Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 16 August 2011
Essex is a big county with some quality, top value-for-money 2-FORE!-1 golf on offer. And here’s six of the county’s 2-FORE!-1 best – venues you’re guaranteed a great round of golf and for half-price provided you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *The Essex G&CC – a cracking modern par-73 track that will test you all the way. *Colchester GC – another well established parkland,...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 21 June 2013
Bristol’s Thornbury Golf Centre witnessed a five star performance in its Club Championship, won for the fifth consecutive year by Ian Wilkie. Extending his remarkable 100% record in the annual 36-hole competition, the two-handicapper recorded rounds of 69 and 71-gross to set the low target of two-under par in the clubhouse. Ian’s win wasn’t quite as comfortable as 2012’s victory when he...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Wednesday 2 May 2012
The 2012 season is now well and truly underway and here are six more top tracks where you can enjoy a fantastic golf experience – for half-price so long as you’ve got a 2-FORE!-1 voucher! *Thorpeness, Suffolk – quality heathland James Braid track, always in top condition. Thorpeness is in a quaint and quiet corner of Suffolk and its golf course...
Written by TG Staff Writer on Tuesday 17 March 2009
The Marriott Worsley Hotel & Country Club, in Manchester has just launched a great value “April Golf Offer” for visiting golfers. This special offer for £30 is available Monday-Sunday from 1st April – 30th April 2009 and includes coffee & bacon roll upon arrival followed by a round of golf on its Championship course. Offer is subject to availability and standard...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 golf on Monday 13 February 2012
Not sure where to use that coveted 2-FORE!-1 voucher? Here are six more top 2-FORE!-1 tracks which will definitely provide plenty of golfing thrills and spills… *Stapleford Park, Leics – a class act on and off the course. The Donald Steel-designed course is a great test of golf as members of the European Seniors Tour have recently discovered. It’s nearly always...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 21 June 2013
Golfers across the south of England are being invited to take part in ‘probably the best open pairs competition in the world’ – and win a day’s golf on the West Course at Wentworth. Players of all abilities are set to flock to leading 2-FORE!-1 venue Dartmouth Golf & Country Club on Thursday July 11 to compete in the Carlsberg Open...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 26 March 2013
This Friday (March 29th) Panshanger Golf Complex in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, will be launching their innovative new Golf Credits system. Designed with the casual golfer in mind, users will be able to pre-pay for Golf Credits which can be redeemed at any time at the 18-hole, par 72 Championship course. The Golf Credits are available for all budgets and there are huge...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 26 February 2013
Popular 2-FORE!-1 venue Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf and Spa, Cheshire, will welcome up to 120 professionals from all over the UK to its Championship course for the one day British Professionals Championship on May 20th. “This is the first time the tournament has ever been held at a resort like Portal and we are extremely excited to have the opportunity to host...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 4 April 2013
Aldwickbury Park welcomed some unexpected guests when the Herts Air Ambulance (HAA) made an emergency landing between the 10th and 18th fairways. As chance would have it, the club’s chosen captains’ charity for 2013 is the HAA and both golfers and staff warmly received the crew in the clubhouse once all were safely on the ground. After its emergency landing on Aldwickbury Park’s 18-hole...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Thursday 10 May 2012
Crown Golf, the UK’s largest golf course group, is currently offering golfers the opportunity to purchase a one month golf trial at any one of their golf membership clubs for just £59. Trial members get seven day access to their home club and access to 27 Crown Golf courses. This trial is only available to a limited number of people at...
Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 10 September 2012
Following last year’s Open Championship, held at Royal St Georges Golf Club, Kent has seen an 85% increase in the number of UK golfers booking golf packages and tee times at the county’s 97 courses Shepherd Neame, the renowned Kent-based brewer, pub and hotel operator, is among those offering accommodation for golf tourists, which has invested significantly in its estate. Recent acquisitions include the iconic Bell...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 16 October 2012
This week we check out the 2-FORE!-1 highlights on offer in the Home Counties of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire – great venues you can enjoy for half-price with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher. *Caversham Heath, Berks – Fast maturing – and draining – heathland course built to exacting USGA-specs and playable all-year round. *Donnington Valley Hotel & GC, Berks – This improved parkland layout sits...
Written by Golf World on Monday 27 April 2009
Royal Dornoch This utterly stunning golf course is only 15 years old, but is already well established as one of the greatest links courses in Ireland… [More] www.royaldornoch.com, 01862 810219, Winter: £54 weekday/£60 weekend, Summer £82 weekday/£92 weekend Nairn Second in the Highland pecking order to Dornoch is the beautiful and somewhat unusual course at Nairn… [More] www.nairngolfclub.co.uk 01667 453208, Winter: £30 a...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 17 July 2012
Popular 2-FORE!-1 venue Ufford Park Hotel & GC in Suffolk recently entertained members of the Brazilian Olympic Gymnasts party. Nearby Ipswich is hosting the Brazilian gymnasts preparing for the upcoming London Games – the team are training at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club under the supervision of Andy Wood (Head Coach at Pipers Vale) and carrier of the Olympic Torch in Essex this year. Their...
Written by TG Courses editor on Saturday 6 July 2013
Looking for a memorable break at St Andrews, the Home of Golf? Then you might want to check out these belting breaks based at the luxury Fairmont St Andrews resort. Deal One: Golf, Golf & More Golf. Valid until Oct 31, costing from £299 per person sharing, and subject to availability. It includes: Two nights’ accommodation, full Scottish breakfast, unlimited golf on The...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 14 August 2012
A Suffolk hotel and golf club and a 500-year-old grade I listed Hall and Gardens have teamed up to launch a new green-fingered golf break package to the UK market. Thorpeness Hotel and Golf Club, in the holiday village of Thorpeness on Suffolk’s Heritage Coast, and Helmingham Hall and Gardens – ancestral home of the Tollemache family near Stowmarket – have...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Saturday 3 November 2012
You’ll discover 20 plus 2-FORE!-1 venues in Lincs ranging from mature parkland to outstanding seaside tracks. And there’s hardly a weak one among them. More good news is that thanks to 2-FORE!-1 and 2-FORE!-1 vouchers (you play for half the nromal price) you won’t have to break the bank to experience them. Pick of the Lincs bunch is the stunning stay and play...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Tuesday 5 March 2013
With the new season looming, still not sure where to use that 2-FORE!-1 voucher in the coming weeks? Take your pick from this classy crop and you’ll be in golfing heaven… *Okehampton, Devon – Classy layout with great greens set out as a J.H. Taylor nine holer in 1913 but became a ‘full’ course a decade later. Plotted on undulating ground,...
Written by 2-FORE!-1 Golf on Friday 5 October 2012
Another classy crop of 2-FORE!-1 courses you can tackle for half-price – with a 2-FORE!-1 voucher of course. *The Players Club, Bristol – You’re guaranteed a round to remember at The Players Club but you need tio turn up with your A game. The brash Bristol layout is the ultimate in golfing challenges – it’s ultra-long and strewn with hazards, most of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 21 April 2009
The Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club just outside Scotland capital Edinburgh has just launched a special “4-Ball Offer” – aimed at golfing enthusiasts who are searching for that perfect round of golf with their friends. For just £160 per tee-time, guests can treat themselves to a round of golf on the championship East Course, which represents a saving of £100.