 18 March 2011
Looking for a great value short golfing breaking, somewhere you can stay and play in style? Then check out Devonian delight the Dartmouth Golf & Country Club. This month (March) you can enjoy two nights’ B&B at the on-site hotel, one evening meal and unlimited golf for three days for just under £100 (midweek, Sunday to Thurs). The weekend equivalent (Fri...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 23 August 2010
Marriott Tudor Park Golf & Country Club near Maidstone, Kent, has become the latest golf facility to be awarded the coveted GolfMark status by the English Golf Union (EGU) and the English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA). GolfMark, which incorporates Sports England’s ClubMark accreditation, is the national scheme which identifies and recognises junior and beginner-friendly golf facilities. In order to reach GolfMark status,...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 10 December 2009
The city of Nottingham is of course famous for the legend of Robin Hood but there’s no way golfers will be robbed at the excellent 2-FORE!-1 Golf venues in this neck of the golfing woods. On the contrary, you’ll have a merry old time at places like College Pines at nearby Worksop – it’s a fine heathland track and is playable...
Written by 2-Fore!-1 Golf on Wednesday 11 August 2010
There’s plenty of quality 2-FORE!-1 Golf to be enjoyed in the East Midlands and around the city of Leicester in particular. Among them is the fantastic five star resort at Stapleford Park near Melton Mowbray. The venue is now a decade old and is a class act, having successfully staged a leading European Seniors Tour event this summer. Stapleford Park offers half-price...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 10 June 2009
After a £20m transformation, St Mellion International Resort has reopened, confirming its status as the South West England’s premier golf and leisure destination. With Jack Nicklaus’ first ‘signature’ golf course in the UK extensively refurbished, and restored to European Tour standard in advance of hosting The English Open in 2011, golfers from around the world can now enjoy one of Europe’s...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 11 May 2009
De Vere Slaley Hall, Northumberland, is one of the top golfing venues in the North East and amazingly you can experience a stay and play break there for under £90! That’s right, stopover on Sunday night and you’ll benefit from the fantastic Sunday Driver package which involves two rounds of golf plus one night’s dinner, bed and breakfast. And, believe it...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 7 July 2011
Next Friday (July 15th) a group of four men from Cornwall’s St Mellion International Resort will attempt to play 91 holes in one day to raise money for the Seve Ballesteros Foundation supporting Cancer Research UK. The 91-hole challenge is the brainchild of David Moon, Golf Operations Manager at St Mellion, and himself a PGA Professional. He has teamed up with...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 7 August 2009
Set amongst 270 acres of beautiful rolling Derbyshire countryside Morley Hayes golf club is the perfect destination for your next game of golf or four star UK golf break. With twilight golf from £14 after 4.30pm weekdays, societies from as little as £19 per person and golf breaks from £99 per person, Morley Hayes golf club offers the ultimate in value with...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 2 August 2011
2-FORE!-1 Golf boasts about 1,000 courses up and down the country offering half-price green fees including around a dozen in the county of Oxfordshire. Here’s a handful of Oxon’s 2-FORE!-1 finest where you can use that 2-FORE!-1 voucher in style and get a great round at a great price. *Studley Wood GC – impressive parkland layout with a decent variety of holes. *Brailes...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 5 March 2010
The new golfing season thankfully isn’t too far away now… so it makes good sense to stock up with those precious 2-FORE!-1 GOLF vouchers. The vouchers are the passport to half-price green fees at just over 1,000 courses up and down the country, guaranteeing golfers great deals at great courses. 2-FORE!-1 is the biggest and best discounted green fee scheme in the...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 21 October 2009
2-FORE!-1 Golf – the biggest and best discounted green fee scheme in golf – is within a tap-in putt of reaching the 1,000 courses ‘club.’ Cambridgeshire course March GC has become the 999th member of 2-FORE!-1 Golf to offer half-price green fees and it is only a matter of time before the four-figure total is reached. It will be interesting to see...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 8 September 2009
It’s all change for the PGA North Region Championship as it switches from the North East to Yorkshire after attracting new funding. International freight forwarders Thomson Davis will sponsor the 36-hole tournament, which will include a curtain-raising pro-am, at Marriott Hollins Hall Golf and Country Club on September 29-30. Hollins Hall Golf Club, near Bradford, is a member of 2-FORE!-1 Golf and offers...