Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 28 May 2013
Not sure where to use that precious 2-FORE!-1 voucher? Take your pick from these top notch venues stretching from one end of Britain to the other… *Celtic Manor (Roman Road), South Wales – Ryder Cup history was made on the Twenty Ten course, but it was the Roman Road layout which first established Celtic Manor as a venue for top level golf. The...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 6 June 2012
There are about 1,000 courses in 2-FORE!-1 and offer half-price greens fees (with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher) and once again here are six of the very best… *Musselburgh Old Links, East Lothian – If you enjoy your golfing history, you’ll love ancient Musselburgh to bits. The place is simply steeped in it. Forget St Andrews, this is where golf first started: it’s...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 25 February 2013
More great 2-FORE!-1 venues you can tackle and enjoy for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *Cottrell Park, South Wales – This venue offers two 18-hole courses with the Mackintosh taking centre stage on the historic rolling parkland terrain, having hosted several Welsh Golf Union events and county matches. The neighbouring Button Gwinnett – named after the Button family who resided at...
Monday 19 March 2012
2-FORE!-1 is huge in West Yorkshire with around 40 venues belonging to 2-FORE!-1 and offering half-price golf…with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. The county has quantity and quality and here are some of West Yorkshire’s 2-FORE!-1 finest… *Moor Allerton, near Leeds – “A golfing experience larger than life,” is how Peter Alliss describes Moor Allerton and its facilities. Moor Allerton has the distinction of being the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 22 April 2009
SIX OF THE BEST NEW 2-FORE!-1 COURSES… There’s fast-approaching 1,000 courses in our smash hit 2-FORE!-1 scheme and many cracking new venues have joined the 2-FORE!-1 fold this season including the magnificent Grove, Herts, which has staged a World Golf Championship event (won by Tiger Woods). The Grove is bound to prove a major 2-FORE!-1 attraction this summer but here’s six more...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 20 November 2012
Golf At Goodwood is introducing an eye catching winter green fee offer giving golfers the opportunity to play the 18 hole Park Course for just £15 until March 31st 2013. Widely regarded as a hidden gem in the Sussex countryside, this 6,650 yard “pay and play” course is surrounded by eighteenth century cedars giving the impression of a course much older...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 21 December 2012
Fisherman Lee Marels has plenty to celebrate over Christmas after shooting a three-under-par 69 course record on top 2-FORE!-1 venue Dartmouth Golf & Country Club’s formidable Championship Course. Playing from the gold tees, Marels, 31, from Dartmouth, made light of the 7,156-yard lay-out to card six birdies in his record-breaking performance to beat the previous best score by a single shot. The...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 21 May 2012
There are around 1,000 courses in the popular 2-FORE!-1 scheme which offers half-price green fees to 2-FORE!-1 voucher holders. Here, once again, are six of the very best… *Stapleford Park, Leics – a class act on and off the course. The Donald Steel-designed course is a great test of golf as European Seniors Tour have discovered in recent times. It’s nearly always...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 30 January 2012
Just east of Scotland’s capital Edinburgh you’ll find some stunning 2-FORE!-1 venues where you can play for half-price – with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher of course – including the world’s oldest course. Try any of these out and you won’t be disappointed: * Musselburgh Links Old Course – Forget St Andrews, this is where golf first started: it’s officially recognised as the oldest golf course in...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 3 July 2013
Golfers came together at Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa for the annual charity golf day hosted by the Chiltern Region Lady Taverners. The fundraising event marked the fourth year the Lady Taverners had organised a golf day at Luton Hoo. Blessed with good weather the Chiltern Region Lady Taverners managed with just 11 teams to raise £3,600 to help children with...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 12 April 2013
The controversial but spectacular Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen re-opened its championship links course yesterday for its first full playing season. Sarah Malone, Executive Vice President stated: “We are thrilled to open the course for our first full playing season and have a wide range of additional services and facilities on offer this year, including professional coaching, corporate and group...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 10 September 2012
Head to Hampshire for some cracking 2-FORE!-1 golf – great venues you can experience for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *Marriott Meon Valley – an impressive stay and play venue just outside Southampton. Plotted within over 225 acres of exquisite parkland, this Marriott country club is regarded as one of the leading golf venues in the South of England. Besides the...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 13 June 2012
More 2-FORE!-1 ‘must plays’ you can experience for half-price so long as you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *Oake Manor, Somerset – If you relish demanding US-style courses, Oake Manor will suit you down to the ground: A number of lakes, cascades and even a trout stream run through the course, creating water hazards on ten of the holes. Indeed, you’re never far...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 4 June 2009
Although the pro’s don’t do an awful lot of it, match play is a great format of golf. And there are some fantastic match play venues in 2-FORE!-1 Golf. There’s something extra special about head-to-head competition – as the Ryder Cup has proved time and again down the years. The beauty of match play competition is that, for once, you’re not taking on...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 28 May 2012
Looking for a great 2-FORE!-1 golf day out? Look no further…here are six more top tracks where you’re guaranteed a game to remember. Bingley St Ives, West Yorks – A terrific course with a bit of everything – parkland, woodland and moorland golf – and bags of pedigree.The latter is probably the pick of the sections in the summer when offering...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 3 July 2009
Parkland courses are far and away the most common type of golf course in the UK….and there are some fantastic ones on offer for half the normal green fee in 2-FORE!-1 Golf. In fact some of the country’s very best parkland layouts happen to belong to 2-FORE!-1 Golf, so with a 2-FORE!-1 Golf voucher in hand you can secure a memorable round of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 2 April 2013
Top Kent links Prince’s, which neighbours Royal St George’s, has some cracking open events coming up including the Spring Mixed Open on April 21st. This is a 27 hole Mixed Foursomes Stableford event played over the three loops of nine holes (Himalayas, Shore and Dunes) and the format of the day is: Coffee on arrival, 18 holes, soup and rll, 9...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 9 June 2009
That old ditty “I do like to be beside the seaside” particularly rings true as far as most golfers are concerned. There’s absolutely no doubt Britain boasts some of the best seaside golf in the world and the other good news is that many of the greatest links and clifftop courses belong to our thriving 2-FORE!-1 Golf scheme. In other words, you...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Monday 24 September 2012
Head to the north west of England and Cumbria in particular and you’re in 2-FORE!-1 golfing heaven. Try any of these belting courses out and you’ll see what we mean… *Seascale – Ignore the fact it’s overlooked by Sellafield power plant and you’ve found links golfing heaven. It really is a gem of a seaside course and, being designed by Willie...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 17 May 2012
This week we check out the pick of the 2-FORE!-1 crop of courses in the county of Hampshire. Don’t forget, if you’re in possession of a 2-FORE!-1 voucher you can tee it up at any of the venues below for half-price. *Marriott Meon Valley – an impressive stay and play venue just outside Southampton. Plotted within over 225 acres of exquisite...