Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 13 August 2013
Looking for a top venue to play some stunning 2-FORE!-1 Golf this week? Well, these six beauties – spread all over the UK – should help you to make up your mind as they’re the passport to some quality golfing action at a great price. *Gleneagles (PGA Centenary course), Perthshire, Scotland – The PGA Centenary will stage the first Ryder Cup...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 12 August 2013
Thirteen-year-old Harry Fricker made history on Sunday as he became the youngest-ever winner of Suffolk’s Ufford Park Club Championship. Harry, who had to hole a 15-foot par putt to force a playoff, birdied the first extra hole to beat 17-year-old Joshua Robertson after two rounds of 79. Victory for the five handicapper also ended Joshua’s hopes of a third successive Championship; a...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 12 August 2013
Popular London pay and play course Richmond Park is celebrating its 90th anniversary year with a weekend of golfing activities on 17th & 18th August, including an irresistible ‘Round for a Pound’ offer. The 36-hole venue was opened in 1923 by HRH Prince of Wales and heralded a place where ‘artisans and royalty are equally welcome’. Ninety years later and the facilities...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 8 August 2013
Jodie Kidd will be bringing a touch of style and glamour to Brocket Hall Golf Club after agreeing to become the new ambassador for the historic venue’s ladies section. A self-confessed golf nut, the former supermodel has swapped the catwalk for the fairways and will be at the forefront of the future development of ladies and junior girls’ golf at the...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 9 August 2013
The 2013 Westminster Wealth Golf Championship is taking place at Stoke Park Club in Buckinghamshire on September 3rd – and is free to enter for City Professionals, CEO’s, Managing Directors, Lawyers, Bankers, Brokers, Fund Managers and others employed in the financial and corporate sectors. This amazing complimentary golf day includes: morning refreshments, Fourball Betterball (Pairs) competition played over 18 holes, dinner,...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Tuesday 6 August 2013
We have teamed up with the five star Luton Hoo Hotel to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a luxury golf package for two. The prize includes 36 holes of golf per person, dinner in the relaxed informality of the Adam’s Brasserie, accommodation in a Parkland or Flower Garden Deluxe room with complimentary newspaper, traditional English Breakfast and residential...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 6 August 2013
Looking to improve your golf game and skills? Then you might want to check out the new Residential Golf Schools at leading North Yorkshire venue Rudding Park. The resort, just outside Harrogate, has just started golf tuition breaks and they’re already proving a big hit and a winner with all those have participated and taken full advantage of the top coaching...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 6 August 2013
Golf’s most prestigious team trophy, the Ryder Cup, will be in Essex next Monday (Aug 12) when it visits Channels Golf Club, in Little Waltham, Chelmsford. The trophy, which dates back to the very first contest between the USA and Great Britain in 1927 at Worcester Country Club, Massachusetts, will be on display for the president’s pro-am competition and visitors to...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 5 August 2013
The presence of rare protected newts at Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club in County Durham has not stopped progress at its new £15m golf, hotel and leisure development planned to open in 2014. Parent company Ramside Estates Ltd, owners of three distinctive country hotels in County Durham, is currently building the only new golf course under construction in Northern England...
Written by Kevin Brown on Monday 5 August 2013
More great venues which provide a memorable round of 2-FORE!-1 golf. Get out there this weekend and enjoy the sunshine (hopefully!) with our 2-Fore!-1 scheme. Buy your vouchers now. *Gleneagles (PGA Centenary course), Perthshire, Scotland – The PGA Centenary will stage the first Ryder Cup in Scotland in 2014 and will almost certainly produce another memorable encounter. But the layout will have...
Written by Kevin Brown on Friday 2 August 2013
A Clydebank golfer invoked the memory of his late brother to score a hole-in-one during a recent competition at his club, receiving a limited-edition BOSS watch for his feat. Alex Hopkins, 55, scored his ace on the 240-yard, par-three 14th at his club, Dalmuir Municipal, and the 13-handicapper was rewarded with membership of the exclusive BOSS Watches H1 Club and a...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 1 August 2013
There is still plenty of the 2013 golfing season left and some great bargains and golf to be had and enjoyed. These six belting 2-FORE!-1 venues will deliver the goods on all counts. *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...
Written by Kevin Brown on Thursday 1 August 2013
With the introduction of several innovative golf-themed bar games, De Vere’s dynamic Après Golf promotion will challenge the archetypical clubhouse offering. With a roulette-wheel to decide the exclusive food and drink offers also available in the bar from 6.30pm (Sund-Thurs) De Vere is encouraging golfers to join in the fun at any of their 12 UK resorts, including world-class facilities such...
Written by Kevin Brown on Wednesday 31 July 2013
Top West Sussex venue Mannings Heath stages the English Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship next week and the country’s leading ladies will certainly face a unique test of golf. A composite course has been specially created for the championship by England Golf, with a combination of gold, white, yellow and red tees being used on Mannings Heath’s renowned Waterfall Course when...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 30 July 2013
Hertfordshire’s Essendon Country Club has been awarded England Golf’s coveted Golf Mark High Achiever Accreditation. The Golf Mark award identifies Essendon as one of England’s most junior and beginner friendly golf clubs and recognises the lengths to which it has gone to make its facilities open to all. “Essendon Country Club not only goes the extra mile to ensure the success of...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 30 July 2013
Newly crowned US Open Champion Justin Rose has made a surprise appearance at Goodwood’s first Golf Academy Open Day, delighting many of his young fans who were thrilled to see their golfing idol. The World No. 3 golfer and Goodwood’s golf ambassador joined the PGA coaching team for the event to give more than 12 families including 23 children a truly...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 30 July 2013
The Carrick on Loch Lomond has innovatively transformed ‘The Highland Laddie’ into a unique half-way house. The former riverboat was recently unveiled to provide golfers with the ideal spot to relax midway through their round. Golfers at The Carrick will be able to enjoy a hearty selection of locally produced Scottish Killie pies and refreshments, whilst enjoying stunning views of Ben Lomond...
Written by Kevin Brown on Tuesday 30 July 2013
Cheshire’s Mere Golf Resort and Spa is embarking on a brand new charity golfing event – The Sportsman’s Golf Classic – which will take place on 3rd October 2013 in support of The Christie Hospital and The Harold Riley Foundation. The exclusive event is being headlined by ex-England cricket stars David Lloyd and Michael Vaughan who will be part of the...
Written by 2-Fore!-1 on Monday 29 July 2013
Would you like to play more half price golf? Well with 2-Fore!-1 you can do exactly that at almost 1,000 courses across the UK. 2-Fore!-1 is accepted at some of the best golf courses in Britain, from the Scottish Highlands down to Cornwall’s beaches and everywhere in between. And now vouchers are digital you can buy and play the very same day...
Written by Graeme Hamlett on Monday 29 July 2013
The Scottish Golf Pairs Challenge, which takes place from September 2-6 on five of the best of Carnoustie Country’s inland courses, consists of five rounds of highly competitive pairs golf across excellent and testing courses – for only £125 per entry. “The Scottish Golf Pairs Challenge is extremely good value for money,” said Norman Dyce, one of organisers of the Scottish...