Written by TG Courses editor on Monday 25 March 2013
The legendary Le Meridien Penina Hotel & Golf resort in the western Algarve is one of the best places to stay and play in Portugal and amazingly you can experience it for £198 per person. This fantastic value price is on offer for stays from March to May for groups of four – provided you book up by the end of...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 26 March 2013
The ‘Hole In One Club’ is launching a new membership in 2013 aimed at all amateur golfers who regularly take part in club competitions throughout the golfing season. In previous years when scoring an ace, amateurs would receive adulation from their playing partners and then have to buy a round of drinks. But now the ‘HIO Club’ is buying UK amateur golfers the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Wednesday 27 March 2013
Sir Nick Faldo has marked another milestone is his design career with the official opening ceremony of Laguna Lăng Cô Golf Club in Vietnam. Faldo’s 26th layout, Laguna Lăng Cô is in Vietnam’s Central Coast region, situated midway between Vietnam’s former imperial capital of Hue and its third largest city of Danang. The 6961-yard par-71 course is nestled between mountains and sea on a sandy...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 27 March 2013
Teeofftimes.co.uk, the UK’s largest tee-time booking service, today announces its incredible springtime giveaway, which this year will offer golfers even more opportunities to win a wide range of superb prizes. The Fore-Tee Days promotion starts the day before Good Friday and runs right the way through to the May Bank Holiday (May 6th). Anybody making a booking with Teeofftimes.co.uk – via...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 28 March 2013
KEEN golfers are this summer invited to tee-up and stay at a Cambridgeshire estate where the course is open all year round. Tydd St Giles Golf & Country Club near Wisbech is offering special rates to players wishing to play and stay at its par 70 course in 2013. Adrian Hurst, Managing Director, said: “I designed the course in the 1990s and...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 4 April 2013
Oceânico Golf has revealed an exclusive tee-time deal to the stunning Amendoeira Golf Resort in the Algarve for those seeking a last minute blast of sunshine before the month is up. Ideal for groups and families, the resort boasts 36-holes of championship golf, first-class accommodation and leisure facilities. And until the end of April, guests can enjoy 18 holes around either the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Thursday 4 April 2013
Aberdeen’s Trump International Golf Links has announced it will re-open its championship links course for its first full playing season on Thursday, April 11. To start this year’s golf season, leading golf brands, including Taylor Made, Titleist, Callaway, Vega and Trackman, will come together to showcase the latest golf products and provide a free custom fitting service for golfers of all...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 10 April 2013
A Dorset golf club has been granted permission to develop farmland to extend the popular course to a full 18 holes – 19 if you count the bar! The £250,000 investment will mark the completion of the project that began in 1991 when Parley Golf Centre began life as a 27 bay, floodlit driving range. A nine hole course followed along with...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 12 April 2013
The breathtaking ‘Stay, Play and Fly’ package is based around the five star luxury Oitavos Hotel and gives golfers the chance to experience stunning views of Costa Azul and the Estoril coastline from great heights. Located 30 minutes west of Lisbon and set amongst the natural sand dunes of the stunning Sintra Cascais National Park, the hotel lies adjacent to the...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 18 April 2013
New figures released by Troon Golf have revealed that two of Abu Dhabi’s leading courses – Abu Dhabi Golf Club and Saadiyat Beach Golf Club – experienced a record 76% growth in the number of International Tour Operator rounds booked in the first quarter of 2013 compared with 2012. Growth has come predominantly from the European market, with a near two...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 19 April 2013
Following a multi-million pound refurbishment, De Vere Mottram Hall in Cheshire, was re-launched in stunning fashion yesterday, as 2010 Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie and cricket legend Freddie Flintoff undertook a unique golfing shoot-out. The duo fired golf balls from a specially constructed tee area in-front of the luxury mansion hotel, attempting to smash glass panels and raise funds for Asthma...
Written by James Dorward on Thursday 25 April 2013
St Mellion has been nominated for ‘England’s Leading Golf Resort’ in the World Travel Awards 2013. Although St Mellion International Resort has been nominated in the WTA before, a win in 2013 – in which St Mellion celebrates the 25th Anniversary of its Nicklaus Course – would be the resort’s first. Set in 450 acres of stunning Cornish countryside, St Mellion...
Written by TG Courses editor on Friday 26 April 2013
Playing golf on the English Riviera is proving more popular than ever after organisers of the South Devon Golf Tour revealed that bookings have risen by ten per cent in 2013. The tour, which was launched in 2010, has experienced a significant increase in interest on the corresponding period last year with golfers flocking to enjoy nine of the region’s top...
Written by TG Courses editor on Wednesday 1 May 2013
An April initiative by Crown Golf to promote its Group-wide ‘Just Play’ card, which gives discounted green fees and improved booking rights at 25 of its golf clubs, was a smash-hit with over 600 golfers having a free round of golf after signing up. Due to the demand, Crown Golf – the UK’s largest owner and operator of golf courses –...
Written by Staff on Friday 3 May 2013
Turnberry has just opened its new golf Performance Academy. This aims to help players maximize their golfing potential by assessing their equipment, as well as physical, technical and mental aspects of their game, in order to achieve individual goals. “Our contract with Colin Montgomerie finished at the end of 2012,” says Stephen Walker, the Director of Sales and Marketing, “and we...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Thursday 9 May 2013
The New Zealand cricket team have taken to the world-renowned Brabazon course at The Belfry for some time away from their preparations ahead of their First Test match against England at Lord’s starting next Thursday. Eleven of their leading players, including captain Brendon McCullum, headed to the famous resort near Sutton Coldfield where they experienced the legendary De Vere hospitality and...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 14 May 2013
Surrey’s Burhill Golf Club, whose clubhouse served as the headquarters for Sir Barnes Wallis who developed the bouncing bomb there, has welcomed back a member of his team, for a BBC News feature. In June 1940, the Ministry of Aircraft Production requisitioned Burhill’s entire clubhouse and a workforce of more than 300, headed by Wallis moved into the premises, where the...
Written by TG Courses editor on Tuesday 14 May 2013
There will be a fresh new look to Berkshire’s brilliant Bearwood Lakes this season following key changes to holes at the end of both nines which were undertaken last winter and form part of a two year architectural/improvement plan led by Guy Hockley who worked closely with Martin Hawtree on the original design. Since the course opened in 1996 no modifications...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 17 May 2013
De Vere Mottram Hall in Cheshire has delighted that Sir Alex Ferguson has agreed to become the Honorary Captain of the Golf Club. The recently retired Manchester United legend was presented with his title at the Gala Dinner to mark the resort’s re-launch last month, following the major £6 million makeover which has transformed the entire resort. Ferguson has been an active...
Written by Jake O'Reilly on Friday 17 May 2013
The family owners of a Midlands golf club are celebrating 18-years at the helm with the conclusion of a £1 million investment programme. Gaudet Luce Golf Club in Droitwich is owned by Martin Fernihough, his son Alec and daughter-in-law Jenny, and was founded in 1995 by Martin’s uncle and since then the family has overseen the transformation, which includes a new-look clubhouse,...